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Onto week two and slowly starting to have a better feel for the water again. Not aiming to push volume or do any “crazy” things, however, trying to integrate a couple faster efforts with the underwater kicking sprints towards the end.
Aerobic and speed focused Friday for the team in Biel. The morning session was pretty relaxed and low intensity setting up for the evening workout.
Aerobic focused Thursday for the team in Biel mimicking their Tuesday practices, however, including a bit more sprint work and again going for a bigger kicking main set in the evening.
Tuesday evening for the Beluga kids in Biel starting to put the “puzzle pieces” of the last week together and slowly adding a bit more “volume”.
Second swim of my “back to the pool” campaign continuing to take things slow and keep intensity mostly down. Keeping fins on for now as they allow me to “relax” and focus on good habits until my feel and overall conditioning improve.
Mid-week aerobic and sprint focused morning practice for the team in Biel. Mixing drill and breath control work with short sprints through the first part.
Overall aerobic day of training for the team in Biel with a pretty relaxed morning incorporating sets of 25’s working short-axis strokes and going after the second kicking focused main set of the week in the evening.
This is a shorter “back to the pool” workout following a long time out of the water with the intention of getting back in a “training routine”.
Starting this new week with a pretty relaxed aerobic session in the morning alternating some kicking and pulling to prepare for the second workout of the day.
Aerobic focused Saturday morning for the team in Biel including some speed work through the first part with longer rest repeats of fast 25’s as well as some racing skills with short sprints during the middle part of the practice.