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IMers, We're Jacks & Jills of all trades Fly back *** free We gotta have speed but we gotta last to finish fast. It takes strategy & conditioning. We train equal amounts of all 4 or have a fatal flaw. We try to make our worst stroke not so bad. It's worked well for Ryan Michael Eric, Ariana Kirsty & Stephony What did you do in practice today? the breastroke lane The Middle Distance Lane The Backstroke Lane The Butterfly Lane The SDK Lane The Taper Lane The Distance Lane The IM Lane The Sprint Free Lane The Pool Deck
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  • I was trying to invent a set/drill to help prepare for the breaststroke pullouts in the IM, especially the 400 IM. This is what I came up with: SCY or SCM: 4x( 150 kick -no rest, straight into... 20 fly sprinty -switch to breaststroke at the flags... 30 breaststroke DPS -i.e. take the fewest strokes possible on the last 25.) I did the kick part RIMO by round. Going for the fewest breaststroke strokes possible on that last 25 forces you to NOT shorten the pullout. (My best effort was 5 SPL) I really liked this set so I decided to share it here. I'm not saying I liked the suffering on the breaststroke pullouts, but it seems to give pretty good race-simulation breaststroke pullouts with the added benefit of providing some kick endurace work. Have fun! I always do back-to-*** flip turns in practice. Never open turns. That right there makes a big difference because I'm always starting off the breaststroke leg without much oxygen. And I try to always take long pullouts because my breaststroke is nothing to write home about. 5 SPL is really good - in SCY, that is the best I can do without getting silly about it.
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  • I was trying to invent a set/drill to help prepare for the breaststroke pullouts in the IM, especially the 400 IM. This is what I came up with: SCY or SCM: 4x( 150 kick -no rest, straight into... 20 fly sprinty -switch to breaststroke at the flags... 30 breaststroke DPS -i.e. take the fewest strokes possible on the last 25.) I did the kick part RIMO by round. Going for the fewest breaststroke strokes possible on that last 25 forces you to NOT shorten the pullout. (My best effort was 5 SPL) I really liked this set so I decided to share it here. I'm not saying I liked the suffering on the breaststroke pullouts, but it seems to give pretty good race-simulation breaststroke pullouts with the added benefit of providing some kick endurace work. Have fun! I always do back-to-*** flip turns in practice. Never open turns. That right there makes a big difference because I'm always starting off the breaststroke leg without much oxygen. And I try to always take long pullouts because my breaststroke is nothing to write home about. 5 SPL is really good - in SCY, that is the best I can do without getting silly about it.
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