After 20+ years of coaching and writing workouts I am in need of some inspiration. I need to break out of my typical workout design and get some new ideas.... If any of you could take the time and post your favorite workout (sprint, stroke, lactate, or distance) or maybe just post your favorite set, it would help put together some new ideas for my team and myself...
Thanks!!!!!
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A set that I first started doing in the early 1980s as a h/s swimmer, continued in college, used as an age-group coach for years, and am now doing again myself as a masters swimmer:
10x 100, all free or all same stroke, on 3:00. Start from a push or from a dive. 50-100 easy in between.
Swim each one at 100%, and record your time. When finished, calculate your average time.
Swim this set every week, and note your progress.
This set was always viewed with a mixture of anticipation and dread ("can I lower my average / will I puke (again)?"
This one is guaranteed to generate some lactic acid, so don't eat too soon before the workout...
A set that I first started doing in the early 1980s as a h/s swimmer, continued in college, used as an age-group coach for years, and am now doing again myself as a masters swimmer:
10x 100, all free or all same stroke, on 3:00. Start from a push or from a dive. 50-100 easy in between.
Swim each one at 100%, and record your time. When finished, calculate your average time.
Swim this set every week, and note your progress.
This set was always viewed with a mixture of anticipation and dread ("can I lower my average / will I puke (again)?"
This one is guaranteed to generate some lactic acid, so don't eat too soon before the workout...
