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Sprint oriented workouts.
Low-end aerobic and sprint focused workout to start off the New Year. Following an almost two week long break from the pool with the holidays adding more days out of the water the goal for the week was to get back in the flow with mainly relaxed longer swimming and short sprints.
Aerobic and sprint focused session including some speed and breath control work. Using rest intervals to provide enough recovery between the fast efforts as the goal was to really train “polarized” with either very relaxed or high speeds.
While our Junior Nationals crew was on the way to Tenero for their first swim in the championship pool before the start of the meet on Thursday, our youngest team member was still at home for one more day and doing a quick morning session including light aerobic and some sprint work.
Fast day of training for the Junior Nationals crew in Karlsruhe this Friday. Both our practices today were done in the long course pool – sprint focused morning session while the afternoon was more about (pure) speed.
Tuesday starting with an optional session for all athletes. The aim for those showing up was to get into the rhythm of performing in the morning. Short hour long practice including a few sprints and low-end aerobic work for active recovery.
Aerobic and sprint focused Friday evening session for the National & Junior National groups. The aerobic work was included for active recovery and integrating “kick-pull-drill” sets and some breath control.
Aerobic and sprint focused day of training starting with a bit of a longer session for the student-athletes of the sports class on this Thursday morning. Most of these athletes are competing in middle to distance events and thus benefit of the additional “volume”.
This Friday afternoon workout was available to athletes across our three main performance squads not competing at the Regional Championship today, however, entered to race over the weekend. Quick “warm-up simulation” for those athletes at our long course pool led by Coach Sue.
Aerobic and sprint focused Tuesday morning for the student-athletes of the sports class. Basics to make the best use of their time in the pool before the tough evening session with the team.
Coming off a mid-week rest day without any swimming, we spent our Thursday working on sprints and skills like we did on Tuesday.