Long reps are great for building endurance. The 1000m reps used in Option C are perfect for Ironman athletes or people doing longer Ocean Swims.
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Saturday Swim Session: 25 & 50’s for Speed
This session is really good for developing your speed for shorter open water swims and Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons.
View More Saturday Swim Session: 25 & 50’s for SpeedSaturday Swim Session: Threshold 200’s
This session will develop your swimming speed and stamina, using a threshold set of 200m reps.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Threshold 200’sSaturday Swim Session: Endurance and Drills
Continuing on the winter theme of working on building your fitness and enhancing your technique during the off-season. This week’s session develops both.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Endurance and DrillsSaturday Swim Session: 100’s and 50’s
Swimming repeats of 100m and 50m’s is a great way to develop your swimming fitness. With the short rests and target times based on your…
View More Saturday Swim Session: 100’s and 50’sSaturday Swim Session: Technique and Drills
Technique drills are a great way to enhance your swim technique.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Technique and DrillsSaturday Swim Session: Swim Golf and Drills
Drills and Swim Golf are great activities to do to improve your technique.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Swim Golf and DrillsSaturday Swim Session: Sprints and other Strokes
These sessions will help develop your speed and feel for the water.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Sprints and other StrokesSaturday Swim Session: Time Trials
Time Trials are a great tool to measure your performance and then compare it to your previous (or future) performances. But the biggest benefit comes…
View More Saturday Swim Session: Time TrialsTestimonial: Shayne Nation
Having not done any swimming since my last Ironman race 6 years prior, and battling a back injury in which I was facing surgery, I decided to take on the Lake Taupo Across Lake Swim to help with motivation to train and get in shape.
Ray has coached me through numerous endurance events, including two Ironman races, and so I approached him once again for help with this swim. In the 8 weeks Ray had to coach me, he programmed training that not only got me over the finish line, but also consistently took into consideration any difficulty I came across with my back injury.