• Week 1
    Print Week
  • Day 1

    RUN
    • Time: 25m
    • Run Speed
    • Speed/Efficiency
    • 25
    • 25' run with 4x30" strides. These are best if done on a slight downhill on a dirt path. Warm up for at least 10' before the first stride. For your recovery, you can walk back to the starting point. Strides are quick bursts that are as fast as 5k pace. You are looking to get in about 45 left foot strikes per 26-28". Stretch when done and add in Core 1, 2 or 3.
    Comments and Definitions

    Kick (Regular) - regular kickboard kick or kick on back with hands over head, fingers locked. Pull Drill - Focus will be on learning to 'catch' the water with your forearm and pull yourself through the water. If you feel your lats (the muscles under your arm pits that go down the side of your back) engage, then you are starting to get it. If your shoulders are tired, then you are still using too much shoulder and not enough lats.

    SWIM
    • Time: 30m
    • Distance: 1400.00 yards
    • Swim Form
    • Form
    • 30
    • 1400
    • WU: 200 easy. Then 'swim golf' = 6 x 50 on 15" rest & count strokes. What combination of time and strokes gives you the lowest 'score?' (Ex: 43 strokes + 45" = 88).
    • MS: Swim a moderate effort using the same stroke count in WU set. 5 x 100 (10") moderate. 4 x 50 kick (20") moderate.
    • CD: 200 easy alternating 50 pull, 50 swim.

    Day 2

    BIKE
    • Time: 45m
    • Trainer
    • Efficiency
    • 45
    • WU: 10'
    • MS: These are with your shoes clipped in, and the idea is to focus on one leg at a time.
    • 90" right leg, then 90" left leg.
    • Next is: 45" right, 45" left, vice versa 2x.
    • Next: 30" left, 30" right increase cadence each 5'' to maximum.
    • Next: 20" right, 20" left for 2'.
    • 15" right, 15 "left for 1',
    • 10" right, 10" left, for 40",
    • 5"right, 5" left for 20".
    • 3-4 x 1' at max cadence, RI 1'.
    • 3-4 x 15" at max cadence to spinout, RI 45"
    • CD: 10'
    Strength
    • Time: 45m
    • Exercise
      Sets
      Min reps
      Max reps
    • LEGS
      2 Leg Squats
      2
      12
      15
    • BACK
      Bent-Arm Pulldown
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Leg Press
      2
      12
      15
    • BACK
      Seated row
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Leg Extensions
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Hamstring curl
      2
      12
      15
    • CORE
      Core #1
      2
      0
      0

    Day 3

    RUN
    • Time: 20m
    • Run Base
    • Endurance
    • 20
    • Run on a flat course or treadmill. Keep HR in Zone 1-2. Think about form and running pretty. Stretch when done and add in Core 1, 2 or 3.
    Comments and Definitions

    Pretty Running - lean forward, roll off your big toes, keep hand above your waist, look about 6 feet in front of you with your eyes, drive your elbows back and never cross your midline with your hands. Sculling - moving your hand back and forth in the water, at your hips, your shoulder or over your head to keep your body balanced in the water while providing some propulsion. More specifically, this means to gently propel yourself through the water by moving your hands close to and just under your hips, using the figure-eight pattern. Basically, just easily push yourself through the water on your back.

    SWIM
    • Time: 45m
    • Distance: 2000.00 yards
    • Swim Endurance
    • Form
    • 45
    • 2000
    • WU: 10 minutes alternating slow-fast pacing. Play with different strokes while warming up.
    • MS: 30-minute steady swim. Swim without stopping. Count your strokes on the first 25 of each 100. Are they staying constant?
    • CD: 5 minutes very easy. Choice of strokes or floating on your back and sculling.

    Day 4

    BIKE
    • Time: 1h 00m
    • Spin Class
    • Aerobic Fitness
    • 60
    • Stay with a smooth pedaling stroke and keep your HR aerobic!

    Day 5

    SWIM
    • Time: 45m
    • Distance: 1000.00 yards
    • Swim Drills
    • Form
    • 45
    • 1000
    • WU: 200 easy swimming. Then 2 x 50 Swim Golf.
    • MS: 8 x 50yd/m w/:20 rest:
    • #1-3:Right Side Kick
    • #4-6: Left Side Kick
    • #7-8: Six Kick Change.
    • *Mastery of a drill determines progression, not yardage.
    • Then 2x 50 Swim Golf. Did you improve your swim golf score?
    • CD: 200 easy swimming.
    • Stretch afterwards and immediately take some notes on your session. What worked, what didn't, observations, questions, concerns, frustrations and victories."
    Comments and Definitions

    Swim Golf = Add up your 50 yd/m time and the # of strokes for the 50 yd/m - for example: 50 seconds and 50 strokes for a 50 yard swim would give you a golf sore of 100 Right Side Kick: How: Kick on your right side, with left shoulder pointed to the sky. Head: Relaxed, underwater, look at the side of the pool. Advanced it to look at the bottom, but be sure to maintain vertical shoulders when on your side: shoulders perpendicular to bottom of the pool. Arms: Right arm extended, left hand rests on left thigh. Toes: Toes pointed, ankles relaxed. Keep width of kick within "tube" created by your body: relatively narrow. Breath: Take a small sculling motion with right hand and roll head easily to breathe. Exhale slowly and smoothly. Notes: 1. Keep shoulders perpendicular to pool bottom. "Point belly to the side of the pool." 2. Relatively narrow kick. 3. Smooth breath by rolling your head up to the sky. Left Side Kick - just the opposite of above. Six Kick Change - Start with Right Side Kick. 6 kicks, then pull and roll over to Left Side Kick. 6 kicks left side, roll, repeat.

    Day 6

    RUN
    • Time: 45m
    • Run Base
    • Endurance
    • 45
    • Run on a flat course or treadmill. Keep HR in Zone 1-2. Think about form and running pretty. Stretch when done and add in Core 1, 2 or 3.
    Comments and Definitions

    Pretty Running - lean forward, roll off your big toes, keep hand above your waist, look about 6 feet in front of you with your eyes, drive your elbows back and never cross your midline with your hands.

    Strength
    • Time: 45m
    • Exercise
      Sets
      Min reps
      Max reps
    • LEGS
      2 Leg Squats
      2
      12
      15
    • BACK
      Bent-Arm Pulldown
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Leg Press
      2
      12
      15
    • BACK
      Seated row
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Leg Extensions
      2
      12
      15
    • LEGS
      Hamstring curl
      2
      12
      15
    • CORE
      Core #1
      2
      0
      0
    Comments and Definitions

    Period AA
    Sets 1-2
    Reps 12-15
    Speed Slow
    Recovery 1-1.5'
    Time 45

    Day 7

    BIKE
    • Time: 50m
    • Bike ME
    • Muscular Endurance
    • 50
    • WU: 15'
    • MS: 5x3' w/ 1' RI
    • #1 End at low Zn 3
    • #2 End at middle Zn 3
    • #3 End at upper Zn 3
    • #4 End at lower Zn 4
    • #5 Build to Zn 4 in first 45s and hold
    • CD: 15'