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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We acquired a new swimmer today (primarily a breaststroker), so during the sets I have put a "breaststroke substitution" just in case:
Warm Up
500 (100 Swim, 100 Kick, 100 Choice, 100 Pull, 100 Swim)
Drill Set
4 x 50 on 1:10
*breaststroke sub on evens
Main Set
10 x 100 Hypoxic on 1:45
1 = 5 SDK
2 = 7 SDK (or 2 pullouts)
3 = Every 3
4 = Every 5 (or 2 pullouts and 2 kick with one pull)
5 = Every 5
6 = Every 7 (or 3 pullouts)
7 = Every 5
8 = Every 5 (or 2 pullouts and 2 kick with one pull)
9 = 7 SDK
10 = 5 SDK (or 2 pullouts)
5 x 100 Pace Work (All freestyle) on 1:50
1 = Easy 50, hit :38 for second 50
2 = Easy 25, hit 37 for mid 50, easy 25
3 = Hit :36 for 50, easy 50
4 = Build to full sprint
Sprint Work
8 x 75 on "walk around recovery" (as long as it takes to walk around and get back up on the block)
*swimmers were hitting a low :31 - :32 on the 50 split each 75
Recovery
1 x 200 Choice
Total Yardage: 3000
Total Time: ~1 hr 10 mins
Happy Swimming!
We acquired a new swimmer today (primarily a breaststroker), so during the sets I have put a "breaststroke substitution" just in case:
Warm Up
500 (100 Swim, 100 Kick, 100 Choice, 100 Pull, 100 Swim)
Drill Set
4 x 50 on 1:10
*breaststroke sub on evens
Main Set
10 x 100 Hypoxic on 1:45
1 = 5 SDK
2 = 7 SDK (or 2 pullouts)
3 = Every 3
4 = Every 5 (or 2 pullouts and 2 kick with one pull)
5 = Every 5
6 = Every 7 (or 3 pullouts)
7 = Every 5
8 = Every 5 (or 2 pullouts and 2 kick with one pull)
9 = 7 SDK
10 = 5 SDK (or 2 pullouts)
5 x 100 Pace Work (All freestyle) on 1:50
1 = Easy 50, hit :38 for second 50
2 = Easy 25, hit 37 for mid 50, easy 25
3 = Hit :36 for 50, easy 50
4 = Build to full sprint
Sprint Work
8 x 75 on "walk around recovery" (as long as it takes to walk around and get back up on the block)
*swimmers were hitting a low :31 - :32 on the 50 split each 75
Recovery
1 x 200 Choice
Total Yardage: 3000
Total Time: ~1 hr 10 mins
Happy Swimming!