Allan Pitman was a legendary Australian Ironman coach (as well as a competitor). This session helps build your sustained aerobic pace and is great for long distance open-water swimmers and Ironman triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Allan Pitman’s Ironman Swim Session #4
Samuel Askey-Doran has come to the sport of triathlon from a strong swimming background. The Tasmanian focussed on 400m to 1,500m Freestyle in the pool, as well as the 10km Open Water Swim. Since turning his hand to Ironman, he has set the swim course record at Ironman Kona of 45:43. This is a workout he enjoys and has been using in his build up to the Ironman World Champs in Nice this year.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Samuel Askey-Doran’s Ironman World Champs Swim Workout for the Rest of Us
Aerobic fitness is key to success in endurance sports. This aerobic fitness will set you up for success leading onto the bike and run by ensuring you can complete the swim comfortably without draining your energy reserves and leaving you tired for the disciplines that follow. This session helps build your sustained aerobic pace and is great for long distance open-water swimmers and Long Course triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Long Course Weekend Regular Set 2
Building your ability to sustain your threshold pace in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open-water swimmers. These sessions further develop that ability by progressing your fitness by completing reps at a fast pace that you can sustain. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Triathlon Plus Race Pace Swim #1
This session sees a focus on VO2 max intensity over both 100m and 50m to develop your maximum aerobic capacity. This workout is of benefit all swimmers (including triathletes and open water swimmers – especially short course triathletes).
View More Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Improver – Session 04
The ability to sustain a solid effort for a reasonably duration with shortish reps will build your threshold swimming ability. This workout is of benefit all swimmers (including triathletes and open water swimmers – especially short course triathletes).
View More Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Improver – Session 03
Building your ability to sustain your threshold pace in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open-water swimmers. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, particularly Ironman 70.3 and Olympic distance triathletes, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Lance Watson’s Ironman 70.3 Race Intensity Workout
A session packed full of sprints can really build your VO2 max and tolerance of lactic acid later in the session. This session has been designed for swimmers and triathletes returning to the pool who are wanting to further develop their technique.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Auburn Sprint Set
Over the next few weeks, I’ll post a series of workouts to assist you to improve your swimming. These sessions are targeted toward beginners who…
View More Getting started with Swimming: Week 3