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This was the first day the swimmers were going to have dryland. In hindsight, I should have probably gone easier on them, but I really wanted to see what they had in them because they’d been impressing me all week.
Aerobic focused morning workout for the Junior team with the main goal of this session being a total of 16×200’s fly. As always the stroke focus can easily be adapted for back or breast specialists.
Aerobic and sprint focused Tuesday evening workout for the National & Junior National groups to start this new week of training. Dryland continues to be an integral part of the practices this week.
Third day back trying to build in a little bit of speed, but primarily focus on gaining it from the kick.
Day 2 back to pool – swimmers were warned that while day 1 felt bad, day 2 always feels worse. With that in mind, we took the opportunity to work underwaters.
Saturday morning providing two “options” with the majority of our National & Junior National groups going through a speed focused workout to close out their week of training while the few athletes competing at Open Water National Championships doing more aerobic focused work to prepare for their 3k swim in the lake on Sunday.
First workout of the regular season for SSAT’s Performance group! Some had swam in the summer, but most had been out of the pool since March when pools closed due to COVID. Just trying to ease back into the routine.
Recovery focused Friday evening session for the National & Junior National groups alternating relaxed aerobic swimming and kicking following our team stretch ahead of getting in the pool.
Practices for the National & Junior National groups looking quite similar every day during this first phase of our training at the start of the new season. Thursday evening session also mixing aerobic & speed work following the dryland.
Aerobic focused morning workout for the Junior team with the main goal of this session being the three sets of 10×100’s fly. As always the stroke focus can easily be adapted for back or breast specialists.