PT Paddles - Sample Sessions:

If you’re not sure how to best incorporate PT Paddles into your training sessions give these sample sessions a go.

Please let us know what you think of these and if you have ideas for sessions send them over and we’ll put them up for everyone to try! Enjoy!

The Classic:

Alternating 100’s - 10 to 16 x 100m alternating with and without PT Paddles with 20sec recovery

Power Sessions:

Following a good warm up put the paddles on and swim a distance of between 400m and 600m at a controlled pace, this can be split into a mixture of drill and normal swimming. Quickly remove the paddles and perform 2 x 25m, 50m or 100m repeats at max speed!! Keep the reps short in the beginning until you can hold the feeling of “huge-hands” throughout the interval. Put the paddles on again and repeat.

Technique-Specific Sessions:

As part of the warm up on a hard day or during a technique session try this:
Swim 600m to 800m with the paddles as 50m catch-up drill, concentrating on high elbow and continuous pull; 50m swim. Remove the paddles and swim a steady 200m. Just let the body swim how it feels, enjoy the big hands sensation and glide through the water.

Or

Swim a series of 50’s such as 16 x 50m, fairly hard with the paddles on, with say a 5 second recovery at an effort just below race pace, then remove the paddles and swim an easy 200m and just enjoying the long powerful strokes that will come naturally!!

The One-Arm-Bandit:

Another very effective way of using the paddles is to swim with only one paddle on. The very unique sensation adds an interesting twist to training and lets you focus on either the arm with the paddle or the one without in the same way that you would if you were doing the one-arm drill. The difference being that you are able to roll properly and don’t lose any momentum, which is the case between strokes when doing one-arm drills. This really highlights any areas of your stroke that need refining, and intensifies your feel and perception of the water.

Strength Sessions:

PT paddles can be used as an important tool on strength days. Swim a short warm up and then swim around one third of the session distance with your PT’s. Break this up as above or just simply as 10 x 100m with 10 seconds recovery; remove the PT’s and replace them with standard paddles, now swim the rest of the set, developing true strength (by this we mean strength that can be used. Strength can only be utilised properly in the water when coupled with good technique!!) The start of the session sets up good technique to carry into the strength work giving a more productive session!!)

PT Paddles will be available for shipment from the 10th July - ouch, they're hot! - order now and be one of the first to try the new, improved design!