Workouts off the beaten path: March 31 to April 4, 2014

Workouts for March 31 – April 4, 2014

***If you prefer a formatted version of these workouts see word documents at bottom of page***

Monday: Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 100 kick
    • 200 pull
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 4 x 50 pull @ 55 or r=10
      • breathe 3/5 by 25’s
  • Main Set-
    • @ 20-40 seconds rest between swims:
      • 100
        • 200
          • 400
            • 800
          • 400
        • 200
      • 100
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 3000

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Tuesday: IM

  • Warm-up-
    • 400 swim
    • 4 x 50 kick @ r=10
      • 1 each stroke
  • Main Set-
    • 8 x 25 fly @ 45 or r=15
      • 25 drill/25 swim
    • 4 x 100 @ 2:15 or r=30
      • 25 fly/75 free
    • 8 x 25 back @ 45 or r=15
      • 25 drill/25 swim
    • 4 x 100 @ 2:15 or r=30
      • 25 fly/25 back/50 free
    • 8 x 25 breast @ 45 or r=15
      • 25 drill/25 swim
    • 4 x 100 IM @ 2:15 or r=30
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 2500

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Wednesday: Mid-Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 200 kick
    • 200 pull
  • Warm-up Sets-
    • 8 x 25 kick @ 45 or r=10
      • fast feet on odd 25’s
    • 8 x 25 swim @ 30 or r=10
      • DPS
  • Main Set-
    • 3 x through:
      • 3 x 100 pull @ 1:45 or r=15
        • breathe 3/5/3/5 by 25’s
      • 2 x 50 swim @ 1:00 or r=15
        • negative split
      • 200 swim @ 3:30 or r=30
        • build speed
  • Cool-down-
    • 8 x 25 @ r=5
      • 25 scull with kick/25 swim

Total = 3000

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thursday: Stroke

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 200 kick
    • 200 pull
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 6 x 50 kick @ 1:30 or r=10
      • 25 fly or breast/25 back or free
  • Main Set-
    • 2 x through [choose 1 stroke each round]:
      • 100 @ 2:15 or r=20
        • 25 drill/25 swim
      • 75 @ 1:45 or r=20
        • 25 scull w/ free kick/25 swim
      • 50 swim @ 1:30 or r=15
        • build
      • 25 swim @ 45 or r=10
        • long & strong
  • Recovery Set-
    • 500 pull: breathe 3/5/3/5/3 by 100’s
  • Speed Set-
    • 12 x 25 swim @ 30 or r=10
      • with fins using fast feet
  • Cool-down-
    • 6 x 50 swim @ 1:00 or r=15
      • ascend times 1-6

Total = 2500

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Friday: Speed

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 2 x 50 swim @ r=10
    • 200 kick
    • 2 x 50 kick @ r=10
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 4 x 75 @ 1:40 or r=20
      • 25 drill/25 DPS/25 build
  • Main Set-
    • 12 x 50 swim @ 1:00 or r=15
      • every 3rd 50 fast!
    • 100 easy
    • 8 x 50 swim @ 1:15 or r=30
      • every 2nd 50 fast!
    • 100 easy
    • 4 x 50 swim @ 1:30 or r=45
      • all 50’s fast!
  • Cool-down-
    • 200 choice

Total = 2500

3 31 2014-distance free-pace
4 1 2014-IM
4 2 2014-mid-distance free-pace
4 3 2014-stroke
4 4 2014-speed

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

What do you think?