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This is the first practice from our Christmas training trip at the National Training Center d’Coque in Luxembourg. After spending 8h traveling, the goal of this session was to loosen everybody up and prepare them for the work to come during this training camp.
In 2001, I coached a group that had 90 minutes of pool time each day. I wanted more! In an attempt to get a “full” workout in, I decided to combine my warmup and main series a few times per week. This workout is an example of what I started in 2001, and have continued to do through this year.
We train for great 100/200 flys in a variety of ways. This workout provided the athletes with an opportunity to swim a significant amount of fly, one 50 at a time – with intervals that challenge and train the athlete’s fitness level.
Our age groupers have gone through quite a big aerobic base work phase the past weeks – it’s now time to start to give them speed.
There are a few key items to consider with this practice: first, at T2 Aquatics most athletes stay fairly light with the weight they pull on the buckets.
This practice was swum by a few of our 100/200M Olympic Trial athletes at a Mid-May training session.
This workout was a long course practice designed to increase aerobic capacity in our T2 athletes. Nice way to start the week!
Morning workout from the Lancy Natation Elite group with an 8×50’s test set also known as “Russian Numbers”.
Saturday morning workout from the Lancy Natation Elite group focusing on building and improving that crucial front end speed off the blocks.
This a “breaststroke” workout, with a fly bonus set. The breaststroke set incorporates a drill “2 on 2 under” as a major part of the set.