Tuesday Training Plan: 4 weeks to a Faster 1500m with only two 2km per week (25m/50m Pool)
As you follow the programme you will find yourself swimming your 1,500m faster. Now whether that is a PB or not will depend on how fast you have swum in the past, but it will definitely be faster at the end of the 4 weeks than it is now. With this programme people improve on average nearly 2 minutes, with some people improving by over 10%.
Thursday Training Plan: 4 weeks to a Faster 1500m with only two 2km per week
As you follow the programme you will find yourself swimming your 1,500m faster. Now whether that is a PB or not will depend on how fast you have swum in the past, but it will definitely be faster at the end of the 4 weeks than it is now. With this programme people improve on average nearly 2 minutes, with some people improving by over 10%.
Designed for triathletes who have limited time to train but can squeeze two short 2km sessions in each week. The primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to swim 1,500m faster than you did at the start of the programme.
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: Consistency Has Been The Key This Week
This last week has been pretty good with some consistent training with 6 sessions completed.
Coach Ray’s Suffering – 4.7kg’s Lost in 4 Weeks
Well this week was a mixed bag, not overly bad, but poorly planned. My training was ad-hoc and so was my nutrition. Consequently my results weren’t that great. I’ll show you all the details at the end of the post.
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: Falling Off the Wagon
This week went pretty well, until I went away for the weekend and had a few too many beers and also order dessert. I figured I was burning a lot of kiloJoules with all the exercise I was doing and…
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: 2 Weeks in 3kgs Down
So another week down and another successful week of training and results to go along with it. I’ve lost a total of 3.0kg so far and I’m pretty happy with that. I’ll show you all the details at the end…
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: Time To Get Some Consistency Back
Last week was a bit of a mixed bag. With a lack of structure in my programming I didn’t complete as much training as I should have. I continued on with the strength training with Kutz on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I…
What is the Secret to Swimming Faster over 1,500m in Only 4 Weeks?
4 Weeks to a Faster 1,500m With only two 2,000m sessions each week Do you want a swim programme that will enhance your swimming without over stretching your time and training commitment over winter? Sound too good to be true?
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: Slow Return to Training
I had to really focus on not pushing myself too early last week as I started feeling good. Probably on Thursday I could have gone for a workout, but chose not to, instead waiting until Friday.
Coach Ray’s Sufferings: Comeback from Injury
After crashing at the Wairoa Gorge a couple of weeks ago I haven’t really been able to do much. I hobbled around unable to walk properly for over a week. I went back to the doctor after a week and…
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I felt blardy awful in my short warm up so I strategised to walk run the park run today. After the start I restrategised to walk run AFTER the turnaround. After the turnaround and despite the false flat return & wind swirling from all directions I seemed to come right so I restrategised again and ran to the finish line 😂 No walking involved. I think the strength work I'm doing is paying off. Now I just need to incorporate more run training into my week. It was welcoming to see the greeting on the long table @theofferinggreytown where we - 1 week ago
#heretoride a great day in CAP with perfect riding conditions. Cheers to @matt_reido for the company and bed for the night. See you next time 🚵♂️ #QwikKiwi #coachray - 2 weeks ago
I had a busy weekend over in the Manawatu this weekend. Yesterday I helped my son-in-law with his @hivesmanawatu stall at the Winter's Day Out market held in Palmerston North and today I headed into the city to do a few things. One of them was to freedom run the park run course. No walking in my training today. I'm gradually regaining my aerobic fitness and it's a confidence building feeling. #freedomparkrun #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #offroadrun #wintercolours #winterafternoon - 3 weeks ago
Park run #51 for me. I am currently only running once a week (including this run), so I ran 4 minutes, walked 1 minute. I realise I need to slot another two runs in each week. I usually am less motivated during winter and last week I didn't even get into the gym until Friday. I felt blah all week. I need some sunshine, like the rest of us ☀️😊 #parkrun51 #parkrun #parkrunnz #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #offroadrun - 2 days ago
I don't usually run on a Friday as I have a 60 minute gym session with a personal trainer, however I felt a strong need to run and so I did. I still managed the PT session just an hour later. I'm expected to feel a little fatigued on Sunday. It often hits me a couple of days later. #run #runner #running #runtraining #training #trainingsession #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #nearlygoldcardstatus #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #offroadrun #wintercolours - 2 weeks ago
The pool is finally open so made the most of it for 2,500m this afternoon. Great to be back in there. Pressed the wrong button on my @garmin and didn’t record the last 200m of the Cool Down #garminfail 🏊♂️ #qwikkiwi #coachray
8 week Spin Fitness Training Plan
This is a great training plan to build your cycling fitness over 8 weeks. Whether you are a road cyclist, mountain biker, Zwift or Peloton user or wanting to use a spin bike for general fitness.
Whether you want to improve your fitness during COVID lockdown or the Southern Hemisphere winter; the 8 week Spin Fitness Training Plans will help you take your fitness level to new heights.
There are a number of options for these Training Plans within the training spectrum depending on how long and the frequency of your normally rides.
Options based on how long you currently ride for:
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