The Master's Swim Team that I coach is primarily composed of what would be classified as the intermediate swimmer. By this, I mean people who aren't breaking a minute on their 100 yard freestyles, but are more along the lines of a 1:15 (give or take) and still push through the practice.
So, I design their swimming workouts on an intermediate level where they get the rest they need, maintain and improve their current times, and still get a great workout in for only swimming around an hour every day they are in. That being said, I know that they aren't the only ones out there looking for quick workouts at an intermediate Master's level which leads me to the purpose of this forum topic (and what will be an on-going posting of workouts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday). I will be sharing all of the swim workouts that we do in hopes that other people will find benefit in them as well.
Enjoy the workouts and please feel free to give as much feedback as possible!
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Your swimmers are about in the same range I am times-wise, but you seem to give them a lot of rest (at least compared to my normal intervals). Can you talk about that a little?
I can absolutely speak to that!
Long and short of it, I didn't add in the lane adjustments for times and I forgot to post the purpose/focus of the practice. I will make sure to have the adjustments made in the upcoming posts....all apologies!
With regard to today's post (and the first day's workout), I write the workout to the slower swimmers that I have, and drop the intervals for the more efficient swimmers. That being said, I was dropping each of the intervals by ~:15. Our focus was on keeping between :03 and :04 or your race pace throughout the pyramid which forced me to give them a little more rest in order to maintain that steady time.
Hope that helps you understand today's workout, and I will try to be a little more detailed in Monday's!
Your swimmers are about in the same range I am times-wise, but you seem to give them a lot of rest (at least compared to my normal intervals). Can you talk about that a little?
I can absolutely speak to that!
Long and short of it, I didn't add in the lane adjustments for times and I forgot to post the purpose/focus of the practice. I will make sure to have the adjustments made in the upcoming posts....all apologies!
With regard to today's post (and the first day's workout), I write the workout to the slower swimmers that I have, and drop the intervals for the more efficient swimmers. That being said, I was dropping each of the intervals by ~:15. Our focus was on keeping between :03 and :04 or your race pace throughout the pyramid which forced me to give them a little more rest in order to maintain that steady time.
Hope that helps you understand today's workout, and I will try to be a little more detailed in Monday's!
