Aug 20, 2014 – Podium Swim Club – OTC Special

Podium Training Systems

The main set of this workout has a couple nicknames within my club…currently it’s being called “The OTC Special”. This set is based off a session that was done by a couple of my athletes while working out with the mens triathlon team at the Olympic Training Center here in Colorado Springs.

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T2 Aquatics – Distance “Mini Season”

T2 Aquatics (USA)

At times, coaches are challenged to come up with a plan for Distance Athletes who swim a distance race on the first day of the meet and a distance race on the last day of the meet — with no events in between.

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Cooper City Cyclones – The Miler

Cooper City Swimming

Here is one of our early season aerobic / distance workouts geared toward our Mile and Open Water swimmers. As you may have guessed our sprinters get testy during these, but after all the grumbling and being early season, everyone benefits very well from these aerobic from endurance sets.

Jul 31, 2014 – Podium Swim Club – Race Prep & Stroke Work

Podium Training Systems

Last week I had a guest athlete swimming with my club. He was heading to FINA Masters Worlds in Montreal, so to help prep him with some final quality work, we had everyone get involved. It was an opportunity to work on speed, stroke-work, and form. Race prep, without too much fatigue was on the agenda.

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