Recently we have started our phase 2 of our new training plan. This phase involves the use of weight belts throughout workouts and routine drills. By using the belts, we are becoming more aware of our alignment as well as strengthening our muscles so our height will be better than ever before. It has been a tough first week but I am very proud of everyone of us. Our team routine is being cleaned and reworked so that it presents our strengths as a team.
As many of you know we are hosting our annual figure meet on the 21st! in order to prepare, we have done many drills for each individual figure and for our basic skills that we can also apply to and figure group. The weight belts come into play here too. We started applying ankle weights while practicing figures in order to have more control over our legs. Although we are all tired the progress we are seeing is enough to keep us going strong.
Have a great week,
~Rebecca~
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Rest Week
Greetings,
This year we have a new training method involving different levels of training on a bi-weekly basis. After the "hard" weeks of strength building we have our ever so needed rest (recovery) week. For that week we get to come into practice at 6:30, which for us is a big deal. We also have a less intense workout and we use lighter weights for our land exercises. This program has been truly helpful for all of us because not only do we see improvement but we know what the overall goal is for each week.
At the beginning of the season we held tryouts for team and small routines, in order to keep track of our progression we had another day of trials. Looking back on our previous scores and comparing them to our more recent scores shows each swimmers enormous improvement. We are tested on swimming endurance (laps), vertical height/stability, eggbeater, spins, agility hybrids, push ups, v-ups, splits and arches among other things.
We are looking forward to our next two trials before competition season to see an even greater improvement!!!
Have a great weekend,
~Rebecca
This year we have a new training method involving different levels of training on a bi-weekly basis. After the "hard" weeks of strength building we have our ever so needed rest (recovery) week. For that week we get to come into practice at 6:30, which for us is a big deal. We also have a less intense workout and we use lighter weights for our land exercises. This program has been truly helpful for all of us because not only do we see improvement but we know what the overall goal is for each week.
At the beginning of the season we held tryouts for team and small routines, in order to keep track of our progression we had another day of trials. Looking back on our previous scores and comparing them to our more recent scores shows each swimmers enormous improvement. We are tested on swimming endurance (laps), vertical height/stability, eggbeater, spins, agility hybrids, push ups, v-ups, splits and arches among other things.
We are looking forward to our next two trials before competition season to see an even greater improvement!!!
Have a great weekend,
~Rebecca
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wheaton Synchro Meets 2010-2011 Season
Below Is a list of our meets this year the meets in bold are at wheaton college.
We hope to see you all come support your Wheaton Lyons!!
| Nov 20, 2010 | New England Figure Meet | |||
| Jan 29, 2011 | Wheaton Invitational | |||
Jan 28, 2011 Feb 5, 2011 | Ohio State-Jessica Beck Memorial Meet | |||
| Feb 19, 2011 | Boston University Invitiational | |||
| Mar 5, 2011 | East Regional/ECAC Championship | |||
| Mar 6, 2011 | East Regional/ECAC Championship | |||
| Mar 17-19 | U.S. Collegiate Championship | |||
| Buffalo, New York | ||||
| Apr 14, 2011 | at U.S. National Championship | |||
| Columbus, Ohio | ||||
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