Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). At this intensity you get the physiological benefits without the level of the fatigue of higher intensity sessions. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
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Swimming at an aerobic pace and then at a higher intensity trains and prepares the body to swim faster towards the end of a race. These sessions seek inspiration from a workout that was reportedly conducted by Janet Evans, who won multiple Olympic swimming medals. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
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Julian Goater used this session as a key sharpening workout in the final lead up to major events. He would conduct the session 10 days out from the race. He used it prior to setting his 1,500m PB of 3:42 in 1982 and also winning the AAA 10,000m championship the same year. This session is great for runners from 5km to half and full marathon, as well as triathletes.
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Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). At this intensity you get the physiological benefits without the level of the fatigue of higher intensity sessions. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
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Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
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This interval session is great for developing speed with minimal recovery, really push the pace on this session and see what you can achieve (you might surprise yourself). This session is great for runners from 5km to half and full marathon, as well as triathletes.
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Very High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) can provide an increase in Maximal Anaerobic Power, Peak Oxygen Consumption, and Total Blood Volume. Research last year out of the University of Texas Austin showed the benefits of this. Give this session a go to reap the benefits.
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The Swim Fitness Builder (SFB) is an eight week training plan to build fitness for a swimmer currently confident swimming about 600-800m to be able to swim 1,600m confidently in a session. This is the final week of the training plan. I am providing the workouts from the training plan for FREE, through my website. If you’d like them as a training plan on TrainingPeaks, there is a link to purchase that towards the end of the article.
View More Saturday Swim Sessions: Week 8 Swim Fitness Builder
The Swim Fitness Builder (SFB) is an eight week training plan to build fitness for a swimmer currently confident swimming about 600-800m to be able to swim 1,600m confidently in a session. This is the seventh week of the training plan. I am providing the workouts from the training plan for FREE, through my website. If you’d like them as a training plan on TrainingPeaks, there is a link to purchase that towards the end of the article.
View More Saturday Swim Sessions: Week 7 Swim Fitness Builder