Come Swim with Excel Aquatics!

With the start of our new Tri swim cycle, here is our first weekly practice to help encourage more swimming outside of Excel practices….enjoy! WU-4×100 Fr on rest :20 (1st 25 of each 100 is kick with both hands out front) 3 rounds of: 2×50 Fr pull on rest :15 (finishing past hips) 100 Fr…
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Here is another swim practice for those still training for triathlons coming up over the next couple of weeks… WU-100 fr/100 kick ( no board)/100 free Primary 300 pull on rest :30 (descend by 100) 3x (2×100 @ mile pace on rest :20 + 50 fr ez on rest :30) Rest 1:00 200 pull on…
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With the conclusion of our Summer 2017 Tri swim training, we will be posting some practices for our swimmers to follow in order to continue their improvements leading up to their September/October races. Here is a practice focusing on pace work…..if you do not know what your mile/red pace is, this is the anaerobic threshold…
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With Summer soon winding down, and our Fall sessions quickly approaching, Excel is excited to announce the schedule for our September/October tri swim training! Tentative Fall FREE Clinic: 9/14 from 6:30pm-7:30pm Registration open on 8/15 by emailing info@goswimexcel.com. Limited slots available! Tentative Fall Technical Training Sessions Sundays 8:30am-9:30am: 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 Fee 6…
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One of the most common misconceptions in open water swimming is that in order to properly train for the open water, you MUST BE in open water. However, there is substantial evidence to the contrary, in that it can be more effective to train for the open water indoors, or at least in a competitive…
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April 2017 Summer 2017 Weekday Summer Lessons Since 2012, Excel Aquatics has taught hundreds of children swimming lessons throughout the Capitol Region. This Summer, Excel will be offering our weekday Fast Track morning lessons at The College of St. Rose in Albany. With small class sizes and expert instruction, there is no better way for…
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March 2017 Spring 2017 Pre-competitive Program Information Excel Aquatics’ Pre-competitive program is a great way for children to learn the basics of competitive swimming with a group of peers without the commitment that comes with being on a competitive team. This is a multi-week program focused on teaching and refining all 4 swim strokes (Freestyle,…
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Welcome to the first edition of the monthly Belly Flop!  Excel Aquatics is thrilled to now offer a monthly newsletter outlining current events, scheduling information, and other swim related articles to our families in the Capital Region. A special thanks goes out to the students who are a part of the LaSalle Institute’s Advanced Marketing Program for…
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This past week, Excel accompanied The College of St. Roses’ swim team on their training trip down to sunny Puerto Rico. In between double practices each day, the coaches had the chance to go out to the ocean and train some open water swimming in the ocean. Past a couple of excursions each summer to…
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Happy New Year everyone! With Excel’s Tri Swim sessions beginning in about 2 weeks, we wanted to post at least one more practice to get everyone in the groove leading up to the first week of practice! WU-300 Fr (if you are comfortable with Backstroke, swim 100Fr/50Bk for the 300) Pre-set **For this set, the…
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