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 #2Tag: Tri Swim Coach New Zealand
Saturday Swim Session: Intensity Mix Up
In the swim leg of a triathlon (or open water swim) there is often some variation in swim intensity. The start of the race will often start at a hectic pace, as people try and jostle for a good position or to get to the first turn buoy in a good position before settling into a more sustainable pace. the pace then picks up again towards the end of the swim. This set builds on that top-end speed you have to enhance your overall performance. This session is great for open-water swimmers and triathletes of all distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Intensity Mix UpSaturday Swim Session: Top End Speed Builder
Sprint Training is the cherry on the top that gives you your race speed. With a periodised training plan, the preceding sessions are all building to this point to maximise and optimise the speed developed in these sessions. This session is perfect for master’s swimmers, although not specifically targeted for triathletes and open water swimmers this session will help sharpen the top-end swim speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Top End Speed BuilderSaturday Swim Session: Hansen & Hansen’s Distance Free 4
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session involve a range of paces to develop the skill and mindset to finish an open water swim or swim leg of a triathlon with stamina. There are some progressive paces used to build your fitness. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Hansen & Hansen’s Distance Free 4Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 7 Workout
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.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 7 WorkoutSaturday Swim Session: Threshold 100’s
Your ability to sustain a fast pace is effectively determined by your Threshold pace. Make improvement in your threshold swimming pace and find yourself swimming faster for longer (assuming you have the prerequisite stamina). This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Threshold 100’sSaturday Swim Session: Enhance Your Stamina With Extended Warm Ups
Stamina can be built through completing longer reps but also but utilising extended warm ups. This session utilises both to build your endurance and stamina. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Enhance Your Stamina With Extended Warm UpsSaturday Swim Session: Building Your Stamina With Long, Steady Swimming
Stamina is a key requirement of any distance swimmer. There are a number of ways to develop your stamina. The most common method is to practise swimming long, steady swims. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Building Your Stamina With Long, Steady SwimmingSaturday Swim Session: Building Speed and Threshold Pace
The ability to swim at and maintain your threshold pace is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. When large numbers of short reps with short rests are strung together your threshold swimming pace is developed, as is the case with this workout. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Building Speed and Threshold PaceSaturday Swim Session: Building Speed With T-Time Sessions
The ability to swim at and maintain your threshold pace 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.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Building Speed With T-Time Sessions