Short, Simple Sessions To Get Your Swimming Back On Track
For many people, we are starting to get a glimpse of normal life in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the regular contact we have had with the 50 Swim Smooth Certified Coaches across the world, the situation is looking more optimistic for our coaches and swimmers. It has been great to hear that some of our coaches are now able to offer some sort of swim training, whether that is Seamus Bennett, (Felixstowe, UK) and Lucy Lloyd-Roach (Manchester, UK) running open water sessions or Merle Taviste (Singapore) and Linda Bostic (Florida, US) running reduced capacity squad sessions at the pool.
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| Swim Smooth Dubai are back in the pool |
In a recent conversation, Mary Jessey, from Swim Smooth Calgary, said pools were beginning to open up and are offering 30 minute slots for swimmers to book onto. Even though Mary's squad swimmers are jumping at the opportunity to get back into the water, they were asking for some inspiration to get the most out of their short training session.
At Swim Smooth, we have just the thing for a short, sharp, intense training session with minimal equipment. Exactly what you need to get back into the swing of things!
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| Swim Smooth Suffolk's open water sea swim |
The Perfect Pyramid
Equipment: Tempo Trainer set at CSS pace
Complete each of these swims at CSS pace with 5-6s rest in between. If you finish before the 30 minutes is up, repeat with 50m intervals (50m, 100m, 150m etc). See how far you can get and try to beat your distance in your next swim.
1) 100m
2) 200m
3) 300m
4) 400m
5) 300m
6) 200m
7) 100m
If you need more ideas to keep you improving in your short training sessions, check out our "Quick 'n' Easy Lunchtime Swims" on the Swim Smooth Guru (subscription required).
We'd love to hear how you are getting on with your return back to swimming, so email customerservice@swimsmooth.com or tag us in your posts on Facebook (Swim Smooth: The World's Most Passionate Swim Coaching!) and Instagram (@swimsmooth).
Swim Smooth!