Jan 4, 2012 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
After the lactate workout the previous morning, we went back to some more distance and recovery focused swimming in the morning.
Archives: Workouts
T2 Aquatics – Meet Warmups
At T2 Aquatics, we teach the athletes a routine when they are 10 or 11, and then help them refine it as they grow into top-level swimmers. This ability of an athlete to “do it yourself” is key to high-level performances!
Jan 3, 2012 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
Learning how to get up and swim fast in the morning is a major issue for a lot of young athletes. Reason why we placed our lactate workout in the mornings during this training camp.
Jan 13, 2009 – Lancy Natation
This Tuesday evening session is a good example of a typical in season sprint workout from the Lancy Natation Elite group during the 2008-2009 campaign. Mixing short, high quality sprints with lots of longer recovery swimming.
Jan 2, 2012 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
After half a day off and the big 100×100 set the previous morning, we had to get back to work. We still like the idea of doing the same warm-up but you’ll notice that we adapted it to the work we’ll be doing for the second week of the camp.
Jan 1, 2012 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
You should always start the year the same way you want it to end … with a bang! That’s what the team did for their January 1st morning workout.
Dec 31, 2011 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
Different workouts for the boys and girls isn’t something we get to do often. But doing this that day, also reminded me that there are some benefits of having separate groups for boys and girls.
Dec 30, 2011 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
We have been building up to this 4k kick set leading up to this training trip. Some people on the team did walk a little funky later in the evening.
Dec 29, 2011 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
I never approach a workout with a set total in mind. But since one of our goals for this training trip was to get some longer swims done, we did want to try to go 6000 meters or more in the mornings.
Dec 28, 2011 – Vevey Natation (Camp Luxembourg)
Over the coming days you’ll notice that we did the same warm-up for every workout. I wanted to try this idea with my athletes after reading Coach Dave Salo’s book and getting some further input from Swiss Olympian Dominik Meichtry training at USC.