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chucifer started the topic Week 11: Coach’s Notes, Upcoming Events, and Workouts in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 3 months ago
Week 11: Coach’s Notes, Upcoming Events, and Workouts
Swimmers,
Just to remind you again, there are no PM swims this week as the Wilson Aquatic Center is closed for their annual maintenance week. If you would like, our AM sessions have a lot of room as we rent out the entire pool from 5:45 to 6:45 AM. To get to the UDC Pool for our AM session, T…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Week 9 Coach’s Notes, Events, and Workouts! in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 4 months ago
Swimmers,
This is a short week (Week 9) for our program and our last swims of 2017. We have evening practices tonight and friday night and our only AM session this week is on Friday.
Next week (starting Wednesday) we will be beginning phase 2 of our program and incorporating other focus points into our workouts. At this point, our base has been…[Read more] -
chucifer started the topic Week 8 Coache's Notes, Upcoming Events and Workouts of the Week in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 4 months ago
Swimmers,
Welcome to Week 8 of our annual program! We have 3 more weeks left of this phase of our program before we build upon the basics emphasized so far. We’ve introduced the bands, paddles and snorkels this phase and from them, we’ve learned about body position and we have reinforced proper basic pulling mechanics. If you haven’t gotten the g…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Week 7 Workouts And Upcoming Events in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 4 months ago
Week 7
Swimmers, there are just few more weeks of this calendar year and hopefully you have not just jumped back into the pool for the upcoming season, but, you have also thought about how you’d like to approach your swim training.
This morning, we held our first technique clinic of the 2018 season with 20 participants at the Catholic University…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Week 6 Workouts and Upcoming Events in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 4 months ago
Week 6
Swimmers,
Happy December! This is Week 6 of our annual program and we are just a few more weeks away from moving away from this pre-season phase. This week we have a Challenge Set on Wednesday named after yours truly. If you won’t be at practice on Wednesday, feel free to ask a coach to do the Challenge Set on Monday or Friday.
As with t…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Week 5 Workouts and Upcoming Events in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers,
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are ready to get back into training! We’re still in the pre-season phase of our program with Week 5 and we are still working on body position and general fitness and strength. If it wasn’t evident from the previous weeks, the points that we are emphasizing right now are Resistance Cord use prior…[Read more] -
chucifer started the topic Week 4 Workouts and Upcoming Events in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers,
Welcome to Week 4 of the program. We are nearly a month into this program and laying down some good groundwork for future training. If we don’t see you this week, have a great Thanksgiving! Personally, I’m very thankful and inspired by of all of your hard work this year. You all inspire us to keep trying to provide you with the best…[Read more] -
chucifer replied to the topic Week 3 Workouts in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers,
I’m not sure why the formatting is all haywire, but unfortunately, I cant edit it now. The full set without all the formatting is on Facebook at:
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chucifer started the topic Week 3 Workouts in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers,
Welcome to week 3! This week, we continue with our focus on technique and building base fitness. You will notice that the pre-workout set of resistance cord pulls has jumped to 3 sets of 20 pulls. If you haven’t started using the bands, we strongly recommend that you begin with sets of 10 or 15, but with good form. Here’s a video I h…[Read more] -
chucifer replied to the topic Week 2 Workouts in the forum Masters Swim Program (MSP) 6 years, 5 months ago
Also, please note that all DC DPR pools are closed on Friday due to Veteran’s Day. This means that our Friday PM swim at Wilson Aquatic Center is cancelled. However, our Friday practice is ON. If you want to get a swim in this Friday, please swing by the UDC pool at 5:45 AM to set your weekend up right!
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chucifer started the topic Week 2 Workouts in the forum Swim 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers, welcome to Week 2 of the MSP 2017-2018 season.
This week we are focusing on building on techniques learned last week and introducing a new tool. Hopefully you have acquired a swimmer’s snorkel for your own use as these workouts will include snorkel work. If you don’t have a snorkel (or paddles or a resistance cord) yet, you can easily…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Week 1 Workouts in the forum Swim 6 years, 5 months ago
Workouts for the week of Nov 1st (start of program)
Swimmers!
Below are the workouts for the remainder of the week as conducted by our coaches, If you have any questions, on how these workouts are written, feel free to ask!
As this is still the Offseason/Preseason, the amount of intensity is limited to quick bursts here and there. Our focus…[Read more] -
chucifer started the topic Masters Swim Program Offseason in the forum Swim 6 years, 5 months ago
Swimmers,
Welcome to the Preseason period of the 2017-2018 season of the Masters Swim Program of the DC Tri Club. This period will extend until the end of December and is designed to provide a targeted emphasis on technique, building a base of fitness, and on learning new tools and skills to help you achieve your goals.
During this period of…[Read more]
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chucifer started the topic Masters Swimming State of the Program in the forum Swim 6 years, 6 months ago
The Masters Swimming State of the Program
In looking back at the past year, we, the coaches of the DC Tri Club Masters Swimming Program (MSP) are proud of your accomplishments and we would like to thank you for an amazing 2016-2017 season. We’ve had swimmers win their age groups, swimmers learn how to strategize and execute races, a…[Read more]