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Schools out for the summer and we’re now able to have morning workouts with all of the Junior group preparing for their championship meet. We started this practice with a short activation on land before jumping in the pool. Aerobic and sprint focused session to prepare for the racing in the afternoon.
Aerobic focused Monday evening workout for the Junior group with both options accomplishing the same goal of providing recovery without dropping too much in volume.
Saturday morning workout where we had to “pivot” a little bit to get our lactate set done. The warm-up was done on land and the athletes simply got a short swim for the feel before starting the main set.
Aerobic focused Friday evening workout aiming to aid recovery following our second lactate session of the week the previous night.
Lactate focused Thursday evening workout for the Junior athletes providing three options for our “event groups”.
Hump day recovery session for the Junior group with some really low-end aerobic sets of repeat 50’s. This workout was done at the outdoor facility and thus was only about an hour long again (the athletes got 30 minutes to stretch before jumping in the pool).
Lactate focused Tuesday evening workout for the Junior athletes with more of a threshold approach for the distance group and everybody finishing the session with a short overspeed set.
Last week of school and with Swiss Summer Nationals over, we will mostly have our Junior athletes in the pool preparing for their end of season championship meet. This Monday evening we got started with some stretching before a mostly aerobic focused session including some short speed work to start the week.
Anaerobic focused Saturday morning session for the Junior group including a couple good threshold sets switching gears and working on that stamina to finish our races with confidence at the upcoming championship meet.
Shorter recovery focused Friday evening workout for the Junior group. They started the session with some light dryland to warm-up before jumping in the pool.