I would love to read your taper schedules for a championship meet. With scm season underway and training hard core, what is your favorite taper workouts and duration?
Assume your normal training routine is 8 - 11; 3000 yard workouts a week with one - two dry-land training a week.
Thank you in advance for your input or links!!!
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I start my taper 3 wk before the meet.For the weights I drop the weight down,first session 80%,second session 75%,third session 70% focusing on speed.For the actual swims,for the first 2 weeks of taper I keep the distance the same but make more of it recovery swims,so like instead of a set of 10X25 on the minute sprints(for sprint day) I'd do 5X50 on the 1 1/2 or 2 min as 25 sprint and 25 slow.The week before the meet I don't lift and I swim a long warm up,a 50 at 200 pace,200 cool down,50 at 100 pace ,200 cool down,2X25 sprints with 100-200 cool down between them and then a long cool down.The day before the meet I do my meet warm up,sprint a 50(from the block if possible),and do a long cool down.
I start my taper 3 wk before the meet.For the weights I drop the weight down,first session 80%,second session 75%,third session 70% focusing on speed.For the actual swims,for the first 2 weeks of taper I keep the distance the same but make more of it recovery swims,so like instead of a set of 10X25 on the minute sprints(for sprint day) I'd do 5X50 on the 1 1/2 or 2 min as 25 sprint and 25 slow.The week before the meet I don't lift and I swim a long warm up,a 50 at 200 pace,200 cool down,50 at 100 pace ,200 cool down,2X25 sprints with 100-200 cool down between them and then a long cool down.The day before the meet I do my meet warm up,sprint a 50(from the block if possible),and do a long cool down.
