Mar 21, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Sprint / IM Speed
Another session for the sprinters and IM team members. Focus is on speed, breakouts during hard / sprint efforts. The warm-up sets the table for the main part.
Archives: Workouts
Mar 20, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Free & Stroke Sprint
In the main sets, the 75’s are structured so the last 75 yields around :10 rest. Starting easy, ending each round strong.
Feb 15, 2024 – Messer Aquatic Performance
With a busy afternoon and an evening event on the agenda, I managed to sneak in a quick swim in the later morning before lunch. Relaxed aerobic “pyramid” without using any equipment.
Mar 19, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Distance Session – Aerobic Endurance
Another distance session. Solid aerobic endurance work here. Adjust accordingly so athletes are getting approximately :30 rest after each longer effort.
Feb 13, 2024 – Messer Aquatic Performance
Tuesday with another quick post-lunch swim including a bit of butterfly work through the first half and non fins freestyle block before a quick recovery.
Mar 15, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Distance / Mid-Distance – High Aerobic to Anaerobic
A high aerobic, to anaerobic set for distance and mid-distance free swimmers. We used base 100 time for most of the longer efforts. Adjust send-offs as needed to ensure the energy system used stays high aerobic.
Oct 2, 2023 – Swim Team Biel-Bienne
An overall aerobic and speed focused Monday for the team in Biel. The morning session included shorter sprints and short axis stroke work while in the evening, we incorporated dive efforts and fins for the fast sets.
Mar 14, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Stroke & IM
Stroke / IM’er set. Times are on a 1:10 base. So usually looking for about :20 seconds rest per 100 or :10-:15 seconds rest on 50’s.
Feb 12, 2024 – Messer Aquatic Performance
Starting my week with a quick post-lunch aerobic swim this Monday. Again including a short block without fins as my overall shape is slowly improving.
Mar 13, 2024 – Podium Swimming – Distance Workout – Aerobic Endurance
A training session for your distance folks. All send-offs are assuming a 1:10-1:15 base 100 time.