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As we approach Short Course Nationals, held in early November, the workouts for my two groups start to look quite a bit different. Most Elite squad members will have to “double peak” with Nationals and Regionals scheduled four weeks later.
This was Mhyria’s only swim for the day and as she was going to work on her upper body strength in the gym in the afternoon therefore Coach Olsen wanted the session to contain some kind of kicking.
Friday morning workout from the Fighting Manatee Masters Swim Team in the Florida Keys. Although this wasn’t a kick focused session, there was a good amount of kicking with the 50’s in the main set.
This Tuesday afternoon workout was designed to target Lactate Tolerance and keep our athletes aware of the feeling at the end of a race. I always look at our workout as a whole and think “every set is a main set”, to where each element builds up and is intertwined somehow.
We are gearing up for the Florida State High School Championships coming up in early November. This workout gave our athletes an opportunity to swim with great stroke.
This Tuesday afternoon both groups basically did the same workout – a kick focused main set with short freestyle pace swims with descending intervals.
This is a Monday evening workout where we are able to swim long course but “only” had two lane lines available to us. At this time of the season, the swim workouts should be more tailored to each athlete and some days things are a little more complicated. That Monday night it wasn’t too hard to keep on top of things but you need the swimmers to be disciplined when crossing ways due to the different intervals in the same lane line.
This was a “swimmers practice” to encourage the athletes and to have a “feel good” workout. The atmosphere was very good and it was a good last workout before the weekend competitions.
We have about an hour for most of our morning workouts. Our goal for all of those morning swims is to complement the afternoon sessions or use it as an active recovery “tool” after a hard workout the night before.
Early Friday morning workout from the Fighting Manatee Masters Swim Team in the Florida Keys. We had really good spirits that day and people were pushing some fast times on the 50’s during the main set.