The Motivation Trap That Burns Swimmers Out

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Burnout is one of those messy things that happens to just about everyone in the pool at one time or another.
We tend to treat it like it’s purely a motivation problem. We assume that it’s the swimmer that doesn’t really want to be there that burns out. While plummeting motivation is one of the key symptoms of burnout taking root, it’s not the only one.
And oddly enough, it’s oftentimes the swimmer who is more motivated who is mos