Mar 2, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Speed focused Tuesday workout with three equal blocks including a short resistance set to prepare for the fast efforts consisting of sets of 25’s with increasing intervals.
Archives: Workouts
Mar 1, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Kicking and speed focused Monday workout to prepare for the week ahead. Today we started another “race pace” training cycle leading into our last meet before competing at Nationals.
Feb 27, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Following the race effort the previous day, we slightly adapted our plan for this Saturday and opted for a short “lactate production” type of set instead of our usual “race day test set”.
Feb 26, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
In our current weekly setup, Fridays are “wide open” and can go any way. This week Ivo felt great and he wanted to take advantage of it by throwing down a fast freestyle swim.
Feb 25, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Shorter active recovery workout including some light kicking and breath control on this Thursday.
Feb 24, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Mid-week recovery practice offering two options and variations of those to provide as much “freedom” to the athlete as possible. This was our “Post Gym Recovery Protocol” which remained mostly unchanged after adding a demanding Wednesday weight session in calendar week six.
Feb 23, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Sprint focused workout including short resistance sets to prepare for the fast efforts. Low number of repeats with long rest intervals as we are looking for quality over quantity this Tuesday.
Feb 22, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
This week our focus will be on active recovery with a polarized training style meaning mostly incorporating relaxed or short high intense efforts. And at the end of the week, we will repeat our “test set” in order for us to discuss and if necessary make adjustments to our plan.
Feb 20, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Wrapping up another week of training with our “50’s test set”. This Saturday morning we reduced the number of 50’s by one repeat and increased the interval by two minutes with the goal to improve on last week’s performance.
Feb 19, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Recovery focused Friday providing two options with the first one including a little bit of sprint work while the second one was more aerobic and kicking based.