Swimming

SWIM CLUB Today’s session is active recovery with a twist. You can swim as slow and relaxed as you like but you must follow the rules below.Each time you reach the shallow end, you will perform 10x pool get-ups. These have a variety of names but to put it simply. It’s putting your hands on the pool edge and doing a front facing dip. Hold yourself at full arms extension, lower yourself back into the pool so your elbows are at 90 degrees then push yourself back up to full extension.When you hit the deep end, you will dive down...

Workout for Thursday 6th June Time to channel that inner Poseidon as you push through today's workout. A complete swim session, we will be performing 3 different swim strokes and finishing with an underwater challenge.  WORKOUT:500m Freestylerest 5 mins500m Breaststrokerest 5 mins500m Combat sidestrokerest 3mins 100m underwater (break this up into manageable chunks e.g. 4 x 25m with full recovery between)  

Workout for Monday 17th December Time to dive into the pool and smash out this workout. Before you begin make sure you complete the warm-up to help protect yourself against injury. For this swim session, we will be performing 5 rounds of 2 different circuits. Begin with the first circuit, swimming 100m then jumping out to complete your push-ups and flutter kicks. Jump back in the pool and perform this whole thing through 4 more times before you take a break.  Rest 3minutes then start the second circuit working through the exercises without rest until you have completed all 5...

Workout For Friday 31st August For today's session it’s time to hit the pool again. You won't need any equipment other than yourself and some swimming trunks. Perform the workout detailed below and for an extra kick, each time you reach the deep end of the pool you must dive down and touch the bottom before you continue the workout. Note: You will be getting in and out of the pool quite often for exercises, so I do not recommend using fins. Workout: Repeat through 10x Swim 50m freestylePerform 15 Push-ups      Rest 30 secondsSwim 50m CSSPerform 15 Arm haulers ...

Workout for Tuesday 24th July Ready to conquer the water? For today's session, you will be getting in the pool and performing short sharp sprints using freestyle. At the end of each sprint, you will stay in the pool but continue to perform an exercise to build your muscular endurance. To perform: Put your hands on the pool deck shoulder width apart and pull your upper body out of the water. From here, continue to do poolside dips for 15 seconds. Once the 15 seconds are up, you can rest a further 45 seconds before starting your next sprint. Don't give up it's...