Spending a large amount of time swimming at or near your threshold pace and mixing in a bit of faster (or slower) swimming will develop not only your ability to sustain pace, but also give your VO2 max a boost. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Millions of Hundreds, Hundreds of Free for Mortals
When you improve your swimming you will have accomplished something very special.Designed for Beginner triathletes who are looking to improve their swimming fitness, the primary goal of this training plan is to ENHANCE YOUR swimming.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: Getting Started With Swimming Beginner Training Plan
Both Pull Buoy and Paddles are great tools to develop swim specific strength. They are both used within this session to ensure you get the most out of it. This session is will challenge triathletes and open water swimmers and generate improvement.
View More Saturday Swim Session: 220’s Pull and Paddle Set
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 top end speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 3 Workout
I’ve been working on a new Fitness Swim Training Plan to improve your swimming over 8 weeks. The sessions for this programme between 1,500m and 2,100m long and there are three sessions each week. I’ve got variations of the training plan for people who can complete four or five swims each week, as well as for people who can only fit two swims per week. As well as a 12, 16 and 20 week variation of the programme. These are the sessions for the first week.
View More Saturday Swim Session: 8 Week Fitness Swim Training Plan Week 1
Including a mix of drills and a range of swimming strokes will help you develop your technique and feel for the water. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Margaret Cyphers’ Tapa Workout
Descending sets can provide both stamina and speed as you build your swimming fitness. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Margaret Cyphers’ Casserole Workout
This is based off a session put together by Grant Holicky who specialised in coaching Open Water swimmers and triathletes. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Grant Holicky’s Open Water Training Set for Christine Jennings
This is a great session that develops specific endurance for triathletes and open water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: John Wood’s Endurance Workout
This session simulates a race. Stating off hard and fast settle into a rhythm and then finish hard. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Ryan Bolton’s Tri-Specific Speed/Threshold Swim Set