I'm generally an early morning workout guy - everything other than a Wednesday afternoon swim most weeks is before work during the week or before the kids are up on the weekend. I've found that at the same effort level my swimming pace is a good 3-4 seconds slower per 100 first thing in the morning compared to the afternoon. This same correlation doesn't carry over to bike or run efforts if they are later in the day. I'm not a very good swimmer, but it's something like steady 100's come in around 1:30 in the morning, but I can hit 1:26-1:27 if I swim in the afternoon at a similar effort.
I find that my effort/pace doesn't really improve even after I'm warmed up, which is usually a 1200 yd warmup I do before most swims. Is it simply that the muscles aren't activated first thing in the morning for swimming? Anyone else see something like this for their swimming?
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I find that my effort/pace doesn't really improve even after I'm warmed up, which is usually a 1200 yd warmup I do before most swims. Is it simply that the muscles aren't activated first thing in the morning for swimming? Anyone else see something like this for their swimming?
Blog: http://262toboylstonstreet.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/NateThomasTri
Coaching: https://bybtricoaching.com/ - accepting athletes for 2023
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natethomas: Dec 22, 19 6:45