Series

Warm Up/Cool Down
Kaitlin Lyons Series: Swimming Workouts for All Levels

DESCRIPTION

Warm Up and Cool Down are key elements to a workout which are sometimes overlooked. A warm up wakes up the nervous system, and primes the engine to maximize your output during a workout or race. Ultimately, you will determine what works best for you, but it does help to have an example.
Following training or competing you need to take care of yourself. Short, mid, and long distance races, events, or training sessions require a cool down to allow the body to recover and to be ready to train effectively the next day. One recommendation is to spend 10-15 minutes cooling down. This can include easy swimming, mixing in different strokes, drill work, walking around the pool deck etc. This allows your heart rate and breathing to return to a resting levels.
Many issues athletes experience post training/racing begin as non-cool down adaptation errors. Take control of this situation as the first step in being ready for training and preparing for the following day.
Warm up:
5 minutes Dynamic
5-10 minutes shoulder mobility
Episode 211: The Simple Five Way Shoulder
http://www.mobilitywod.com/2011/04/episode-211-the-simple-five-way-shoulder/
200 swim, 200 pull, 200 kick
OR
200 swim, 100 back, 100 breast
100 swim, 100 back, 100 breast

Cool down
300 easy
OR
8x 25 drill
200 easy