Q&A #116 - Swim training on two swims per week; How to know if you should focus on swim endurance or intensity; Effective use of swim toys

• If you're limited to two swims per week, should you make them both hard swims with easy swimming just in the warm-up and warm-down? 
• How to find out whether endurance or high intensity are relative strengths/weaknesses for you in swimming
• Is swim training without ever using swim toys less effective than incorporating swim toys in your workouts? 
• The five most-recommended swim toys and their use cases

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• All Swimming-related episodes on That Triathlon Show
• Q&A #89 - Typical training week structures; Frequency and load of hard workouts; Stacking hard workouts; Intensity control during swimming
• Q&A #75 - Continuous swimming or broken sets; Full rest days or active recovery days; Rest days and strength training
• Q&A #43 - Weight gain during Ironman training, and is there too much intensity in traditional triathlon swim programs
• Q&A #26 - Swim training on two swims per week, what to do when heart rates spikes as soon as you start jogging, the danger of potluck training and the myth of base and build
• Q&A #21 - Training to heart rate or power, improving your aerobic engine for the swim, and are intervals better than long slow distance training?

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