Another week has passed by and the tempo is up! Amazing how fast everything is going and how fast someone can progress when he dedicates himself to something. Progression with Sanne is not just about new personal bests and maximum performances. It has much more to do with stamina, consistent performances, self belief and technique.

We are just done with the first week of the transitional phase from shifting the training from an intense set of general exercises to a more specific set of exercises performed in a lower intensity. If you’ve read Sanne’s last post, you could have make out that he is doing pretty well, even in such a way that we’re almost 1,5-2 weeks ahead of schedule. I suspected that Sanne needed at least two weeks to change the style of training, but in the end he almost didn’t need a transitional phase and surprised me once again. He just went from schedule A to schedule Z in one training, which makes clear what kind of potential Sanne has.

So for the coming week I have slightly altered the schedule and put in a test moment. Next Friday we have hired the pool exclusively for ourselves in the evening for an hour and a half. This way we have a possibility to see where he is with a near maximum performance. This together with all the other data I want to collect (heartbeat, oxygen levels, video footage, etc), makes sure that we enter the last 4 weeks with the correct plan. If someone is in the neighborhood of Eindhoven on Friday evening and wants to witness or maybe also try out a maximum performance in a safe environment (oxygen and safety divers will be available), you can send me an email here.

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