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Thursday evening session for the National & Junior National groups with more lactate production and tolerance work. This is the type of practice where I would usually provide more “freedom” to the athletes for the “warm-up” and “recovery” parts.
Thursday session focusing on 400 individual medley work.
Mid-week aerobic recovery focused workout for the National & Junior National groups. We “only” went for an hour this evening and offered options for our “event groups”.
Aerobic and sprint focused Tuesday morning session for the student-athletes of the sports class not competing at SC Nationals. We were exceptionally training long course since our regular pool was undergoing some maintenance.
Aerobic Monday evening session for the National & Junior National groups. With just two weeks left before the Regional Championships, we are starting our “taper” and will slowly bring down volume while focusing on recovery and sharpening our racing skills.
National & Junior National group finishing the week with another lactate “race workout” this Saturday morning. We also had our two athletes preparing for Short Course Nationals next week do broken swims instead of the “main set”.
Working the “basics” with the National & Junior National groups this Friday evening. Overall recovery focused session alternating lots of aerobic swimming and kicking with some breath control work.
No morning practices this week as we bring more focus to recovery, however, lactate production & tolerance workout #2 on this Thursday evening for the National & Junior National groups.
Mid-week aerobic focused evening practice for the National & Junior National squad offering different options for our “event groups” following a common first part to “zone in” after our dryland “warm-up”.
This is an early season training session. Goal here is getting them back in the water. We don’t start school until after Labor Day. Until then they are on their own or doing captains practices.