What do your pool training sessions look like?

[kevtron]

I train with the Korea Freedive Team (not national team, just the name they use), and their pool trainings are very structured, and, IMHO, not the most efficient for the best possible improvement. So sometimes a couple of the guys and I will just do our own training session on other days.

I'm curious how you all plan and run your pool training sessions. a) when with a team, and b) when just with a buddy or two. Obviously it'll depend on your specific goals for the day, but I'm still just looking for different ideas to compare.

Cheers

 

[growingupninja]

When I setting my own pool workout I usually warm up with 300-500M crawl, 100-200M kickboard. Then I strap on fins and start dynamic laps, not pushing to hard at first, plenty of rest at each end. Then I start mixing partial lung or empty lung swims into the dynamic, then I start a structured sets with breath or time interval at each end. My sets are shorter distances in the beginning and I do longer distances (main set) or more reps at the end. I try to think of each workout as having one main set.

I have noticed that in training with a group it can be fun but everybody tends to have different needs depending on their background; a lot of spearos are very strong in statics or apnea but have poor swimming technique, and then the swimmers have perfect streamline and kick but no apnea training.

When I used to swim competitively usually the team does the same warm-ups, basic sets, and warm downs but the main sets were frequently different depending on specialties. Ie the sprinters on the team don't really get much benefit out of swimming miles back to back, and the distance swimmers don't need to spend an hour developing an more explosive start.

 

[Herup]

We are a mixed group training on very different levels. Training is mostly individual, but we all pretty much help each other all the time and share experience, observations and knowledge.

One two hour pass for me could, at the moment, typically consist of:

-10 min. talking in the locker room and shower
-10 min. warm up and talking in the sauna
-One 90%-95% no warmup dynamic with or without fins
-5 min talking/evaluating
-5-10x50m technique training with or without fins with evaluation along the way.
-Helping someone else for a while or playing around doing Kars´ "frog flow" or fooling around in the pool enjoying the water, or maybe swimming a few labs.
-20 min mixed static with a lot of taking in the warm pool. Sometimes tabels, sometimes longer dives.
-10 min warm down and talking in the sauna
-10 min taking in the shower and locker room.

Believe me, so much talking is very, very tough! rofl

Best regards
H!