My friend and I are looking to do a workout to kick our butts. We're both sprinters (back & free) and used to swim in college in the late 90's. We need the workout to be sprint-oriented to build up a ton of lactic acid. I don't want to do anything longer than 75 yards during the main set. Who has some main sets they'd like to share? Our workouts usually total 3000-4000 yds, but may be less in order to get a good sprint workout in. Thanks, Scott.
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I have previously posted my sprint workout to build speed. It sounds like you want a lactic acid tolerance workout. I hate those,but they are important. My"favorite" is simply 2 sets of 5X50 on the min. with 2 min between sets. It sounds simple,but the key is these are ALL OUT SPRINTS. You want to recover enough that you can sprint but continue to raise your lactic acid until it hurts and you can no longer sprint. If your pain tolerance is better than mine you could add another 5, but if these are really all out it will get to you.
That sounds like a hell of a set. My team does a lot of lactate sets similar to it. 6x100s or 10x50s. Beats the crap out of your body though.
I have previously posted my sprint workout to build speed. It sounds like you want a lactic acid tolerance workout. I hate those,but they are important. My"favorite" is simply 2 sets of 5X50 on the min. with 2 min between sets. It sounds simple,but the key is these are ALL OUT SPRINTS. You want to recover enough that you can sprint but continue to raise your lactic acid until it hurts and you can no longer sprint. If your pain tolerance is better than mine you could add another 5, but if these are really all out it will get to you.
That sounds like a hell of a set. My team does a lot of lactate sets similar to it. 6x100s or 10x50s. Beats the crap out of your body though.
