{"id":101898,"date":"2014-07-31T12:57:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T19:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=101898"},"modified":"2014-07-31T14:13:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:13:24","slug":"5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Post-Career Athlete Exercise Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although retirement is a very sad day in an elite athlete&#8217;s life, there is also an overwhelming amount of happiness that comes from knowing you can go to bed and wake up at any d*mn well time you please.\u00a0 But after that period of overindulgence, sleep and laziness runs its course (typically lasts anywhere from one month to two years), your active nature begins to claw its way out.\u00a0 Here are some activities you probably tried and how they made you feel:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Triathlons:\u00a0<\/strong> We have the hardest leg in the bag, right? Wrong.\u00a0 Sure, swimming might be the hardest portion for 96% of the triathletes but can I get a courtesy &#8216;excuse me&#8217; when they blow by me in the bike and run?\u00a0 PS.\u00a0 Are road bike tires even thick enough to be safe?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/bike\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/bike\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bike.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,235\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bike-triathlon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bike.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bike.jpg\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-101899\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bike.jpg\" alt=\"bike-triathlon\" width=\"434\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Running:<\/strong> Quickest way to get your sweat on real fast and be done with it. But wait, you want me to run multiple times a week? Sorry. Turns out these shins aren&#8217;t built to last on land.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/200498101-001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/200498101-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shins-e1406832875284.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"436,326\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Christoph Martin&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Man injured while running on country road&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Christoph Martin&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;200498101-001&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shins-e1406832875284.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shins-e1406832875284.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-101900\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shins-e1406832875284.jpg\" alt=\"Shins\" width=\"436\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Crossfit:<\/strong> Crossfit, it&#8217;s so IN right now.\u00a0 But there&#8217;s something about overhead cleans that make my swimmer shoulders cringe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/crossfit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/crossfit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Crossfit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"940,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crossfit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Crossfit-700x360.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Crossfit.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-101901\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Crossfit-700x360.jpg\" alt=\"Crossfit\" width=\"700\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Co-ed Softball:<\/strong> &#8220;Weekly activity, this will be fun!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0However, did I even break a sweat?<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/softball\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101902\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101902\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-post-career-athlete-exercise-fails\/softball\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/softball.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"co-ed softball\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/softball.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/softball.jpg\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-101902\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/softball.jpg\" alt=\"co-ed softball\" width=\"425\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)\u00a0&#8230; And Swimming:<\/strong> You are finally ready to tackle the water. But then you realize, that strength, technique and powerful feel you&#8217;ve spent your whole life perfecting is gone!\u00a0 You now have to log at least a 2,000 for it to even count as a &#8220;workout&#8221; and even still you feel like you should be doing more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Accept your age, the time it takes for you to recover and the fact that your metabolism will never be as fast as it was when you were 16.\u00a0 Can you get that swimmer physique back?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Just know you&#8217;ll have to take a very different path to get there.\u00a0 Put a goal on the calendar, any goal &#8211; 30 days of clean eating, body fat loss, local masters swim meet. \u00a0Athletes typically need something to work towards.\u00a0 A little goal\u00a0motivation will help you stay on track to\u00a0a well-balanced, healthy lifestyle.\u00a0 And it also helps to justify eating donuts.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get discouraged, stay active!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although retirement is a very sad day in an elite athlete&#8217;s life, there is also an overwhelming amount of happiness that comes from knowing you can go to bed and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":101908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[41563,26505],"class_list":["post-101898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-commentary","tag-crossfit","tag-exercise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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