50/100 crowd: Yardage and workout details

RE: 50/100 crowd: Yardage and workout details

Patrick W. Brundage — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:13:16 GMT

vo2, I'd encourage you to check out the blogs for Water Rat, The Fortress and chowmi for some different approaches to sprinting. I have no idea who your Masters coach is and certainly don't want to malign anyone, but, if I had to guess, I would imagine the workouts are NOT targeted towards the 50 and the 100. If you really want to get on the cutting edge, check out the various threads on Dr. Rushall's Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT) here and/or go to www.swimswam.com and search on articles and videos on Michael Andrew's training approaches.

RE: 50/100 crowd: Yardage and workout details

orca1946 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 06:54:34 GMT

I only had 7 sprint fibers & the last hip operation took away 5 of those!!! Old & slow is me!!!!!!!!

RE: 50/100 crowd: Yardage and workout details

Former Member — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:07:07 GMT

this looks good and I may give this a go. How long are you resting between each sprint? I do a basic IM rotation of just 50 and 100's but there is usually one other in my lane while I am doing the workout and don't want to completely wash them out with the wave. Thanks For me it's about 2000 a day. I try to get one or two longer days in a week maybe 3k, sometimes 4-5k, but more rare. Three times a week I am sprinting. A main set might be 4x75 all out on 4 min 4x50 all out on 4 min 4x25 all out on 2 min Boring but effective.

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sunruh — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 08:42:09 GMT

v02, my sprint training looks a LOT like a long distance workout. :D steve

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__steve__ — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:02:16 GMT

For the 50 it's streamlining, the start, turn, finish, and fast reflexes

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rtodd — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 06:01:46 GMT

For me it's about 2000 a day. I try to get one or two longer days in a week maybe 3k, sometimes 4-5k, but more rare. Three times a week I am sprinting. A main set might be 4x75 all out on 4 min 4x50 all out on 4 min 4x25 all out on 2 min Boring but effective.