Jan 16, 2012 – Vevey Natation
The goal of the workout was to set everybody up for a hard week of training and make good use of swimming long course for a change that evening.
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The goal of the workout was to set everybody up for a hard week of training and make good use of swimming long course for a change that evening.
We try to work in “event specific” groups as much as possible, so everybody gets to work on what they need to swim fast and perform at our target meets. During this Wednesday evening session, we split up in three groups – sprint, mid-distance and distance.
This was a full recovery workout where the team ended up going a little longer than I had initially planned for that evening session.
Aerobic freestyle focused Friday evening session from the Lancy Natation Elite Group including some back-half speed work.
Monday morning workout from the Fighting Manatee Masters Swim Team in the Florida Keys. This is an all levels general fitness practice with a focus on aerobic freestyle and strokes including some kicking and breath control work.
This was the first day back following our camp in Luxembourg. The goal of the two workouts was to give the team an active recovery day after two weeks of hard training and going back to their regular schedule with early morning practice, school or work and an evening session.
The following is an example of what I would consider a “Lactate Tolerance” practice. We spent about 5 weeks performing a set like this one, about once per week – during April and May this season.
Working on their fitness is one of the main goal for the members of the Fighting Manatee Masters Swim Team in the Florida Keys.
Technique and speed focus morning followed by a mainly freestyle pacing heavy afternoon from the Lancy Natation Elite group. The early workout was a shorter about 45 minutes session to “warm-up” and prepare for the later “main event” of the day.
Our last session on this training trip at the National Training Center d’Coque in Luxembourg. This morning we were really just trying to get a loosen swim in before the long bus ride back home.