This mid-season session has a little bit of speed and aerobic work with all parts nice and short.
Speed/Taper Set
A nice little speed set that is useful for injecting speed during the season or as a taper session.
General Aerobic Session 5
This session is mostly IM focused with some freestyle and even some speed mixed in. I like sessions like these sometimes as changing every 500m or so keeps things interesting. As usual I must point out that these are my sessions that I swim, people are free to try them and adapt them, but do... Continue Reading →
Wrapping up 2021
Summing up the second half of 2021, when I finally got to return to the pool
General Aerobic Session 3 (Individual Medley)
An aerobic IM training session.
A Strange Year
A Strange Year - A recap on the year just gone and why I haven't been writing.
The Gothenburg Pyramid (IM Aerobic)
A challenging IM aerobic session written by my fellow Gothenburg Sim coach
My Irish Masters Open 2020
Mike reviews his Irish Masters Open 2020
How to improve your body position when swimming
Mikes advice on how to improve your body position in the water.
The Limerick Masters Set
An aerobic frontcrawl session I swam with some members of the Limerick Masters swimming club.
General Aerobic Session 2 (Freestyle + some speed)
An aerobic session that uses mostly freestyle. It also incorporates some speedwork.
General Aerobic Session 1 (Freestyle)
An aerobic freestyle session
Tough to get going
There are a few times throughout a season when training can get tough for a swimmer. I don’t mean physically tough, training is generally tough if you are doing it right. I’m talking about those times when you get that “wonderful” combination of training being physically and mentally tough. These times are usually, in my... Continue Reading →
FINA World Masters – recap of Day 1
Mike recaps on his first day of racing at the FINA World Masters 2017
Wall of water
Blog post on training for the World Masters 2017