i-Swam set 23-01-2017

This weeks set I-Swam Set is calle da ‘Big Bold Pyramid” set. We start and finish with some technique work to get us focused, in the middle is a nice pyramid to keep you occupied, with different paces and rest intervals.  Enjoy, its a tough one! Part 1 200...

i-Swam set 16-01-2017

Our Newsletter this week was talking about Monitoring your swim with CSS based training.  The first step to this is a CSS Benchmark to record your swim metrics, which can then be taken forward to help you in your training and monitoring. The I-Swam set below is a...

i-Swam set 09-01-2017

This I-Swam set is called ‘Oh So Simple’.  Don’t be fooled by its appearance, swam properly at the various speeds it is a beast of a set that will test both your mental and physical state.  Physically, the short bursts of speed and low rest will give...

South West Swim Pool Squads

*If you have arrived here from a Facebook or Email link please enjoy the read to get a comprehensive overview of what we do in our South West Swim Squads.  Our main pool squad page can be found here, where you can book your sessions or view upto date session time...

i-Swam set 29-07-2016

This i-Swam set is an open water focused set based loosely on a very popular set we delivered a few weeks ago, combining open water skills, pacing and technical swim skills. When we coach open water in the lake we use the lake as our pool, this saves the monotomy of...

Sasha Leigh – Sponsored Swimmer Update

Sasha Leigh – SWS Sponsored Swimmer 2016 Jason’s asked me to write a little intro and update as to what I’m doing and why. So here goes. It all started when I was diagnosed last year with multiple sclerosis. It was a shock, but it also explained some very weird...

The Washing Machine Effect

The Washing Machine Effect  – Swim Starts and Finishes for Open Water & Triathlon Swimming Jason Tait, South West Swim Coaching & Retail The start of a race is for some, the most daunting aspect of the race, a mass of bodies, arms and legs flailing...

i-swam 13-05-2016

This weeks I-Swam set is more of a We-Swam.  This set got some good feedback from our pure technique squad session this week so I have decided to send it out for you to try. The sets focus is on good alignment, symmetry and body position.  Finishing with a few timed...

i-swam 06-05-2016

This week its a nice simple set using our CSS paces at CSS 0, but it will be very tough.  Can you survive the whole distance?.  All sets are performed with 1 BEEP recovery only.  This is a nice endurance set with a mix of threshold pace and spurts of above threshold....

i-swam 29-04-2016

Welcome to this weeks I-Swam set.  This week we performed a skills pyramid in the pool, rising from 100m through to 600m and back again. Feel free to tweak these distances to meet your own session time, for example build in 50m additional increments instead of...

i-swam 21-03-16

After the hectic period of school holidays the i-swum set is back, as I can get back to the lap pool and swim :). Todays I-Swim set is designed to work the body posture and position and the front of the stroke, we have also chucked in some speed work and open water...

I-swam

I-Swam, Rotation Drill Pyramid This week its not so much an I-Swam set, as I took a CSS test on Monday, knocking 2.8 seconds off per 100m, so I am very happy with this. So for this weeks set I have looked up and re-worked an older squad homework set that was being...

I swam…………

If you fancy a nice little tough set to challenge the body and mind try this little number that I swam on Monday.  Use your CSS pace +4 (25m pool you would add 4 seconds to your Base CSS, (for ref 0.25 per length added to the tempo trainer = 1 second over 100m).  I...

Swim Smooth Australia 2016 – Week 2

  Well, its been an interesting week or so back in the UK, which is why this second instalment about my trip has been delayed slightly.  When flying to Australia I found the jet lag quite bad, but manageable.  I could still get on with daily life (albeit adjusted...