The Swim Fitness Builder (SFB) is an eight-week training plan to build fitness for a swimmer currently confident in swimming about 600-800m to be able to swim 1,600m confidently in a session. This is the second week of the training plan. I am providing the workouts from the training plan for FREE, through my website. If you’d like them as a training plan on TrainingPeaks, there is a link to purchase that towards the end of the article.
Each Saturday I will post a Swim Session, most weeks I will load three options up for you to do. Option A is for swimmers who are after a workout between 1,000 & 2,000 metres. Option B is for swimmers who are after a workout between 2,000 & 3,000m and Option C will be greater than 3,000m.
Spread the following sessions through the week. If you only have time to include two swim sessions, utilise the first two workouts. If you only have time to include three swim sessions, utilise the first three workouts. Spread them evenly through the week, eg:
- 4 sessions Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday;
- 3 Sessions Monday, Wednesday, and Friday;
- 2 Sessions Monday, Thursday or Monday, Friday
Check out last weeks article for the first weeks worth of workouts:
Session 5
- 200m W/U;
- 4x 50m Drill/Swim;
- 4x 100m Swim, 30sec RI;
- 200m C/D (1,000m)
For the Warm Up (WU) start with a 200m swim. During the warm up feel free to stop and stretch as needed. It doesn’t need to be a continuous swim.
Next up is a drill set. There are four 50m repetitions made up of 25m Drill, then straight into 25m normal swimming. Feel free to use fins whilst doing this set. Do the drills below:
The main set is made up of four reps of 100m. Swim them at a pace you can maintain for all reps. Take a 30 second Rest Interval (RI) after each rep.
For the Cool Down (CD) swim 200m. Unlike the previous sets which have to be freestyle, the cool down (like the warm up) can be any stroke you wish to swim. You can also stop and rest after any length. I encourage you to stop and stretch during the cool down.
Session 6
- 200m W/U;
- 4x 50m Drill/Swim;
- 10x 25m Swim, 10sec RI;
- 200m C/D (1,100m)
For the Warm Up (WU) start with a 200m swim. During the warm up feel free to stop and stretch as needed. It doesn’t need to be a continuous swim.
Next up is a drill set. There are four 50m repetitions made up of 25m Drill, then straight into 25m normal swimming. Feel free to use fins whilst doing this set. Do the drills below:
The main set is made up of ten reps of 25m. Swim them at a pace you can maintain for all reps. Take a ten second Rest Interval (RI) after each rep.
For the Cool Down (CD) swim 200m. Unlike the previous sets which have to be freestyle, the cool down (like the warm up) can be any stroke you wish to swim. You can also stop and rest after any length. I encourage you to stop and stretch during the cool down.
Session 7
- 200m W/U;
- 8x 25m Drill;
- 8x 50m Swim, 10sec RI;
- 200m C/D (1,000m)
For the Warm Up (WU) start with a 200m swim. During the warm up feel free to stop and stretch as needed. It doesn’t need to be a continuous swim.
Next up is a drill set. There are eight, 25m repetitions. Feel free to use fins whilst doing this set. Do the drills below twice through:
The main set is made up of eight reps of 50m. Swim them at a pace you can maintain for all reps. Take a ten second Rest Interval (RI) after each rep.
For the Cool Down (CD) swim 200m. Unlike the previous sets which have to be freestyle, the cool down (like the warm up) can be any stroke you wish to swim. You can also stop and rest after any length. I encourage you to stop and stretch during the cool down.
Session 8
- 300m W/U;
- 3x 200m 30sec RI;
- 200m C/D (1,100m)
For the Warm Up (WU) start with a 300m swim. During the warm up feel free to stop and stretch as needed. It doesn’t need to be a continuous swim.
The main set is made up of three reps of 200m. Swim them at a pace you can maintain for all reps. Take a 30 second Rest Interval (RI) after each rep.
For the Cool Down (CD) swim 200m. Unlike the previous sets which have to be freestyle, the cool down (like the warm up) can be any stroke you wish to swim. You can also stop and rest after any length. I encourage you to stop and stretch during the cool down.
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I am the Head Coach & Director of Qwik Kiwi Coaching.
I specialise in assisting first timers and recreational athletes to achieve their sporting goals. I can be contacted at coachray@coachray.nz and 021 348 729.
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