How To Improve Swimming Speed | Swim Faster Session Tips

Who doesn’t want to swim faster or a personal best in their next event? Heather is here to explain why speed work is so important for swimming and how to incorporate it into your training!

Who doesn’t want to swim faster or a personal best in their next event? If you’re a triathlete watching this you might be wondering why you need speed work when your race distance is only ever as short as 400m and could even be as long as 3800m. We mean you don’t see sprinters swimming a 400m right?

Correct triathlon race pace isn’t flat out from the gun and in a race, you need to be able to run to your bike but that doesn’t mean speed work should be avoided.

Training faster will help you to develop your aerobic engine and spikes of really fast work will touch on your anaerobic system, whilst getting you used to that uncomfortable zone. Heather is here to explain why speed work is so important for swimming and how to incorporate it into your training!

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[DrewBecza]

This is so true, for my swim training plan for ironman there were still fast intervals that were only 25m long, and it definitely helped that long race pace feel smoother and easier!

[respectablebogan]

0:44 "you don't see sprinters swimming 400 metres"


Caeleb Dressel: *am I a joke to you*

[pezza]

. My swim coach had us doing 50m 5 sec rest 100m 5sec rest at CSS FOR 1200 meters the idea is that hopefully I will be able to swim 1600 meters non stop ( no rest ) hitting the mark each time with my tempo trainer. At the moment I’m getting half way then having to reset. At the end I feel exhausted but exhilarated. Love speed work

[jeremymoon]

Thank for teaching them how to swim ma'am this video looks really good

[trbeyond]

I totally agree with this advice. And I only swim once a week and am usually around :26 for a 70.3. Don’t just swim garbage yardage. Work on form. Work on speed. Get out of pool.

[gtn]

Do you include speed in your swimming sessions? What do they include? Leave us a comment!

[jinghuiwong]

Thank you for the wonderful sharing! would like to ask if I should only focus on freestyle for the main set or I should incorporate other strokes. Thanks!

[ugadewar]

I want to give this a shot and I will as your videos are really good.
BTW is the main set for 1200Mtrs in total.

[JimCullen]

Here’s a link to the swim css video she mentioned.


Not sure why a link wasn’t included in a card or the description…

[asadyezdan]

As a distance swimmer I think your head angle might be a little higher than ideal

[jimmcdermott]

How do you get your head to look down when you turn your body to the side. My neck and shoulders are connected and my head turns when they turn

[eagle_]

What is the CSS PACE I don’t see the link in your channel ? I am French so may be that’s why I don’t find it or don’t understand. Thank you for your videos . They are helpful 😊

[BetaDreTV]

"training faster than race pace is going to work your Aerobic system"? thats the opposite of how it works. 00:59

[jomyadd]

I have one exam for police 300 meter 8 mint... How can i...

[honestlyidk_]

Me watching this cos I have swimming carnival in like 3 days

[michellelawrence]

Any idea on the goggles? Trying to find a comfortable pair that fit.

[screwby]

I understand well english but in some cases i cant do it with those ''eglish swim words you know'' im trying to think what it meansss. (btw im greek so yeah)