#4 Swimming
Crawl training session 1
Headed to the pool (very close to work) before work.
Equipment: Kickboard, pull buoy, swim goggles
Needed to continue working on the technique and breathing
Q – Technique 60 min
Warm up + drills:
200 m breaststroke
2x(4x25m drills)
- Kick with board, 2&3 catch-up, 4. Crawl) rest 20-30s
Main set: 2x
4x25m – 25m one arm change left/right per 25
4x100m pull with just pull buoy
4x75m: 25m catch-up + 50m crawl, rest 30-40s between everything.
100m crawl
Cool down: 100m mix of breaststroke and crawl
This was my original plan.
Was struggling with the breathing. Gasping for breath and had to stand and cough. Since I wanted to focus on the breathing and felt that it was necessary I changed the training to the following:
200 m breaststroke
First set
25m kick with board
25m catch-up
25m catch-up
25m crawl
Rest 20-30s
Second set
25m kick with board
25m catch-up
25m catch-up
25m crawl
4x25m – 25m one arm change left/right per 25
Different exercises with board, one arm change, catch-up, buoy. When I didn’t stress I could breath so much better but I still need to continue working on the breathing
Cool down: 100m on my back and breststroke.
Lost track of the amount of lanes when I had more focus on the breathing.
Crawl training session 2
Warm up + drills:
200m breaststroke
2x25m one arm right/left + 20 s rest
2x25m kick on your side
Main set:1x (second round with paddles and pull buoy)
A few crawls with paddles, did not work, decided to not use them, buoy was not used
4x100m crawl rest 20s
4x50m (mix crawl fast and easy) rest 30s
Cool down:
10×50 mix
Focus on breathing
Still had issues with the breathing, I seem to have started to get the hang of it breathing over the water surface, but under the water surface is a struggle.
Next week I will have my first coaching and I will let the coach know that I cannot breath properly.
Distance: 1400m
