Session Plans

Below are past session plans for Stroud Masters sessions. By providing the plans we hope to provide a resource for swimmers that have been unable to attend a session and provide some inspiration for individual swim training.

Unless otherwise stated the session times and distances are based on the most able swimmers in the club. However, the plans can easily be adjusted to match a swimmers ability:

  • If you are unable to make the target time then be sure to take the expected rest interval (e.g. 10 seconds) before proceeding with the set
  • If you are unable to make the target time then you may need to reduce the number of repetitions of a given set to keep within session timings (e.g. do 4 repeats instead of 5)
  • If you are struggling with the distances involved then consider reducing the length of each set (for example 150m rather than 200m)

Past sessions:

  • 15/3/2020 - Will - 90 minute session with hard sprints - Link
  • 1/3/2020 - Will - 90 minute session with turn practice - Link
  • 19/1/2020 - Will - 90 minute session based on the Mel Marshals set Link
  • 13/10/2019 - Will - 90 minute backstroke progression and frontcrawl kick/pull/full - Link
  • 9/8/2019 - Will - 90 minute session with lots of kick and frontcrawl building pace - Link
  • 11/8/2019 - Will - 90 minute session with lots of frontcrawl - Link
  • 7/7/2019 - Will - 90 minute session with medleys - Link
  • 26/5/2019 - Will - 90 minute session with sculling and pyramid - Link
  • 3/3/2019 – Will – 90 minute session based round abcs – Link
  • 20/1/2019 – Will – 90 minute evolution of the Mel Marshals set – Link
  • 16/12/2018 – Will – 90 minute butterfly undulation and frontcrawl pyramid – Link
  • 02/12/2018 – Andrew – 90 minute upper body workout – Link
  • 28/10/2018 – Will – streamlined frontcrawl progression and turns – Links
  • 19/08/2018 – Will – 90 minute session with float catch-up – Link
  • 15/07/2018 – Will – 90 minute session with core work and frontcrawl body rotation – Link
  • 27/05/2018 – Will – 90 minute session with butterfly and individual medleys – Link
  • 11/03/2018 – Will – 90 minute session with medley kick and frontcrawl body rotation – Link
  • 17/12/2017 – Will – 90 minute session at pace (based on Mel Marshals Beastly Masters Set) – Link
  • 10/12/2017 – Will – 90 minute session with mid pool starts – Link
  • 01/10/2017 – Will – 90 minute session from sculling to sprints – Link
  • 13/08/2017 – Will – 90 minute session with hypoxic and sprints – Link
  • 02/07/2017 – Will – 90 minute session focussing on breaststroke undulation – Link
  • 07/05/2017 – Will – 90 Minute session building from swordfish – Link
  • 29/01/2017 – Will – 90 minute session with pyramid and medley strokes – Link
  • 20/11/2016 – Will – 90 minute session with step test – Link
  • 09/10/2016 – Will – 90 minute session based around 200m IM – Link
  • 17/7/2016 – Will – 90 minute session with lots of medley – Link
  • 05/6/2016 – Will – 90 minute session with mid pool starts – Link
  • 24/4/2016 – Will – 90 minute session with active recovery – Link
  • 20/3/2016 – Will – 90 minute session building from sculling – Link
  • 24/1/2016 – Will – 90 minute session at pace (based on Mel Marshals Beastly Masters Set) – Link
  • 17/1/2016 – Jessica – 90 minute session with hypoxic and active recovery sets – Link
  • 06/12/2015 – Will – 90 minute session with medley transitions – Link
  • 22/11/2015 – Will – 90 minute “quality training” session – Link
  • 04/10/2015 – Will – 90 minute session to establish pacing – Link
  • 02/08/2015 – Will – 90 minute session at pace (edited version of Mel Marshals Beastly Masters Set) – Link
  • 19/07/2015 – Jessica – 90 minute session with 200m active recovery sets and kick – Link
  • 12/07/2015 – Laura – 90 minute session with medley drill warm up, mixed pyramid main set and 50m sets to finish – Link
  • 28/06/2015 – Will – 90 minute session with some focus on breaststroke – Link
  • 07/05/2015 – Laura – 90 minute session building heart rate before pull based main set – Link
  • 31/05/2015 – Will – 90 minute session trying to get power into your stroke – Link
  • 04/05/2015 – Laura – 90 minute session with main set involving frontcrawl pull – Link
  • 26/04/2015 – Will – 90 minute session with some focus on butterfly – Link
  • 15/03/2015 – Will – 90 minute session building through all strokes – Link
  • 01/02/2015 – Will – 90 minute session with emphasis on streamlining – Link
  • 25/01/2015 – Andrew – 90 minute session with focus on dolphin (butterfly) kick – Link
  • 02/11/2014 – Andrew – 90 minute mixed session with focus on butterfly improvement – Link
  • 26/10/2014 – Will – 90 minute session on efficient swimming – Link
  • 14/09/2014 – Andrew – 90 minute mix with focus on butterfly – Link
  • 10/08/2014 – Andrew – 90 minute mix with focus on butterfly – Link
  • 03/08/2014 – Will – 90 minute session on frontcrawl arm mechanics – Link
  • 29/06/2014 – Will – 90 minute session building from swordfish – Link
  • 01/06/2014 – Andrew – 90 minute frontcrawl/medley mix – Link
  • 27/04/2014 – Will – 90 minute with a main focus on 100m distance – Link
  • 22/03/2014 – Will – 90 minute based around mayan pyramid – Link