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46 Seconds Per 100m Faster In 10 Weeks!

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Jan 25, 2013
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"Critical Swim Speed" (CSS) is the maximum speed you can swim for 1500m and we express it as a time per 100m. A good goal might be to improve your CSS speed by 3 or 4 seconds per 100m - if you do that with consistent CSS training sets you'll see some big improvements in your performances over any race distance.

But what about taking 46 seconds per 100m o…

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