Video: How to Prepare for a Swim Meet

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Preparing for a competitive swim meet requires frequent, diligent and intense practices leading up until that final week before the event. Optimize performance energy levels with advice from a professional swimmer in this free video on training for a swim competition.

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I'm Stephen Taylor endurance coach and fitness trainer through my company STtrainer.com. I'm here to talk about how to prepare for a swim meet. You don't need any special materials for this other than the swim training that you've already been doing. In order to be well-prepared for a swim competition, the first step is diligent practice. You should practice frequently and you should also practice intensely using swimming drills and swimming sets. The more you practice and the harder you practice, the better you will get leading up to the swim competition. However, the one week before the swim competition you change your training in a special way. The important thing for the week leading up to a swim competition is that you actually reduce your training. In swimming jargon this is called a taper. During a taper, you reduce substantially the amount that you swim by as much as thirty percent, fifty percent maybe even seventy percent the last couple of days. However, with that reduce amount of swimming, make sure that you're still getting some intense swimming in order to keep your muscle memory good and your energy good. We want you to have the best possible performance on your day. Train hard. Train a lot. Taper and we'll see you at the race.

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How to Prepare for a Swim Meet

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