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Perhaps I am just a mouth breathing, knuckle dragging neanderthal, but I fail to discern any particular value in the set I was given this morning. 10 times through: 25, 50, 75, 100 on 1:05. Odd sets freestyle, even sets stroke (25 fly, 50 ***, 75 back, 100 free) on 1:15. There is no connecting thread of interest or challenge in any of the components here, other than to make a 100 free on 1:05 five times, spaced out by a bunch of filler. Kind of a weak argument in a 2500 yd set. I got out after 4 sets, disgusted or frustrated, I'm not sure which. Coaches, is this what you are giving because you are afraid people will be too bored with 10 x 100s? Or would you rather they get out early, knowing that you will not change because the "book" says this is a good workout? I was trying to figure out what physiologically this set is supposed to do. This looks almost like a race pace (depending on how hard it is for you to do that 1:05) set with lots of rest broken into 25, 50, and 75. The evens sets are weirder since it is sort of a broken IM but in an sequence that arbitrarily emphasizes backstroke. If I were given this set I'd ask my coach "why, what's it do?" I know yours wasn't interested in answering that question. I think the broken IM set could be useful if the strokes were sequenced to stress your weakest, or your favorite stroke.

Perhaps I am just a mouth breathing, knuckle dragging neanderthal, but I fail to discern any particular value in the set I was given this morning. 10 times through: 25, 50, 75, 100 on 1:05. Odd sets freestyle, even sets stroke (25 fly, 50 ***, 75 back, 100 free) on 1:15. There is no connecting thread of interest or challenge in any of the components here, other than to make a 100 free on 1:05 five times, spaced out by a bunch of filler. Kind of a weak argument in a 2500 yd set. I got out after 4 sets, disgusted or frustrated, I'm not sure which. Coaches, is this what you are giving because you are afraid people will be too bored with 10 x 100s? Or would you rather they get out early, knowing that you will not change because the "book" says this is a good workout? I was trying to figure out what physiologically this set is supposed to do. This looks almost like a race pace (depending on how hard it is for you to do that 1:05) set with lots of rest broken into 25, 50, and 75. The evens sets are weirder since it is sort of a broken IM but in an sequence that arbitrarily emphasizes backstroke. If I were given this set I'd ask my coach "why, what's it do?" I know yours wasn't interested in answering that question. I think the broken IM set could be useful if the strokes were sequenced to stress your weakest, or your favorite stroke.