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Sprint oriented workouts.
Last day training at CST in Tenero for the Team Armee athletes as they were provided the opportunity to join back with their home teams for the final days leading into the Swiss Long Course Championships starting the following Thursday in Geneva.
Overall relaxed Thursday for the Team Armee athletes in Tenero. Recovery was the main focus of the day. The sprint specialist of the group was off in the morning indulging on extra rest and sleep.
Mid-week with an aerobic and recovery focused day of training for the Team Armee athletes. Our sprint specialist is slowly decreasing overall volume and keeping intensity mostly low when not close or at race tempo.
Pre-meet Friday for the Team Armee athletes including an aerobic recovery based morning workout and a meet preparation session incorporating short sprints in the afternoon.
Mid-week starting with an early Pilates session by Simone Chatelain joining the SCUW squad for their regular Wednesday morning routine before jumping in the pool. Our sprint specialist had just an hour long recovery workout following the dryland.
This Wednesday afternoon our two athletes joined forces again as we got another opportunity to use the flume channel working on race pace and doing some resisted and assisted sprinting using the towers available at the T3.
Both athletes went to the gym for a weight session following the afternoon practice in the pool. Our sprint specialist had an anaerobic capacity type workout and the distance athlete focused on aerobic IM and fly sprint during his swim.
Sunday with two regular practices in the pool for our Team Armee athletes in Tenerife. Our sprint specialist had an aerobic focused morning including longer swims and some speed work.
This Thursday morning we took advantage of the Hydrodynamic Flume channel at T3 in Tenerife working on controlled freestyle switching gears and stroke technique with the opportunity to video from above and below the water.
Wednesday morning was off providing some extra sleep and rest spending time out in the sun of Tenerife. We were back at the pool in the afternoon with an aerobic and sprint focused workout.