You will complete a full taper for your main race of the season, but for B & C races, you should only complete a mini taper. Often the subject of…

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…

Watch the video in full, which covers all key points for Block 3, your major bullet points: Swim: Continue with bands 3 times per week for 20-30 mins. It will…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The video below discusses how to measure your training intensity and also the difference between ‘intensity’ and ‘output’. You should always try to use ‘intensity’ as your gauge and more…

For the swim sessions, there’s a few tools that you’ll need and I want to explain which ones to buy and why. You should check that your local pool will…