Training and Session Log
Record what you actually did in each session, so progress over a block is something you can look at rather than something you try to remember.
FT-01 1 page
Fitness and training · FT-05
Swimming Training Log
A free printable swimming log — date, pool or open water, main set, stroke, distance, time, effort and how it felt, one row per swim.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep a season of swimming in one place, including the open-water days, so you can see what the block actually contained rather than what you meant it to contain.
Who it is for
Pool and open-water swimmers training on their own, masters squad swimmers, and triathletes keeping the swim leg separate from the rest.
How to use it
- Name your effort scale at the top so the effort column is comparable week to week.
- Write the venue as well as the distance — pool length and open water are not the same swim.
- Put the main set in its own column and keep the warm-up out of it.
- Fill in how it felt on the day, including the swims you cut short.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Every swim written down — where you swam, the main set, the stroke, the distance and the time, with a line for how the water and your body felt that day.
Your swim, your numbers. No sets, distances, paces or stroke counts are printed here, and no target times. Those come from you, your coach or your club. Write in the effort scale you use at the top so the effort column means the same thing every week.
Write-on lines: Swimmer · Club or squad · Block or season · Effort scale used
Swims
Table, 8 rows: Date · Pool or open water · Main set · Stroke · Distance · Time · Effort · How it felt
Ruled lines: Water temperature, kit used, niggles and anything you changed
Questions
Why are there no sets or target times printed?
Because a set that suits one swimmer is wrong for the next, and a printed target time would be a number we made up. The sets come from you, your coach or your squad; this sheet records what you swam. Nothing here is training advice.
Can I use it for open water?
Yes — that is why the venue column says pool or open water rather than lane. Note the water temperature and the kit you wore in the space at the foot; those are usually what explains a slow swim.
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