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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.
Starting with a low-end aerobic based morning workout providing some active recovery for the sprint specialist of the group followed by a more intense afternoon session including short anaerobic capacity and power sets.
Last quick dip at the Tenerife Top Training for the Team Armee athletes early in the morning before starting our journey back to Switzerland. We had just about an hour for a short pre-flight active recovery shake-out swim.
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.
Tuesday doubles swimming long course in the morning and short course in the afternoon. Our sprint specialist started his day with a skills focused session including aerobic elements for recovery and topped it off with an anaerobic power workout later in the day.
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.