Anyone try the "favorite set" in the July/August issue of SWIMMER?
I swam at noon by myself indoors on Monday at the Y (our LC pool was closed due to weather) and had limited time so I used the workout Errol Graham submitted. I did a 200 swim, 100 kick, 100 pull warm up with a 200 cool down afterward. Going by the intervals given, main set took 32 minutes. Good quick workout - really swim hard on the 25s.
One of my favorite main sets (this was all free, long course):
3 x 200 on 4:00 descend 1-3
3 x 150 on 3:00 descend 1-3
3 x 100 on 2:00 descend 1-3
3 x 50 on 1:00 descend 1-3 (extra 30 seconds rest before #3; swim ALLOUT for time)
Make sure you descend your times, the 3rd swim of each distance should be at about 90% effort. You'll get out of it what you put into it. You may get a lot of rest between each swim; I found that I needed it. Adjust the interval accordingly.
Anyone else care to share a "favorite set?"
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Originally posted by Frank Thompson
Hey George: I saw a friend of yours from many years ago that swam in the Pan American Games named Carl Wooley and he took the bronze medal in the 100 Free. I believe you took the silver medal in the same event but who took the gold? Yes I took silver 1955 Pan Am Games Mexico. Carl a great swimmer for sure. Clark Scholes was the winner. He was also gold medal winner in the 1952 Olympics. If you see Carl again tell him to get in touch geochuck@hotmail.com
Originally posted by Frank Thompson
Hey George: I saw a friend of yours from many years ago that swam in the Pan American Games named Carl Wooley and he took the bronze medal in the 100 Free. I believe you took the silver medal in the same event but who took the gold? Yes I took silver 1955 Pan Am Games Mexico. Carl a great swimmer for sure. Clark Scholes was the winner. He was also gold medal winner in the 1952 Olympics. If you see Carl again tell him to get in touch geochuck@hotmail.com
