After a blissful, (if not slightly indulgent on the food and wine front), long weekend, on Tuesday I decided to stay out of the rain and switch my run for a gym/swim combo.
Lunchtime saw me power through a Kayla Itsines-inspired HITT workout, with jumping squat-lunges and cross-body mountain climbers designed to turn all of your muscles to jelly.
In the evening I headed to the pool and had such a great session I wanted to share it here.
This is a 2,100m session which should take around 45 minutes and is a great way to keep you interested and engaged for the whole set:
Warm-up
200m front crawl
100m backstroke
100m breaststroke
(400m)
Main set
300m front crawl
2 x 150m front crawl (30 seconds rest after each)
3 x 100m front crawl (30 seconds rest after each)
4 x 75m front crawl kick (20 seconds rest after each)
5 x 50m as 25m fly, 25m backstroke, rest 10 seconds, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, rest 10 seconds, 25m breaststoke, 25m frontcrawl, rest 10 seconds, 25m fly, 25m backstroke, rest 10 seconds, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, rest 1 minute
6 x 25m front crawl off 30 seconds
(1,600m)
Swim down
100m easy
If you have a fun swimming session do share it with me and I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
Happy swimming!
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