I bought Workouts in a Binder the other day. I understand the terminology but on many of the workouts, the way they're written doesn't make sense to me and I'm hoping I might get some guidance on reading some of them. Here are a few:
"W/U: 150 FR, 150 K, 150 FR, 150 PULL, 8 x 50 (25 IM, 25 FR) (:15RI)." How does one do a 25 IM?
"W/U: 12 x 75 ." Is the "BK/BR/FR" a choice or am I suppose to change the stroke of the last length each interval?
"4 x 75 BUILD and DESC (:20RI)." On intervals 2-4, do I start at a faster pace than I started on the previous interval or do I start at a faster pace than I ended on the previous interval? Or is the only thing that matters when comparing intervals is the descending time (i.e., the build applies only within the intervals and the descending time applies between the intervals)?
Thanks! I'm sure with practice, I'll catch on to how to interpret these but I still need some help getting started.
For the first one- I'd say you do each 25 in IM order. Since there's 8 of them, you'd go 25 fly (25 free), 25 back (25 free), 25 *** (25 free), 25 free (25 free), 25 fly (25 free), 25 back (25 free), 25 *** (25 free), 25 free (25 free).
The same in the next- there's a total of 12, 3 times a repeat of 4- so the first round is back, second ***, etc.
The last one- you start at the same interval, but the faster pace. So say you are doing the 75s on :45- you'd do each one on :45, but push it harder and harder on each one. You'd do the first in :43, the next in :42, and so on.
For the first one- I'd say you do each 25 in IM order. Since there's 8 of them, you'd go 25 fly (25 free), 25 back (25 free), 25 *** (25 free), 25 free (25 free), 25 fly (25 free), 25 back (25 free), 25 *** (25 free), 25 free (25 free).
The same in the next- there's a total of 12, 3 times a repeat of 4- so the first round is back, second ***, etc.
The last one- you start at the same interval, but the faster pace. So say you are doing the 75s on :45- you'd do each one on :45, but push it harder and harder on each one. You'd do the first in :43, the next in :42, and so on.
