Swim Practice

3/1/2013

Warmup: 800 choice
Kick: 300 on back, 75 flutter/25 dolphin
Drill: 6 x 25 sculling
Main Set: Pull 3 x 800
descend within the set and negative split each swim.
Swim: 4 x 75 free, strong (:30 rest)
Warmdown: 10 minutes drilling

Comment: High volume freestyle grind. I worked them, as prescribed. 800's were: 11:20, 11:02, 10:42. 75's were just okay; I could really feel effort I had put in to the 800's. Overall, a pretty strong practice. The end of my hardest week so far and I don't feel bad. I need the two days off, though.

3 Comments

Keefe

2/27/2013 09:31:32 am

tom ,what do you do on off day..and u do weight prior to swimming 3 days a week? That sounds awfully tough...how many days u do Trx

Tom

2/27/2013 09:51:14 am

Keefe,
Now that I am training four days a week, I try to do as little as possible on my "day off". TV, office work, light jobs around the house, etc. Weekends much the same, maybe some easy walks.
I'm doing strength training, mainly TRX, before swim practice two days a week, usually Monday and either Thursday or Friday. My coaches maintain two days is enough to build the strength I need without tiring me out too much. It has surprised me that I can swim a hard practice with quality after my strength workout. Recently I did 20 x 100 on 1:25 sendoff after a strength session... I didn't think I could do that at any time! I thought Bob prescribed that set for me just to humble me and to see how many I could do. Encouraging.

scott

3/2/2013 10:26:54 am

My Lats were howling (tight, burning) on the first two reps of 800's, but the third rep was better.

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