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These are two more examples of our season culminating meet preparations for the LCM Speedo Sectional Series Championship in Buffalo.
This is another example of our taper phase for Islanders Aquatics' National Team preparing for this March. In the main set we'll be focusing on some real/raw speed for the 500 freestyle & 200 IM . . .
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Last workout "at home" for our athletes qualified for the Swiss Short Course Nationals. This was a short morning session with some "last minute" meet preparation and recovery work . . .
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Tuesday afternoon recovery practice with some "extra" work for the distance athletes. Really keeping it relaxed with a morning off and nothing but easy swimming in the afternoon . . .
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Monday afternoon recovery and sprint session, "warming up" for the week with the Short Course Championship meet starting on Friday. Not a lot of volume or intensity as it's time to get fully rested and ready to race . . .
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These are two variations on what our team is preparing for this March. The first workout is much more intense and has a higher volume and range of intensity.
A typical Islanders Aquatics taper workout. This was 6 days out from our mid season meet and 3 days out from Junior Nationals East. Working on the details of a race, specifically great starts and turns.
We generally do a 3 day cycle during our final preparation period, which consists of 1) an “Aerobic” day (kicking, pulling, threshold swimming), 2) a “Pace” day (usually active rest type swimming), and 3) a “Kick-Drill-Swim” Day (which starts
This workout is an example of what our 18 & under athletes do for a “late-in-the-season” active rest practice. You can see how it compares to some of the active rest practices that we have done earlier in the season if you search the workout archives.
This are three taper workouts from back in March for the group of athletes that didn't compete at Nationals but were getting ready to race at Team Championships one week later . . .
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