Tall Pauls Favorite Workouts and/or Sets

Getting to travel as much as we do we get to "taste" a lot of workouts from clubs all over the country...plus on occasion I come up with something to toss at the workouts I coach. For those lucky enough to swim with me Saturday (I'm coaching) here's the main set: SCY 800 negative split (get 400 split) @1:00 rest 6 x 100's @ 1:20 400IM 100 kick for time 400 negative split (faster than 2nd 400 of the 800, get 200 split) 1:00 rest 5 x 100's @ 1:15 200IM 100 kick for time (different stroke) 200 negative split (faster than 2nd 200 of 400) 4 x 100's @ 1:10 100IM 100 kick for time (different than first two)
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    Swam the Sunday workout at Brophy (possibly soon to be the reborn Phoenix Swim Club)...Coach Rankin and Coach Tako on deck. LCM open 20 minute warm-up Main warm up: 4 x 200's @ 4:00 (Sw/K/Dr/Sw by 50's) 4 x 100's @ 2:00 descend 1-4 choice 4 x 50's @ 1:00 descend 1-4 Main 4 x the following: 3 x 100's @ 1:20 (hold or descend) 4 x 50's @ :15 sec rest interval Kick 4 x 200's hard w/fins @ 4:00 Where's the speed work here?:dunno: I think you guys have been having us on about all this focus on race paced training! ;) That looks pretty much like aerobic training to me! I am beginning to think Jazz is the only purist here! (Although, even he did a 900 yard workout today)! Anyway, tried this workout yesterday afternoon. I swam it SCM, though. However, typical me, skim read the whole thing and didn't notice that the pre main set included stroke work, kicking and drills. Instead I swam those medium to fast pace and was already tired when it came round to the main set. After 2 rounds of that main set I was having trouble controlling the nausea so I didn't finish it. I was pleased with myself that I made all the intervals, though. Those 100's on 1:20 were pretty rough. I finished off with 20 x 50 @ 1:00 alternating fly and free. I was completely spent after that. More aerobic work than I have done in a month! Thanks for your workouts, Paul.
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  • Former Member
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    Swam the Sunday workout at Brophy (possibly soon to be the reborn Phoenix Swim Club)...Coach Rankin and Coach Tako on deck. LCM open 20 minute warm-up Main warm up: 4 x 200's @ 4:00 (Sw/K/Dr/Sw by 50's) 4 x 100's @ 2:00 descend 1-4 choice 4 x 50's @ 1:00 descend 1-4 Main 4 x the following: 3 x 100's @ 1:20 (hold or descend) 4 x 50's @ :15 sec rest interval Kick 4 x 200's hard w/fins @ 4:00 Where's the speed work here?:dunno: I think you guys have been having us on about all this focus on race paced training! ;) That looks pretty much like aerobic training to me! I am beginning to think Jazz is the only purist here! (Although, even he did a 900 yard workout today)! Anyway, tried this workout yesterday afternoon. I swam it SCM, though. However, typical me, skim read the whole thing and didn't notice that the pre main set included stroke work, kicking and drills. Instead I swam those medium to fast pace and was already tired when it came round to the main set. After 2 rounds of that main set I was having trouble controlling the nausea so I didn't finish it. I was pleased with myself that I made all the intervals, though. Those 100's on 1:20 were pretty rough. I finished off with 20 x 50 @ 1:00 alternating fly and free. I was completely spent after that. More aerobic work than I have done in a month! Thanks for your workouts, Paul.
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