Boston Performance Coaching

Arctic and Canadian chill in the air.  Crescent moon in the sky.  A few cars out and a few brave souls in reflective gear running along the Charles this morning.  It's week #2 in the BPC build phase and we were in full swing at 6:30am in the Case Center Pool.  The theme this week is fitness.  It's that time of year to build upon the technique work that you did in the fall, and rely upon your acquired skills from technique to increase and boost your fitness.  The swims in this 10 week period of time have a technique and drill focus for about 40% of the workout and then 50% of the workout is focused on increasing fitness in the water.  This presents a challenge to the athletes, because they have to work hard not only for the drill set, but especially for the main set.  I told them this morning and this goes for athletes training everywhere- at this point they should have 3 swims per week: 1 swim is short intervals with fast paced efforts, 1 swim is mid distance intervals at tempo pace, 1 swim is long intervals with endurance focus.  This is so that each swim is different, they are reminding their brains and muscles to swim efficiently as well as working on strength, fitness and endurance.  Last week was 200's, this week 100's and next week will be shorter.  What does this mean to our athletes?  Get out of your comfort zones and pushing to work hard and get to the next level.