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Coach: Simon (we usually have 2, don't know why just 1 today, not many swimmers only 3 in my lane) Warmup: 8x75 4x350 @ 15 sec rest 1st 50 max hypoxic 2nd 50 breathe every 2 strokes, 3rd every 3, 4th every 4, etc 1x100 @ 1:40 2x100 @ 1:35 3x100 @ 1:30 4x100 @ 1:25 5x100 @ 1:20 6x100 @ 1:15 (the others in my lane stopped at 5, I did 3 of these, but only @ 1:20) 200 easy warmdown total: I did 4,000 (would be 4,300 if I had finished) It has been very humid here the past few days (humid for here at least) and I haven't slept too well. Almost turned on the a/c last night, but then thought can't do that in Feb...but will tonight if it continues (it is March now after all...) Taking off from work next Monday, should still swim, but probably won't post until late. A friend of my parents' will be in town and wants to go to the Grand Canyon...it is a LONG day trip, but maybe I can convince them to go to Sedona instead. Next Wed I'll be in Tucson for work and will try to swim with the group at the UofA (that's where I started masters swimming).

We had a pretty good one last night. warmup: 300 swim, 300 kick/drill, 300 IM kick, drill, swim by 25 3 x (4 x 25 kick @ :30 1: 5 yards underwater 2: 10 yards underwater 3: 15 yards underwater 4: 25 yards underwater 100 kick on back @ 1:50 50 fast kick @ :50 100 choice drill @ 2:00) main: 400 @ 5:00 4 x 100 @ 1:15 300 @ 4:00 3 x 100 @ 1:10 200 @ 2:50 2 x 100 @ 1:05 100 @ 1:30 100 fast 100 easy 6 x 50, 2 fist drill, 2 drill, 2 swim :10 rest between 300 swim with Tennessee tumble turns total: 4650

Originally posted by knelson 300 swim with Tennessee tumble turns Looks like a good workout. It is interesting to see the different workouts posted here. I have to ask. What is a Tennessee tumble turn?

Originally posted by fatboy I have to ask. What is a Tennessee tumble turn? We've done these a couple times in the past week, mainly because I mentioned doing them "back in the day" and lots of other people remembered doing them, too. The idea is to do the portion between the flags underwater. So when you get to the flags, dive down, do your turn, and come up again once you're at least past the flags after the turn.

Thurs 3/2 Coaches: Matt and Bethany, Matt on the distance side Warmup: 600 choice Continuous swim: 75 hypoxic, 50 kick 100 hypoxic, 50 kick 125 hypoxic, 50 kick 150 hypoxic, 50 kick 175 hypoxic, 50 kick 200 fast swim, 50 kick 25 backwards swim to the other end Kick set, continuous: 25 fast, 25 easy 50 fast, 50 easy 75 fast, 75 easy 100 fast, 100 easy 75 fast, 75 easy 50 fast, 50 easy 25 fast, 25 easy 4x50 @ 1:00 with emphasis on kick 200 easy warmdown Total: 2950 yards I felt a little tight since I lifted last night, but my kicking is getting much better.

Kirk, Thanks for the info and the link on the Tennessee tumble turn drill. Looks very challenging! Do you do the spin turn shown in the photo sequence or do a flip underwater? Frank, Thanks for the info on David Edgar. I remember watching the NCAA's back then. If I remember correctly Tennessee had quite a free relay then as well.

Kari: I'm pretty the surgeon will tell you to lay low and I mean very low for about a month meaning you cannot even drive or be a passenger in a car due to the vibration. You probably won't be able to lift more than 5 lbs and other various restrictions. It's all for the best. Good luck!

Originally posted by Sam Perry After all night wondering why my wife's and my opinions were so different on this one, I finally cam to the realization why. Abba's music is not very good (puuting it mildly). Yes, I would imagine your opinion of that show would be highly dependent on your Abba tolerance! fatboy: I always do the underwater flip, but I have to admit it's difficult. Your body wants to cork back to the surface as soon as youstart the flip. Maybe this is a sign of poor turning technique?

I had a coach a few years ago (he's no longer with our team, he moved away) who used to sometimes have us do this: at flags, dive underwater do a touch turn at the wall, down about where the ledge is (5 feet or so deep) push down to the bottom (pool is about 8 feet deep), and push off the bottom by the time we got back to the surface, we were well past the flags. Not sure if there is a name for that or not...but it was tons of energy to do even one.

Well I've either been duped by coaches for years or they didn't know how to correctly do a "Tennessee Turn". From watching the video, I've never done a 2 hand touch underwater and then spun around, we always did underwater flip turns. Here's what I've done for years: At the backstroke flags, do a catch up stroke and in a streamline position do a surface dive on an angle kicking down to the wall, at the "T" flip your turn (about 6 to 5 feet below the surface), then rotate onto your stomach and kick up past the backstroke flags. I'm thinking the requestors (coaches) of this may be from a certain generation; all the younger coaches I've had (just out of college) never bring it up, instead they have you go half a length underwater off each turn.