How to Get Fired Up to Go to Swim Practice Today
How to Get Fired Up to Go to Swim Practice Today
There are two classic problems swimmers experience:
“How do I make sure that I swim to the best of my ability at race time? (How do I make sure I don’t choke?)”
And…
“How can I get motivated to go to practice every day and train like a maniac?”
Both topics are covered extensively in our mental training book Conquer the Pool, but today let’s take a closer look at the motivational woes that are unique to practice.
The problem we run into is often the way we approach the problem of motivation: we are under the impression that we must be motivated before our big swim practices in order to go to the aquatic center, walk out onto the cold pool deck, hop in the water and drop a big workout.
But motivation is fleeting and fickle.
Just how much so?
Well, for starters, how much you slept last night affects how mentally tough you are today. How much stress you are experiencing plays a role. Your body language factors in to how aggressive you are going to be. Even how well you are feeding and hydrating yourself plays a role.
How motivated we feel from day to day depends on a heap of different things. Pros understand this and train anyway. They don’t wait for motivation to strike them: they choose to act, knowing that continued motivation is a by-product of taking consistent action towards their goals.
This sounds nice and fancy, but what can we do today to pour jet fuel onto the barely burning embers of motivation?
Here are some go-to techniques and tools that you can use daily to keep you motivated to go to practice all season long:
