Workouts off the beaten path: April 6-10, 2015

I apologize:  11 weeks became 16.  Here we go…

Workouts for April 6-10, 2015

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

Monday:  Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 100 kick
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 8 x 25 10-beat freestyle @ r=10
  • Main Set-
    • 1 x 300 pull @ 5:00 or r=30
      • breathe 3/5/3 by 100’s
    • 2 x 150 swim @ 2:30 or r=15
      • 2nd 150 faster than 1st
    • 1 x 300 pull @ 5:00 or r=30
      • breathe 3/5/3 by 100’s
    • 3 x 100 swim @ 1:40 or r=10
      • descend times 1-3
    • 1 x 300 pull @ 5:00 or r=30
      • breathe 3/5/3 by 100’s
    • 6 x 50 swim @ 55 or r=10
      • descend times 1-3, 4-6
    • 1 x 300 pull @ 5:00 or r=30
      • breathe 3/5/3 by 100’s
    • 12 x 25 swim @ 30 or r=10
      • 100 IM order
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 3000

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Tuesday:  IM

  • Warm-up-
    • 400 reverse IM: drill
    • 4 x 100 (50 kick/50 swim) @ r=10
      • reverse IM order
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 4 x 125 pull @ 2:10 or r=15
      • breathe 3/5/3/5/3 by 25’s
  • Main Set-
    • 4 x 150 IM @ 3:00 or r=30
      • 75 fly/25 back/25 breast/25 free
        • 25 fly/75 back/25 breast/25 free
          • 25 fly/25 back/75 breast/25 free
            • 25 fly/25 back/25 breast/75 free
  • Set B-
    • 4 x 125 swim @ 2:15 or r=20
      • push 2nd and 4th length of each 125
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 2500

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Wednesday:  Mid-Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 300 swim
    • 200 kick
  • Pull Set-
    • 4 x 150 pull @ 2:30 or r=15
      • buoy, band
    • 4 x 100 pull @ 1:40 or r=10
      • buoy, band, paddles
    • 4 x 50 pull @ 50 or r=5
      • buoy, paddles
  • Main Set-
    • 4 x 150 swim @ 2:45 or r=30
      • descend times 1-4
    • 4 x 100 swim @ 1:50 or r=20
      • descend times 1-4
    • 4 x 50 swim @ 55 or r=10
      • descend times 1-4
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 3000

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Thursday:  Stroke

  • Warm-up-
    • 300 swim
    • 200 kick
    • 100 drill
  • Warm-up Set A-
    • 12 x 25 kick @ 45 or r=10
      • 2 easy, 1 fast
  • Warm-up Set B-
    • 12 x 25 drill @ 40 or r=10
      • IM order
  • Main Set-
    • 10 x 100 swim @ 2:30 or r=30
      • Goal is to hold same time on all 100’s!
      • 2 x through:
        • 100 free
          • 75 free/25 stroke
            • 50 free/50 stroke
              • 25 free/75 stroke
                • 100 stroke
                  • extra 30 seconds rest
  • Cool-down-
    • 300 choice

Total = 2500

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Friday:  Speed

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 8 x 25 drill @ r=10 (IM order)
    • 4 x 50 kick  @ r=10 (IM order)
    • 8 x 25 drill @ r=10 (IM order)
    • 200 swim
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 6 x 50 pull @ 55 or r=10
      • breathe:  3/4/5 by 50’s
  • Speed Set A-
    • 6 x 50 swim @ 1:10 or r=20
      • 50 “build”/50 hard effort/50 “DPS”
  • Recovery Set-
    • 300 easy:  pull or swim w/ excellent streamlines!
  • Speed Set B-
    • 4 x thru:
      • 1 x 50 kick @ 1:10 or r=10
      • 1 x 25 drill @ 40 or r=10
      • 1 x 25 max. speed @ 40 or r=20
  • Cool-down-
    • 8 x 25 @ r=5 seconds
      • 25 scull with kick/25 swim

Total = 2500

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April 6-10-2015

8 thoughts on “Workouts off the beaten path: April 6-10, 2015

  1. Roger Beardmore's avatar Roger Beardmore says:

    Great to have you back! Roger Beardmore

  2. Ginny Pollard's avatar Ginny Pollard says:

    Hi

    Have been really looking forward to the return of your sessions.

    Thanks very much for all your posts.

    My friend and I use them over here in Bonny Scotland.

    Ginny

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  3. Jennifer's avatar Jennifer says:

    Don’t apologize! I hope you had a great break, and I’m very happy you are back to posting workouts. Thank you so much!!

  4. Carlos Alvarez's avatar Carlos Alvarez says:

    Don’t worry be happy.And now you are fully charged.Great.You are back.

  5. Liam's avatar Liam says:

    So happy to have these, Coach! Hope you’re doing great.

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