Select a training programme service

SELECT A TRAINING PROGRAMME SERVICE

Swimwatch are launching an important new service.

Many triathletes, masters swimmers, recreational fitness swimmers, surf swimmers, waterpolo players and even a number of open pool swimmers write their own schedules and train on their own. The new Swimwatch service is aimed at helping these athletes.

All the schedules written so far are general aerobic fitness schedules. Other anaerobic, speed and trials sessions will be added as the service grows. So, at this stage you can only select an AEROBIC schedule using the selection program below.

The training schedules range in length from 2,000m to 10,000m. Using the selection program you can choose the distance you wish to swim.

The schedules are then further categorized into MIXED sessions, KICK sessions, LONG sessions, MEDLEY sessions and SHARPENERS sessions. Using the selection program you can choose the type of program you want to do.

The description LONG is not a reference to the session's length, which also range from 2,000m to 10,000m, but describes the type of schedule. These are the swimming equivalent of a runner's steady road run. Swimwatch recommend that at least one of the LONG schedules is included in each weeks training.

Purists will probably say the SHARPENERS schedules should not be included in an AEROBIC listing of schedules. They are right. We have included them in the AEROBIC category just while the system gets started. Once the anaerobic and speed sections are up and running SHARPENERS will be put in a more suitable home.

The schedules shown have all been used by competitive swimmers. Three have been New Zealand open champions, record holders and representatives at Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Games.

Swimwatch recognize there are a lot of other good schedules around. If you have a favorite or a most hated, send it to us

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Please send us an email if you have any requests or if you have a schedule you'd like to add! democracy@swimwatch.co.nz