May 12, 2022 – Wayland Swim Club
Low volume overall, because we want to give them the opportunity to hit a TRUE 10/10 multiple times throughout the workout. Plus, Thursday evenings are fairly demanding distance-wise so we need them ready for that.
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Low volume overall, because we want to give them the opportunity to hit a TRUE 10/10 multiple times throughout the workout. Plus, Thursday evenings are fairly demanding distance-wise so we need them ready for that.
Mid-week “anaerobic power” focused evening session for the National & Junior National groups mixing short and long rest race pace work.
Thursday evening with our second “anaerobic power” practice this week mixing again short and long rest race pace and best average sets for the National & Junior National groups.
Saturday morning providing another opportunity to race for our National team athletes. The events were the same as last evening with the aim to simulate a prelims/finals meet in our training cycle towards Long Course Nationals.
I try to dedicate one day a week to a bit more kick focus. I try to mix this up with our stroke work from time to time and keep it fresh for the athletes especially since yesterday was an aerobic freestyle day.
A bit more generic aerobic mid-distance type of work in the pool including some dryland to start the week. Depending on the phase of the season I like to start the week with some longer swimming to shake the Sunday break off.
Short rest aerobic focused Wednesday evening session for the National & Junior National groups. We took a little different approach this week with the sets of 50’s alternating “longer more intense” repeats with “shorter more relaxed” equipment repeats.
Saturday morning “meet simulation” practice providing another opportunity for fast swimming for the athletes of our National & Junior National groups.
FriYAY guest and team practice for the National & Junior National groups including active recovery bridging the longer Thursday evening and upcoming fast Saturday morning workouts.
Overall aerobic focused Thursday for the National & Junior National squad athletes including options for our “event groups”. The distance crew really going long totalling 7k during this session.