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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the first practice from our Christmas training trip at the National Training Center d’Coque in Luxembourg. After spending 8h traveling, the goal of this session was to loosen everybody up and prepare them for the work to come during this training camp.
In 2001, I coached a group that had 90 minutes of pool time each day. I wanted more! In an attempt to get a “full” workout in, I decided to combine my warmup and main series a few times per week. This workout is an example of what I started in 2001, and have continued to do through this year.
Aerobic focused Wednesday morning workout with a twist of speed work from the Lancy Natation Elite group.
We train for great 100/200 flys in a variety of ways. This workout provided the athletes with an opportunity to swim a significant amount of fly, one 50 at a time – with intervals that challenge and train the athlete’s fitness level.