Handling Regression
Hey fam. I have a son who started rowing last year at 15 years old. He currently sits at 6’7”, 210 lbs. up until the middle of this season, his 2K progression has been pretty linear.
He came out of the swim season and pulled a 6:35 at the first indoor back in March. A few weeks later, he got it down to 6:32.7. But, since then, he’s managed two 6:38s. One of them was at the end of the season, and a lot of his buddy’s PR’d, so that didn’t sit well with him. He’s happy his team has improved, but he’s disappointed in himself, and doesn’t understand why he isn’t improving. He eats plenty, strength trains, steady states before practices, but his expectations haven been met.
I explained to him that progression is not linear and there will be dips in performance along his journey and that I’m proud of him regardless of what his current numbers are.
I’m coming to the community to get perspective from those who have plateaued or experienced this and what steps did you take to break through the physical and/or mental blockade.
Cheers!