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Some more needed recovery after the hard pace workout the previous day. Mixed some longer kicking in the morning and shorts sprints in the afternoon to break the old habit of just swimming back and forth.
During morning workout, we split the squad into three different groups working on more event specific elements including some fast swimming for everyone.
Jumped in the pool for a recovery session while visiting a friend in Switzerland.
This is a test set practice focusing on stroke count and pacing from the Lancy Natation Elite group.
Monday evening starting the week for the Lancy Natation Elite group with a “classical” in season sprint workout mixing lots of long and smooth swims with short high intensity sprints.
This workout is typical of a breaststroke endurance-style workout for T2 Aquatics, although I think it was written with more detail and thus performed a bit better than what we’ve done in the past.
After the lactate workout the previous morning, we went back to some more distance and recovery focused swimming in the morning.
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!
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.
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.