Workouts off the beaten path: May 4-8, 2015

Workouts for May 4-8, 2015

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

Monday:  Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 200 kick
    • 200 pull
  • Pull Set-
    • 11 x 50 pull @ 55 or r=10
      • 1-3:  breathe every 3rd stroke
      • 4-7:  breathe 3/5 by 25’s
      • 8-10:  breathe every 5th stroke
      • 11:  breathe 5/7 by 25’s
  • Main Set-
    • Davis Mile:  broken 1650
      • Subtract 2½ minutes to get time
        • 11 lengths (275) @ r=20
        • 10 lengths (250) @ r=20
        • 9 lengths (225) @ r=20
          • 8 lengths (200) @ r=15
          • 7 lengths (175) @ r=15
          • 6 lengths (150) @ r=15
          • 5 lengths (125) @ r=15
            • 4 lengths (100) @ r=10
            • 3 lengths (75) @ r=10
            • 2 lengths (50) @ r=10
              • 1 length (25)
  • Cool-down-
    • 200 choice

Total = 3000

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Tuesday:  IM

  • Warm-up-
    • 300 swim
    • 200 IM kick
    • 100 IM drill
    • 8 x 25 swim @ r=10
      • build
  • Main IM Set-
    • 1 x 300 IM @ 5:30 or r=45
      • 4 x 50 (25 fly/25 back) @ 1:10 or r=20
    • 1 x 200 IM @ 4:00 or r=30
      • 4 x 50 (25 back/25 breast) @ 1:10 or r=20
    • 1 x 100 IM @ 2:15 or r=30
      • 4 x 50 (25 breast/25 free) @ 1:10 or r=15
  • IM Set B-
    • 16 x 25 swim @ 40 or r=10
      • 100 IM order
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 2500

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Wednesday:  Mid-Distance Freestyle/Pace

  • Warm-up-
    • 200 swim
    • 200 kick
    • 200 pull
  • Warm-up Set-
    • 12 x 50 @ 1:10 or r=15
      • 4 x thru:
        • 25 10-beat free/25 free
        • 50 corkscrew (4 strokes free, 5 strokes back)
        • 25 10-beat back/25 back
  • Main Set-
    • 2 x through:
      • Pace gets faster as distance gets shorter!
        • 300 swim @ 5:00 or r=30
          • 200 swim @ 3:30 or r=30
            • 100 swim @ 1:45 or r=15
              • 50 swim @ 1:15 or r=30
  • Speed Set-
    • 16 x 25 @ 40 or r=15
      • 8 x thru:
        • 12.5 easy/12.5 fast
        • 12.5 fast/12.5 easy
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 3000

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Thursday:  Stroke

  • Warm-up-
    • 6 x thru:
      • 50 swim
      • 25 drill
      • 25 kick
  • Stroke Set A-
    • 6 x 50 stroke @ 1:10 or r=15
      • 25 drill/25 swim
  • Stroke Set B-
    • 12 x 25 stroke @ 45 or r=15
      • 6 x thru:
        • ½ length scull/½ length swim
        • 25 swim
  • Pull Set-
    • 800 pull:  breathe 3/5/3/5 by 50’s
  • Stroke Set C-
    • 16 x 25 swim @ 45 or r=15
      • all stroke
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 choice

Total = 2500

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Friday:  Sprint Freestyle/Speed

  • Warm-up-
    • 400 swim
  • Main Set-
    • 2 x thru:
      • 1 x 200 swim @ 3:30 or r=30
        • negative split
      • 2 x 100 pull @ 1:45 or r=15
        • moderate effort
        • breathe 3/5 by 25’s
      • 4 x 50 kick @ 1:30 or r=15
        • negative split
      • 8 x 25 swim @ 60 or r=40
        • hard effort
      • extra 60 seconds rest
  • Speed Set-
    • 16 x 25 @ 40 or r=10-15
      • 25 easy/25 fast
  • Cool-down-
    • 100 swim

Total = 2500

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May 4-8, 2015