By: Noah Hickman | February 12th, 2020
Practice schedule
Most division one programs practice around 20 hours per week. The CSUB swimming team trains every day of the week besides Sundays. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we train in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. with a light swim and in the evenings from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with two hours of swimming and an hour of lifting. On Tuesdays we train 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with a two hour swim. Then on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. with an hour dry land and a two hour swim.
Stretching
Before every practice we stretch for 15 minutes. This allows our bodies to perform at its max performance and also helps to prevents injury while we swim.
Morning practice
For morning practice we all show up 15 min early to get a light stretch in before we hop into the water. When done stretching we do a light warm up usually a 500 yard swim to get our muscles warmed up. After we finish that we do a pre set then a main set usually equalling to about 3,000 yards.
Afternoon Practice
During the afternoon practice we show up to stretch. The hop in to do our warm up to loosen up. After that we do an hour and a half of hard aerobic training to prepare us for our races.
Lifting
In the gym we do something called Olympic power lifting. This consists of lifts called cleans, snatches, RDL’s, and etc. This helps in the strength we need to glide through the water.
Dry land
We do dry land once a week and this helps with our cardio and abs. We run about three miles every week to help with our cardio. We also do a lot of body weight box jumps and different ab work outs.
References
Pool Photo: Chriscottrell. “Competitive Swimming Pools: Short Course and Long Course Pools.” Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub, 9 May 2016, http://www.swimming.org/sport/competitive-swimming-pools/.
Stretching Photo: “Five Top Stretches for Swimmers.” Outdoor Swimmer Magazine, outdoorswimmer.com/guides/five-top-stretches-for-swimmers.
Lifting Photo: “8 Hidden Benefits of Olympic-Style Weightlifting for All Sports.” SimpliFaster, 17 July 2019, simplifaster.com/articles/benefits-olympic-weightlifting/.
Dry land Photo: Hamilton, Lisa. “3 Ways to Increase Running Cadence for Speed.” PodiumRunner, 26 Apr. 2019, http://www.podiumrunner.com/training/3-ways-to-increase-running-cadence-for-speed/.
Morning Practice Photo: Swimming, HyperSonic. “Morning Practice at Sunrise! #NoSpeedLimit Pic.twitter.com/eY9BmVbXG4.” Twitter, Twitter, 13 Oct. 2017, twitter.com/hypersonicswim/status/918818894743265280.
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