swimming problems (help please)

[Desuetude]

I do quite a few sports and for the past 6 months i've just got back into swimming. It started out ok and i was able to do about 25 lengths in 20 minutes fine (i know its rubbish but i hadn't gone lessons since i was about 8) but nearer to the end of me completing my gold and i had to do 32 lengths in 20 minutes, 4 front, 4 back, 4 breaststroke and so on, i found that i was starting to get really dizzy inside and out the pool. I took water with me as my mouth seemed to get really dry but i didn't help and i felt like i was going to black out even though i'd never fainted in my life. After getting out the pool i would have to sit down for a few minutes as i would be so dizzy my legs seemed to give way.
I would have something to eat and drink before i went which was at 5:45 and it was only a half an hour lesson and when I had done more than this when i was younger i don't remember feeling like this. I have now completed gold and have to move up to honours and my dad wants me to join his triathlon club but i don't know if it is going to carry on or what i should do to stop it.

[Darkness.]

Maybe you pushed yourself too hard. It takes time to get back to where you were.

[Desuetude]

Maybe you pushed yourself too hard. It takes time to get back to where you were.

maybe but like i said i had started again 6 months before then all of a sudden things got really bad so i'm not to sure and i have been told that i start to fast but i don't know how to go any slower. If i do I feel like i'm going to sink, so.

[TheMightyBruce]

Another possibility is dehydration..most swimmers never think they are getting dehydrated since they are surrounded by so much water. Make to sure to hydrate well and make sure you're eating enough.

[Desuetude]

Another possibility is dehydration..most swimmers never think they are getting dehydrated since they are surrounded by so much water. Make to sure to hydrate well and make sure you're eating enough.

Yeah after the first few times i started taking a bottle of water with me but it just made me feel neaseous and ill when i was swimming and by the end of the half hour i would have drunk the whole bottle. I usually eat a piece of fruit or something before i leave.

[GamingGuy]

If i've read it right, i would;
-Go slower, and go for as long as you can to get back into the motion and correct your techniques.
-Or start taking more time to go swim in general.

[Desuetude]

If i've read it right, i would;
-Go slower, and go for as long as you can to get back into the motion and correct your techniques.
-Or start taking more time to go swim in general.

Yeah i suposse your right and I will try to go slower but at my lessons they don't teach techniques or anything that would help they just say do this many lengths so i wouldn't know what i was doing wrong.
I could go swimming at the weekends and stuff maybe that would help. Thanks :)

[Gandalf]

Your not allergic to chlorine are you?

[Desuetude]

Your not allergic to chlorine are you?

Why? i get really bad eczema so sometimes it does affect it but i don't think i'm allergic to it...

[CoolStoryBro 15]

Ya i am a big swimmer i love it and so my friend joined this past week and hadn't been in the water for like 6 months also and she did pretty good at the beginning but throughout the practice she got slower and once she had to rest at the wall for a while! I mean i did over a 500 before she started again. you just need to get prepared more and practice at a slower pace if needed. Also you need to do stretches before you get in that involve you moving (like lunges) and drink plenty of water before and during. Also make sure your not tired cause i had to go to practice once after getting ilk only 30 mins of sleep the night before and i was like closing my eyes in the water cuz i was so exhausted. So train and get ready before you even think about joining the triathlon team as well. And going to slow won't help you. I suggest actually maybe picking up the pace a bit but take much more brakes. That way your body can get used to better speeds. If you need tips just text chat me.

[Josiah7]

Yeah sorry to come in late, but I just have a few quick thoughts. Firstly you may have only been out of swimming for a few months, but even so you still need to work your way back to the level that you were before you stopped. if you were a sprinter, and ran 100 meters in say 11.5 seconds, and stop for a few months, don't expect yourself to get that unless you work your way back in slowly.

To feeling dizzy. I highly suspect its due to your breathing whilst competing, try to work on regulating your breathing and don't go hard straight away work up to it. If you do feel dizzy in the water - Get to the edge or out. And if when you get out of the water; sit or lay down. Last thing you want is to faint and hit your head, I've seen it happen.

Also, try not to eat at least half an hour before getting in the water - aint helping you when your in the water. As said in above posts make sure you hydrate etc etc.

All the best.

[Desuetude]

Thanks they helped I hadn't looked at it from a different angle before the sprinter fact helped. The thing is i'm expected to do a set amount of lengths in a set time which i only just make, making it hard for me to get out the pool and have a rest. I will try getting more sleep, eating and hydrating and i've had my breathing picked up on already i wasn't letting any breath out until i was coming up for more air therefore not taking in as much as i needed, i hope i've improved on that...
Thanks though :D