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Training to improve maximum swimming speed

This swimming session will make you swim faster

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This swimming session will make you swim faster, since different intensities are progressively working

For this session swimming training We are going to use Effort Perception (PE), that is, work by sensations.

Training to improve swimming speed

Heating

  • 10 'easy swimming (6/10 PE)
  • 3x (12x (25 styles, rec 10 '' every 25, change style every length))
  • 8 × 50 progressive (60%, 75%, 80%, 85%) rec 10 '' every 50 meters

Main block

  • 20 × 25 (Making PE: 3 to 9/10 and 1 to 3/10) .rec, 5 '' in fast, 15 '' easy
  • 3 'easy swim
  • 20 × 25 (Making PE: 3 to 9/10 and 1 to 3/10). rec, 5 '' in fast, 15 '' easy

Back to the calm

  • 5 'easy swim (6/10 PE)

How to do the session?

Heating

To start the training, do 10 minutes of continuous easy swimming, concentrating on getting your swimming technique right. Intensity 6/10

Little by little, he increases the pace so that in the final part the heart rate is already somewhat elevated and ready to begin the first part of the session.

Take the 3x (12 × 25) mixing styles rested 10 seconds between each length

Then do 8 progressive 50 meters in this way, 1st 60%, 2nd 75%, 3rd 80%, fourth 85%, recovery 10 '' between every 50 meters

Do it 3 times

Main block

The hard work begins, and we will work with the Perception of the effort, in the quick part make a 9/10 and in the fArticle 3.4 / 10

You have to do 20 repetitions of 25 meters, making 3 long fast and an easy one. You have to rest 5 seconds between each quick series and 15 '' in the easy ones.

After 3 minutes easy to do again another 20 × 25 series in the same way.

To finish do 5 ′ of easy swimming.

It is a demanding but very useful training to increase swimming speed,

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Check the following link if you want to see more swimming workouts ,

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