Each week I will load three Saturday Swim Session options up for you to do. Option A is for swimmers who are after a workout less than 2,000 metres. Option B is for swimmers who are after a workout between 2,000 and 3,000m and Option C will be greater than 3,000m.
Improve your triathlon swimming with three purposeful workouts from Qwik Kiwi Coaching. Test your performance with a 1,500m time trial, develop swimming strength and efficiency through 4 × 400m repetitions, and build consistent pacing with 15 × 100m intervals. Includes complete workout prescriptions and practical coaching tips from Coach Ray.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Test Your Speed, Build Swim Strength & Master 100m Intervals 🏊♂️💪
Improve your triathlon swimming with three structured workouts covering 8,300m. This week’s Saturday Swim Session combines repeatable 200m intervals, sustained 1,000m endurance efforts and freestyle technique drills. Learn how to develop consistent pacing, improve swimming efficiency and maintain better technique as fatigue builds during your triathlon swim training.
View More Saturday Swim Sessions: Build Triathlon Swimming Endurance With 200m Intervals, 1,000m Repeats and Freestyle Drills
Open water swimming requires more than fitness. Discover practical triathlon swimming tactics covering race-day preparation, breathing control, warm-ups, drafting, sighting, currents and waves. Coach Ray shares advice for Ironman Florida, Challenge Wānaka, Ironman New Zealand and Mount Maunganui to help you swim confidently and conserve energy for the bike and run.
View More Open Water Swimming for Triathletes: Race-Day Tactics, Confidence & Smarter Swimming 🏊🌊
Improve your triathlon swimming with three structured workouts targeting freestyle technique, endurance and sustainable speed. Discover how Broken 400s develop consistent pacing, while targeted swimming drills improve stroke efficiency. These 7,400 metres of purposeful training will help Olympic-distance, Ironman 70.3 and T100 triathletes swim smarter, stronger and faster.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Improve Freestyle Technique & Swim Faster With Broken 400s
Improve your triathlon swimming with three structured workouts designed to develop freestyle technique, endurance and sustainable speed. This week’s Saturday Swim Session features Qwik Kiwi Performance Swim Sessions 04, 05 and 06, combining technique drills, 1,000m endurance efforts and 200m intervals to help you swim faster and more efficiently.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Build Swim Efficiency, Endurance & Sustainable Speed With Three Structured Workouts
Improve your triathlon swim performance with three structured workouts targeting endurance, freestyle technique, pacing and sustainable speed. Establish your fitness with a 1,500m Time Trial, refine your stroke through purposeful drills, and develop consistent swimming speed. Ideal for Olympic-distance, Ironman 70.3 and T100 triathletes seeking better swim performance.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Triathlon Swim Training – Build Your Swim Performance With Three Key Sessions
Build freestyle endurance and technique with this descending Swim & Pull ladder workout. Alternate freestyle with Pull Buoy repetitions as the distances progressively decrease, before finishing with kick work. Choose from three options—1,800m, 2,700m or 3,700m—and focus on consistent swimming, a strong catch and maintaining quality as fatigue builds.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Descending Swim & Pull Ladder
Catch-up drill is one of swimming’s best-known technique drills, but it isn’t right for every swimmer. Coach Ray explains why catch-up can reinforce overgliding and dead spots in freestyle, explores the Swim Smooth approach, and shows when catch-up can still be a valuable tool for improving your swimming technique.
View More Why I Rarely Use Catch-Up Drill — And When It Can Still Be Useful
Improve your freestyle technique with this drill-focused Saturday Swim Session. Alternate between purposeful drills and normal swimming to immediately transfer better movement into your stroke. Choose from three workout distances and use drills such as KOS, 6/1/6, 6/3/6, Popov and Broken Arrow to develop more effective freestyle swimming.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Drill Into Better Freestyle
Build consistency and speed with this Saturday Swim Session. Start with repeatable 100m freestyle efforts before changing gears for faster 50m repetitions. Choose from three distances—1,700m, 2,400m or 3,200m—and challenge yourself to maintain strong technique and consistent pacing as the intensity and fatigue increase throughout the workout.
View More Saturday Swim Session: 100s Into Fast 50s