Would your program perform this set?
http://tinyurl.com/lqqu75
I would love to give this one a shot
I guess you're still planning on the 200 *** and 500 free for the short course season then?
Looks dreadful to me.
We would likely have part of the pool start at a higher interval and not do quite so many repeats, for the folks who cannot swim 25 meters in less than :20. One could choose to swim less and rest more - to make it more sprinty. Otherwise, it's a middle distance swimmers exercise.
I've never tried this set going up (from shorter to longer interval). I'm totally stoked to try it now. Since I'm essentially my swim program, I voted "Heck yeah!" I might make my high school kids do it too, but we'd start at :30.
Looks dreadful to me.
All in your perspective I guess...Jazz got all excited about doing these as 25s with a ton of rest, which would bore me to pieces. I like to feel like I'm getting a workout, at least... :D
This is the kind of set that looks fun at 12:37 a.m., but tomorrow, when I'm at the pool, I may have second thoughts about.
Looks challenging. I want to try it. I think there would be a lot of 100s in my version.
The swimmers will basically hold a slow aerobic pace close to their top effort over whatever the total time of the set is. It's just like a 10x100 on the 1:05 or whatever with extra hand-waving. Agreed. It looks more like an aerobic threshold set rather than a sprinters workout.
After number 3 or 4, it'd be a straight pace swim for most people.
Like a T-30 with lots of whistles in between.
You're getting more tired, you need more rest for the same intensity. But swimmers too often care about feeling tired instead of actually becoming faster. Lame.
Decreasing intervals and increasing the speed at the same time is a rock solid workout. Anyone can increase speed and increase the interval, that's about as challenging as getting wet in the shower.
This is my kind of set, can't wait to give it a shot. Fort will join me.
Gonna make a run at this --- not sure what the "rules" were for the kids, but I think you should not be able to make up to the interval if you miss.
So if I miss, I have to wait a 50 to jump back in + making it means 1 second better on the clock ( 74 is making it .. 75 is a miss).
Not sure what a good goal would be -- 2200 sounds like a round number
i'd be very interested in doing this. but not now ;-) maybe in a few months when i am motivated again.
as for getting the rest of the team - i would bet that we could get most if not all to do it; though starting interval and/or fin approval adjustments may be needed.
i sent the link out to our coaches in an unconspicuous manner - perhaps they will get the hint and one day when we're being particularly obnoxious, we'll get slammed.
Decreasing intervals and increasing the speed at the same time is a rock solid workout. Anyone can increase speed and increase the interval, that's about as challenging as getting wet in the shower.
Your attitude is the point. "Challenging" as in you can't finish the set? Great. When you chop down the interval, you are accelerating the rate of fatigue. The set has to be shorter. A yardage queen like yourself should know the downside.
There are other ways to challenge yourself. Like, say, swimming fast. Try that one sometime.
