Jumping into Spring, here is a bit more of a ‘distance’ set to prepare everyone for those soon to be longer lake swims….. WU-50 Fr on rest :20; 100 Fr on rest :15, 150 Fr on rest :10, 200 Fr 2 rounds of: {6×25 drill on rest :20 {100 Fr perfect stroke on rest :30…
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Tag: Freestyle
Definitions in Swimming (sets)
For today’s practice, you will be doing a bit of alternating between build, descend, and uptempo swimming. Building in swimming occurs within the same distance (ie a single 200), where you start off at comfortable pace, and get faster as the swim continues. Descending occurs over a set of repeats (ie 4x50s ) where each…
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Lucky number 3 swim practice
For the third week in a row, we have a snowy Wednesday coinciding with our swim practice….using this as our inspiration, we have decided to embrace this ‘third’ week by making the number ‘3’ the theme of our practice. Enjoy! WU-300 Fr 3×100 Fr as 25 kick/50 single arm freestyle/25 full stroke on rest :30…
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The (almost) snow day practice
On this (almost) blizzard day, here is a practice to get moving begin thinking more about open water swimming! Per our major theme this winter, the goal of this practice is to control your speed, particularly with your legs. Kicking is/has developed into a must in the sport of swimming, regardless of the distance, BUT…
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Swim Practice 2/21
WU-3×100 Fr on rest :15 6×50 Fr on rest :20 as odds-25 Right arm only/25 Left arm only; evens whole stroke Freestyle 12×25 Fr as 1 kick/3 swim on rest :15 **For this warmup, focus on the legs, and what they are doing to help you balance. For the 3x100s at an easy, relaxed pace,…
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Snow Day Practice
Here is a snow day practice to keep yourself going! WU-3×100 Fr on rest :15 2 rounds of- 6×25 Fr on rest :20 as right arm only, left arm only, full freestyle x2 3×50 Fr on rest :20 descend 1-3 **For the single arm, try and balance your body using your core more than just…
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