In general, it is reducing your workload and doing more race pace work. But it varies from person to person. Some hate to reduce anything for fear they will get "out of shape." Sure that some of the experts will chime in. For a small meet, I will just take a few days off with maybe a few slow swims to keep loose. Haven't swum a nationals for a long time, so haven't done any multi week tapers in years.
In general, it is reducing your workload and doing more race pace work. But it varies from person to person. Some hate to reduce anything for fear they will get "out of shape." Sure that some of the experts will chime in. For a small meet, I will just take a few days off with maybe a few slow swims to keep loose. Haven't swum a nationals for a long time, so haven't done any multi week tapers in years.
