Jan 5, 2021 – SRSO – Ivo Staub
Second day of the new year with a shorter aerobic and kicking focused session also including some breath control work.
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Second day of the new year with a shorter aerobic and kicking focused session also including some breath control work.
Low-end aerobic and sprint focused workout to start off the New Year. Following an almost two week long break from the pool with the holidays adding more days out of the water the goal for the week was to get back in the flow with mainly relaxed longer swimming and short sprints.
Aerobic and speed focused session including a few sprints and two overspeed efforts.
Relaxed aerobic session including lots of kicking and pulling. We’re still working on “feel” quite a bit and in the unknown beginning of this “lockdown” phase on simply maintaining fitness levels.
Aerobic and sprint focused session including some speed and breath control work. Using rest intervals to provide enough recovery between the fast efforts as the goal was to really train “polarized” with either very relaxed or high speeds.
While our Junior Nationals crew was on the way to Tenero for their first swim in the championship pool before the start of the meet on Thursday, our youngest team member was still at home for one more day and doing a quick morning session including light aerobic and some sprint work.
Last day of the 2021-2022 season and last practices at home before Junior Nationals and the summer break. The morning session was optional for everybody and providing the option to do a little more fast swimming or a broken effort.
Championship Week for the Junior National crew starting with a relaxed Monday evening practice. A little team stretch before jumping in the pool to aid with recovery and really focusing on feel during the swim.
Sunday Funday in Karlsruhe for the Junior Nationals crew with an aerobic and kicking focused morning session including some relay takeovers. We had lots of time this morning and all of the short course pool to ourselves again. Relaxed atmosphere and good energy during the relay work.
Saturday was race day in Karlsruhe for the Junior National crew. The athletes had to swim fast twice, simulating a prelims and finals meet day.