I'm pretty sure that IM order is fly, back, ***, free, but it's been so long since I've paid attention I'm not positive that's correct. Why does it seem that a lot of workouts have sets with reverse IM order? I mean does practicing in reverse order make you stronger or have more endurance?
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Because butterfly tends to be harder than the other strokes for most people, reverse IM gets used in sets so that you can finish hard, and so that you don't get too tired right in the middle of the swim.
In college we used to warm up sometimes with a reverse 800 IM. I think a regular 800 IM would have given us all shoulder injuries!
Swim fast.
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Because butterfly tends to be harder than the other strokes for most people, reverse IM gets used in sets so that you can finish hard, and so that you don't get too tired right in the middle of the swim.
In college we used to warm up sometimes with a reverse 800 IM. I think a regular 800 IM would have given us all shoulder injuries!
Swim fast.
