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The Taper Lane

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This is the lane we all crave. The work is done, the big meet's approaching. Lot's more hanging out. You can get in late & out early. Don't need to do much but what you do needs to be really great. Mostly easy swimming. Some very fast swimming. Broken races. 25's 50's 75's Race rehearsals Race pace LOTS of rest. you're gonna start feeling like super man or woman Don't do stupid stuff. Don't trust your taper, test your taper. Do championship performance prep like Rich Abrahams Big musclely sprint types tend to need more weeks than the skinny distancy divas there's always lots to talk about in the taper lane the breastroke lane The Middle Distance Lane The Backstroke Lane The Butterfly Lane The SDK Lane The Taper Lane The Distance Lane The IM Lane The Sprint Free Lane The Pool Deck
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    Its been taper time for me! Since I'm not exactly doing a whole lot of massive yardage anymore there wasn't a huge taper in yardage possible for me. Still I've tapered off about 40% of the yardage I was doing and changed over to high rest/high speed sets in the last week. This week its all easy warmup and then a 25 sprint or two and some work on quick flipturns then warmdown. Starting to feel pretty good and strong in the water for my focus meet this weekend. I'm suspecting the taper effect won't be as effective as if I were doing longer workouts during the season but with the shave I'm hoping for at least a 3-5 tenth drop in the 50 free and at least 1 second in the 100 free. Love taper time :) :applaud:
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  • Former Member
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    Its been taper time for me! Since I'm not exactly doing a whole lot of massive yardage anymore there wasn't a huge taper in yardage possible for me. Still I've tapered off about 40% of the yardage I was doing and changed over to high rest/high speed sets in the last week. This week its all easy warmup and then a 25 sprint or two and some work on quick flipturns then warmdown. Starting to feel pretty good and strong in the water for my focus meet this weekend. I'm suspecting the taper effect won't be as effective as if I were doing longer workouts during the season but with the shave I'm hoping for at least a 3-5 tenth drop in the 50 free and at least 1 second in the 100 free. Love taper time :) :applaud:
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