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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.
In the afternoon it was back to the pool for a skills based session including aerobic elements to aid with recovery for our sprint specialist.
This Friday morning we switched things around a little bit with two sprinters of the SCUW squad joining the sprint specialist of our group in the short course pool going through some aerobic power and speed work while our distance athlete joined forces with one of their up and coming medley guys.
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.
Starting this Tuesday with an aerobic recovery session in the morning following a tough day in the pool for the sprint specialist of the group. Our distance athlete was going through some backstroke race pace during his morning swim.
Aerobic Monday for the sprint specialist of the group alternating short rest capacity and sprint sets in the morning while incorporating power type work in the evening.
First day of training at the Tenerife Top Training for the Team Armee athletes starting with a pretty relaxed shake-out swim in the morning following our travel day.
Thursday afternoon with more active recovery including mostly relaxed aerobic swimming. We didn’t have too much time at the pool today and made it somewhat a “nonstop” session.