How to Prevent Burnout in Swimming

How to Prevent Burnout in Swimming

Swimming is a serious commitment, anyone who swims seriously is familiar with this. It requires hours and hours of dedication and self-discipline, many swimmers starting at a young age to put years of effort into their craft. Unfortunately, burnout happens to many swimmers. Here’s what you can do to help prevent burnout.

Burnout can be affected by other sources that are out of the athletes control, such as anxiety, lack of recovery, over-training, and even a sense of entrapment within the sport they used to love and adore. For swimmers who often feel that they are unable to improve, this often helps aid in burnouts.

Variety in any sports and activities can help to reduce burnout. The repetition of the same workouts, same exercises, and same swimming strokes, can be exhausting mentally and physically. Make sure to introduce a variety into your swimming routine. Try some different exercises, try dryland training, you can even change up your schedule or practise at a different pool! By switching up your routine, you will keep up training in a way that can help stimulate your brain.

If you have an injury, be sure to rest! Rest is just as important as training. The body has limits and you should try not to push past them. Let the body recover for a sufficient amount of time to recover from exhaustion, any illnesses, or injuries. Over-training with any injuries can make the injury unsustainable over long periods of time, and pushing through it can cause a series of setbacks that will take you further away from reaching your goals.

Feel like your hard work is getting you nowhere? Set attainable goals. Make sure to work towards a goal that is in close range, such as beating your personal best time and improving yourself compared to your past self. With concrete and attainable goals, you will be able to focus on these during training and achieve them. When you achieve your goals, take the time to celebrate! You did it! What is the next goal?

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