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Hump day recovery evening practice for the National & Junior National groups including mostly relaxed aerobic work and starting “the taper phase” for the athletes getting ready to compete at Long Course Nationals.
This week “looks & feels” similar to the last and thus the student-athletes of the sports class started their Tuesday morning with an aerobic and sprint focused session to prepare for the lactate practice with the rest of the team in the evening.
Relaxed aerobic focused Monday evening workout for the National & Junior National groups setting up for another lactate training themed week as the peak performance meet of this macro cycle is quickly approaching.
Saturday morning practice for our National group preparing for Long Course Championships including two broken efforts. This wasn’t quite a full “meet simulation” session like some of the past Saturday mornings as we opted to keep the warm-up and swim down guided and the same for all athletes.
Friday evening practice for the National & Junior National groups based around recovery with some meet preparation during the first half as our younger athletes will compete again over the weekend as well as an aerobic part for the older athletes “preparing” for their third lactate session of the week the following morning.
Aerobic and sprint focused Thursday morning session for the student-athletes of the sports class providing them with some “extra time” in the pool to prepare for the lactate practice with the rest of the team in the evening.
Mid-week aerobic focused evening workout for the National & Junior National groups aiming to help with the recovery between this week’s lactate practices.
Aerobic and sprint focused Tuesday morning session for the student-athletes of the sports class providing them with some “extra time” in the pool to prepare for the lactate practice with the rest of the team in the evening.
Post-meet recovery focused Monday evening practice for the National & Junior National groups with mostly low-end aerobic freestyle and backstroke including some breath control work.
Shorter Friday evening session for the National & Junior National groups with more recovery and a few short sprints to get ready to compete at the Hi-Point meet in Oerlikon on the weekend.
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