Speed builds your fitness and gives you top end speed. For open water swimmers and triathletes this can assist with getting out through waves quickly but also helps develop the efficiency of the heart and lungs. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their top end speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: 25/75 Hike
Stamina is a key consideration for longer distance swimmers such as triathletes and open water swimmers. This session builds your stamina and endurance. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Long Swim with a Twist
This session is also known as Up Down Ladder by 100. It is great for developing and improving your ability to pace your longer swims, as well as negative split 1,500s and longer. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Ferris’ Folly
This is the essential guide to a successful swimming program for fitness and competitive swimmers alike, filled with concise, practical advice on everything from basic stroke technique to advanced training programs. It will teach you how to identify your own stroke, kick, body position, and breathing flaws, and provides innovative drills to correct errors in form. Steve Tarpinian is an experienced swimming coach and an Ironman triathlete.
View More Book of the Month May 2021 – The Essential Swimmer
Maintaining your Threshold speed is the key to swimming success in longer events of greater than 1,000m. This session works on further developing your threshold and your ability to maintain it. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Fast Freddie’s Favourite