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Fast day of training starting with an aerobic and speed focused session in the morning for the student-athletes of our sports class. Both practices today have a similar taste as the ones from two weeks ago, however, our aim was to increase the intensity for this second threshold phase.
Threshold focused week of training for the Junior & Senior group starting with another short Monday evening practice. Just like the past two Mondays, the athletes were split into three groups with each of them starting their session with some stretching before jumping in the pool.
Finishing this week of training with another fast morning session including short overspeed sets as well as plenty of recovery.
Sprint focused Saturday morning workout finishing with some floating to provide the athletes with an opportunity to calm down and relax at the end of the session.
Single session Thursday this week with all of the team swimming in the morning due to pool closure in the afternoon because of a public holiday in Switzerland. Almost exclusively kicking focused session including sprint work.
Sprint focused day of training for the Senior & Junior group. During the morning workout with our student-athletes of the sports class we also included some low-end aerobic work.
Short recovery focused Monday evening practice for the crew in Solothurn. As last week, each training group started with a stretch before jumping in the pool.
Another threshold focused morning workout for the Junior & Senior athletes this Sunday. We were also aiming to integrate some recovery throughout today’s session and decided to split up the lanes in two “groups” to provide everybody with enough space when fast and high quality swimming was the expectation.
Threshold focused Saturday morning workout for the Junior & Senior athletes. Everybody followed the same structure and “main sets”, however, we included variations to cater for different events and mostly provide all athletes with “enough space” for high quality work.
Aerobic and sprint focused Thursday incorporating main stroke work in the morning with the sports class and plenty of kicking in the evening with the full team.