Tri Swim Practice 6/13

Today’s practice is fairly simple (a warm up then a primary set) with a little bit of everything. For the primary, the main focus is the 4x50s. The 100s as 75/25 are more of a ‘preset’ for the 50s and an opportunity to get your mental state in a place to optimize the 50s. The…
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Build your distance and speed practice, 6/6

In today’s practice, we will be focusing on descending, while also increasing the repeat distances swum over the course of the primary set. Enjoy! WU-200 Fr/100 pull 4×100 Fr on rest :30-rotating drill; choose a drill that works best for our current needs, and swim each 100 as- 1st 100-75 Fr/25 drill 2nd-50 Fr/25 drill/25…
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Practice 5/30/18…alternating long/short with some drills

WU-400 Fr negative split 6×50 drill/swim by 25 on rest :20 2×200 Fr negative split on rest :30 12×25 Fr easy/medium/fast/drill by 25 on rest :15 **For the negative splits, only speed up the second half of each swim slightly. You should not be tired by the end of each negative split swim** Primary (2…
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Building Blocks Practice 5/23

For today’s practice, enjoy a build up set, which is essentially a “forced” descend of a desired distance. WU-400 Fr 4×100 Fr on rest :20 as 1-25 uptempo/75 EZ 2-25 EZ/25 uptempo/50 EZ 3-50EZ/25 uptempo/25 EZ 4-75 EZ/25 uptempo 16×25 Fr on rest :15 descend 1-4 (x4) Primary (Building blocks to a 200) 6×200 Fr…
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Super pull practice 5/16

With wetsuit season coming, today’s practice is an emphasis on pulling, and learning to focus on tempo when looking to increase speeds and change gears. WU-4×100 Fr on rest :30; every 4th 25 build 4×50 Fr as 25 kick/25 swim on rest :20 4×25 descend 1-4 rest :15 4×50 Fr as 25 drill/25 swim on…
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Efficiency by tracking stroke count and time

Today’s practice focuses on efficiency by tracking both stroke count and time in the primary set. WU-300 as 50 Fr/50 Kick/50 pull x2 Primary 100s efficiency challenge 3 sets of 3×100 Fr on rest :20 1-3: Count strokes, try and be within 1-2 strokes on each 100 4-6: Get time, try and be within 1-2…
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Tri Swim Practice 5/2

On this BEAUTIFUL Wednesday, here is a swim practice to help you push through the rest of the week! WU-50Fr/25 Kick/100 Fr/25 Kick/150 Fr/25 Kick/200 Fr/25 Kick Primary 100 Fr on rest :20+ 25 Fr (count strokes) uptempo on rest :10 100 Fr on rest :20+ 2×25 Fr (count strokes) uptempo on rest :10 100 Fr…
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Tri Swim Practice 4/25

On this rainy Spring day, here is a tri swim practice to bring a little bit of sunshine into your training- WU-4×100 Fr on rest :20 **Build the last 25 of each 100 to a strong 6 beat kick** Primary 2×175 as 100 long/75 build on rest :20 4×50 on rest :30 as 1-25 Fast/25…
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Speed work!

Here is a practice dedicated to adding a little bit of speed to your swimming, while blending in some longer work in between… WU-300 Fr/200 pull/100 Fr Primary 300 Fr on rest :20-last 50 add a strong 6 beat kick to finish 12×50 on rest :30 as 2 FAST/1 EZ **The fast 50s should be…
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Swim Practice 4/11-Elevator Set

Today’s main set is known as an elevator set-similar to a ladder, you start at one end of a pattern and work your way through, but here you will go back to the top floor four times, changing how far down you go each time… WU-150 Fr/100 Kick/ 50 Fr Primary 200 as 100 pull/100…
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