Jan 30, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Kicking off week three at altitude after a full day off with short rest aerobic power type freestyle blocks in the morning and speed endurance work in the evening for our sprint specialist.
Archives: Workouts
Jan 29, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Our guest from Geneva went to the pool in the evening for an aerobic recovery session. The main chunk of the workout was the 3.2k nonstop swim – goal was to keep a steady pace and the stroke technically sound throughout.
Jan 28, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Our sprint specialist had an overall aerobic focused day including some speed work in the morning and short rest “power” type sets in the afternoon. An aerobic day for our mid-distance athlete incorporating pulling and kicking.
Jan 27, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Plenty of active recovery for the group on this Friday. Our sprint specialist was really taking it easy following his test set yesterday and our distance athlete was doing his second test set in the morning.
Jan 26, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
First lactate test set for our sprint athlete this Thursday morning before an afternoon off for recovery. After slowly building during the first week at altitude coming back from illness for our mid-distance freestyle specialist, we were starting to work on getting the aerobic base for the upcoming long course season.
Jan 25, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Wednesday with mostly aerobic focused sessions for the group including some speed work for our sprint specialist in the morning and a big breaststroke main set for our distance athlete in the afternoon.
Jan 24, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Our sprint guy was going through an aerobic power type of workout in the morning and a “skills” based practice in the evening following a tough weight session.
Jan 23, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Starting week two at altitude in St. Moritz with some rest in the afternoon for our sprint and mid-distance specialists. Aerobic and speed focused morning for the two while our distance athlete had quite a big Monday with two pool and one weight session.
Jan 22, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
No rest for the wicked on this Sunday as we aim to take advantage and make the most of our time in St. Moritz training at altitude. Also during these three plus weeks, rest days were quite individual for each of the three athletes to accommodate for the different needs while we went through this important block of work towards Swiss Long Course Nationals.
Jan 21, 2023 – Swiss Army Team
Aerobic Saturday in St. Moritz integrating lots of kicking sets during the morning workout and short sprints in the afternoon session.