How Cam McEvoy Trained to Break the 50m Freestyle World Record

Olympic Champion Cam McEvoy trains very differently to most elite swimmers.

In this video I spend an entire week at the Queensland Academy of Sport documenting every training session — both in the gym and in the pool.

Across six sessions Cam swims a total of just 1355 metres for the entire week.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 The Most Unusual Olympic Swim Training Week
00:19 How the Fastest Swimmer in the World Trains
00:47 Session 1 – Top End Speed
03:48 Session 2 – Gym
05:44 Understanding Cam's Sessions
06:49 Session 3 – Assisted Speed
09:51 Session 4 – Hybrid Swim/Gym Power Session
13:15 Session 5 – Speed Work Pool
14:43 Total Weekly Volume: 1355m
15:07 Session 6 – Back in the Gym
18:22 Wrap Up

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Olympic Champion Cam McEvoy trains very differently to most elite swimmers.

Across six sessions Cam swims just 1355 metres for the entire week — far less than the typical 50,000m many elite swimmers complete.

This video breaks down every training session, both in the gym and in the pool, and explores the radical sprint training philosophy behind it.

Here is a full breakdown of the sessions across the week with times Cam swam on every rep - theswimsuitguy.com/post/1-week-of-olympic-champion-cam-mcevoy-s-training

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