Wednesday, August 3, 2011

1500 Yards Stroke Shift

Masters Group
Practice 6
4 August

Warm Up:

50 PACKERS

Pull
Any Stroke
Catch Up
Kick
Eight Kick Switch
Reverse IM
Sprint 350

Work Out:

8 x 50 Hard/ Easy Free 750

8 x 25 Stroke/ Free 950

8 x 50 Hard/ Easy Stroke 1350

Cool Down:


50 Drill 1400
50 Kick 1450
50 Pull 1500

Monday, August 1, 2011

2800 Yards Distance Plus Stroke

Masters Group
Practice 5
2 August

WARM UP:

100 HYACINTH
Hands in Fists
Your Choice Stroke
Arms Only
Catch Up
IM
No Arms
Tarzan
Have to Swim Free 800

WORK OUT:

1000 Yards Free. Control arms on the recovery phase of the stroke. Hand enters water with elbow bent, extends FORWARD until almost fully extended, THEN pulls DOWN in the stroke. 1800

400 Yards Breast. Nothing special here, just get through it successfully.
2200

400 Yards Back. Again, not looking for a gorgeous stroke, I just need to know that you can do this long term if you get into trouble in the middle of some lake. 2600

COOL DOWN:

50 Pull 2650
50 Kick 2700
50 Drill 2750
50 Choice 2800

2200 Yards Breast Stroke

Masters Group
Practice 5
2 August

WARM UP:

100 HYACINTH
Hands in Fists
Your Choice Stroke
Arms Only
Catch Up
IM
No Arms
Tarzan
Have to Swim Free 800

WORK OUT:

8 x 50 Breast as Pull/ Kick/ Drill/ Stroke 1200

100 Breast 1300

8 x 50 Breast as Pull/ Kick/ Drill/ Stroke 1700

100 Breast 1800

200 Free 2000

COOL DOWN:

50 Pull 2050
50 Kick 2100
50 Drill 2150
50 Choice 2200

1800 Yards Breast Stroke

Masters Group
Practice 5
2 August

WARM UP:

50 HYACINTH
Hands in Fists
Your Choice Stroke
Arms Only
Catch Up
IM
No Arms
Tarzan
Have to Swim Free 400

WORK OUT:

8 x 50 Breast as Pull/ Kick/ Drill/ Stroke 800

100 Breast 900

8 x 50 Breast as Pull/ Kick/ Drill/ Stroke 1300

100 Breast 1400

200 Free 1600

COOL DOWN:

50 Pull 1650
50 Kick 1700
50 Drill 1750
50 Choice 1800

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

2000 Yards Focussed IM

Masters Group
Practice 4
28 July

Warm Up:

100 INSANE

IM
No Arms
Stroke of Choice
Any Drill
No Legs
Easy Free 600
Work Out:

8 x 125 IM ~ replace Fly with Free if necessary 1600
50 Fly/ 25 Back/ 25 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 50 Back/ 25 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 25 Back/ 50 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 25 Back/ 25 Breast/ 50 Free

5 x 50 as Drill/ Free/ Drill/ Stroke/ Choice 1850

Cool Down:

50 Free 1900
50 Kick 1950
50 Pull 2000

1700 Yards Focussed IM

Masters Group
Practice 4
28 July

Warm Up:

100 INSANE

IM
No Arms
Stroke of Choice
Any Drill
No Legs
Easy Free 600

Work Out:

8 x 125 IM ~ replace Fly with Free if necessary 1600
50 Fly/ 25 Back/ 25 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 50 Back/ 25 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 25 Back/ 50 Breast/ 25 Free
25 Fly/ 25 Back/ 25 Breast/ 50 Free


Cool Down:

50 Kick 1650
50 Pull 1700

Triathlete Workout 28

Masters Group
Practice 4
28 July

Warm Up:

100 INSANE

IM
No Arms
Stroke of Choice
Any Drill
No Legs
Easy Free
Work Out:

30 minutes straight Free. Pay attention to your arms upon re-entry in the water (the recovery phase of your stroke) The most important part of this swim is CONTROLLING YOUR ARMS, and not letting them drop into the water.

Cool Down:

50 Free
50 Kick
50 Pull