HeyJaredBeyond The Blocks
I publish two free long‑form articles each month. Paid subscribers (£4/month or £40/year) get smaller, more frequent coaching notes - sessions, technique details, and my regular musings - helping support the time I put into writing Beyond the Blocks.
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SESSION BANK [16] (opens the original)
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One of the important jobs during the first few weeks of a training programme is carefully rebuilding the swimmer’s ability to cope with more challenging training later on.For me, those opening three weeks tend to include plenty of aerobic work, some more challenging kick as an early form of conditioning, and short speed exercises to keep swimmers connected to moving quickly and technically well. What I’m generally avoiding at this point are big threshold sets, harder heart-rate work or significa
Dave’s Coaching Notes [19] (opens the original)
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A Polarised Approach: Subscriber Questions (opens the original)
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Off the back of A Polarised Approach - Part 5, I received some excellent questions from Lee and Kelton around recovery, readiness and individualisation.They highlighted a few areas I didn’t really delve into because of the structure of the articles and the series. I felt answering their questions in a simple Q&A style might bring out my conversational voice a little more naturally too. (Hopefully! :-)The questions lean into an important tension within any planned periodisation model. We can writ
A Polarised Approach - Part 5 (Final Part) (opens the original)
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IntroductionPart 4 looked at the rules for pairing training categories within a single week - extensive aerobic sitting alongside intensive aerobic, anaerobic, or strength work, and the point at which too many categories at full stretch tips a programme from polarised towards relentless.This final Part 5 zooms out from the week to the month and the cycle: the periodisation patterns I’ve used to help hold that balance together over time.Periodisation Patterns: 2+1 and 3+2When speaking with Jan Ol
Dave’s Coaching Notes [18] (opens the original)
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As I return from a holiday where for much of the week I did manage to put swimming away I still managed to collect a few thoughts around heading into Cycle 1 of this season. A season where the journey leads to the World Championships in Budapest July 2027. Which then ultimately sees us a year out from the LA Olympic Games. Unbelievable really just how fast things move.One of the things I enjoy most about coaching is planning. The longer I’ve done this, the more attention I give to how I communic
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