Tag: Saturday Swim Session

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Saturday Swim Session: Broken 800’s

Swimming longer reps within a set will develop your stamina. Following them up with short, faster reps will give you speed at the end of your event. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.

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Saturday Swim Session: Longer Reps to Create Endurance

Swimming longer reps within a set will develop your stamina. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.

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Saturday Swim Session: Utilising the Pull Buoy To Improve Your Swimming

The Pull Buoy is a great tool (that is often over relied upon) to enhance your swimming. The biggest benefit comes from your ability to the focus on your arms whilst using it, rather than relying on it to float your legs higher. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.

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Saturday Swim Session: Paddles & Pull Buoy To Improve Your Specific Swim Strength

Using hand paddles by themselves or in combination with a pull buoy will help develop your specific swimming strength. This session uses both and is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.

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Saturday Swim Session: Using Individual Medley Strokes to Improve Your Feel For The Water

Swimming strokes other than just Freestyle can benefit your feel for the water and develop your efficiency as a result. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.

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Saturday Swim Session: Testing Yourself in a 33m or 33yrd Pool

This session is a great tool to determine your current level of fitness and use as a benchmark for planning of future training sessions if you are using a 33⅓ yard or metre pool. I use a variation of it every four to six weeks with my athletes.

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Saturday Swim Session: Swim Golf For Success

If you can improve your efficiency you will swim faster and longer more easily.  This session utilises Swim Golf to improve your efficiency and is perfect…

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Saturday Swim Session: Bring On Your Swimming Speed with 50’s

The 50s are a great distance to swim to develop your speed. This session gets you to push the pace and then gives you plenty…

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Saturday Swim Session: Enhance Your Threshold Pace With 100m Reps

Want a simple pool session that genuinely lifts your threshold pace? This Saturday Swim Session is built around 100m reps on a tight send-off, with just enough rest to keep the pressure on. Choose Option A, B, or C depending on your current volume, and use it to build the steady speed that pays off in Ironman, Olympic triathlon, and longer ocean swims.

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