Writing training plans and coaching are 2 separate things. Writing a plan is putting together a series of workouts, to best achieve a goal and coaching is working with people…
Author: marc laithwaite
Use the force… but what if you can’t?
The key to using sports science testing to assess and to monitor progress, is to keep it simple, avoid the smoke and mirrors bullshit and pick out the important bits….
Training… It either works or it doesn’t?
There are many theories of how to best train for endurance sports. Some people prefer low intensity and greater volume, others prefer high intensity intervals and each has their own…
18 Weeks to summer… a recap
We’re now in the critical phase and whilst you’ve had no swimming, remember that everyone else is in the same boat, so you’re not going to be disadvantaged in competition…
Putting the run plan together
I recently posted an article in the training pool about ‘Speed Reserve’ and we had a discussion on Facebook about self analysing your run strengths and weaknesses. As we start…
Swim Band Workouts
Keep it simple. Do 3-4 workouts per week, 2 of them should be max and 2 should he hard. See examples below and post on Facebook group if you have…
Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR)
The Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR) has been used for many years in sports science and endurance coaching, specifically for running. As usual, it tends to be over-complicated and over-scientific, but…
Swimming isn’t just about swimming….
We do bang on a bit about swim volume and sometimes it looks a bit like we’re obsessed and you may think perhaps we put ‘too much’ emphasis on swim…
Block 2 Video Overview, weeks 9-16, beginning November 23rd 2020
Watch the video below which explains the sessions and the objectives for block 2, commencing November 23rd. It includes an overview of the plan, sessions and testing for this block….
Block 1 Video Overview, weeks 1-8, beginning September 28th 2020
You are unauthorized to view this page. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password