03/16/2015
STRENGTH & ENDURANCE Masters Swim Practice - tools: tempo trainer, fins (opt'l for sprint kicks)
Enjoy!
400 warm up
Free - as you are warming up think about the hip and elbow moving at the same time, think about pushing the shoulders down and elongating the neck, think about …..
200 kick
25 fly kick on tempo trainer RP - on belly streamlined + 25 flutter kick on tempo trainer RP (3 kicks to 3 beeps with R leg, L leg silent : 3 kicks to 3 beeps on L leg, R leg silent) …. repeating for distance
300 mental focus drill
2 x [free 50 with mental focus of shoulder leading the recovery phase of stroke. Do not think about the arm, the hands, the wrist - just focus on the shoulder swimming the recovery stroke + free 50 hands in fist thinking about the above]
1 x 100 free, think about the hip and elbow gently moving as one unit with ea stroke.
MAIN SET
5 X 100 Free, RI; recovery; swim at 80%, set TT .04 faster than RP
500 Free at RP, figure out SPD: time in sec/tempo rate. If you divide by 5 you will get your 100 SPD.
10 x 50 Free, RI: recovery at sprint 100%, set TT accordingly where you keep form
500 Free at RP
benchmark - swim 15 minutes. Take note of time and tempo and distance.
100 swim slo and ez
100 kick 4 x 25 sprint - leg killer flutter, RI: 15s
100 swim slo and ez
100 kick 4 x 25 sprint - leg killer flutter, RI: 15s
200 COOL DOWN 200 free
3500-4000 TOTAL YARDS