More recovery work on the second day of week eight but also making use of the speed from the meet the previous weekend with some quality sprints . . .
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Can you explain?
2 x 25 “Loop Parkour” (swim 12.5, 3x loops, 6x bobs, float to other end)
This has been inspired by the sport called “Parkour” (also know as the art of motion). All you do is swimming any stroke to the middle of the lap, do 3 loops (streamline dive over the lane line), 6 bobs moving slightly forward with each and then push off from the bottom of the pool after the last one and glide to the other end holding your breath for as long as it takes you to get there.
what effect this in war down?
50 as dive & glide, finish easy
The dive (or push) and glide, no matter at what point in a session, works good form and great body position. The glide part of it also adds some breath control to it. The goal of this with my athletes is to give them time to find ways to align and place their bodies so that they’re moving the fastest possible way off dives and turns.
What is the effect on the physiology of the use of kick in the sets?
Main set:
3 rounds of the following:
50 Choice Kick No Board on side or on back @ 01:10
50 Choice Drill @ 01:00
50 Choice Aerobic Base @ 00:50
50 Choice as 15 breakout sprint from dive, finish easy
3 x 150 Choice as 25 kick no board, 50 drill, 75 swim R20″
50 Choice as 25 sprint from dive, finish easy –
The answer is similar to other sets (or workouts) where you’re asking about the use of kicking. A lot of what we have done during the season in question is working on more of a “kick-pull-swim” progression through sets (or workouts). And for everything else, it really is a personal choice of mine to focus on kicking in every session in one way or another.
what is the goal training “Parkour”?
The goal I had in mind when copying the idea from the street Parkour sport was enhancing the perception of movement in the pool. My hope is that this will give the athletes more ways to learn new movement patterns or enhance existing ones – if done correctly, the different movements follow each other quickly and the drill ends up being not as easy as some may think.
What is the reason for the use of fast in warm up?
Warm-up:
300 Choice as 35 FAST from dive, finish easy
200 Choice as 25 sprint from dive, finish easy
100 Choice as 15 breakout sprint from dive, finish easy