Matt Fitzgerald's Week by Week Training Guide

T probably means Threshold. As in Threshold pace, or T-Pace. You can do threshold swims to figure 'good' training speeds and then do workouts where your pace per 100y is t+3 or t-2s. Not sure on the SPS.

I don't know, because it's just the "transition phase" which is basically a base 1 and 2. I thought it was trainer at first, untill I noticed it behind swimming and running.

I love his plans! I found you had to actually read all the text for the Off Season plan to get the codes, because he doesn't put them in a nice chart like he does for the other plans. Look at the top of page 421... T means technique oriented workout. SPS means swim pull set.

Two comments about the training plans in this book, other than that they are super.

1) not enough of a taper. I eased off on what he said to do in the last 10 days when following the OLY level 7 plan.

2) he does not use HR zones. I just converted his six zones in the RPE chart on page 9 to Zones 1-5a. So, if his workout code specifies Moderate Aerobic Effort, it means zone 2.

thank you so much!