2016-2017 Competitive workouts (Roswell, GA)

These practices are written for the competitive USMS swimmers that meet at the Swim Atlanta pool in Roswell at noon. (Not all of the swimmers do this same practice.) Come join us! Contact aaron@swimatlanta.com or (770) 992-7946 If you feel you're not in the shape that you once were, come anyway -- we were all in that same boat too -- you'll catch up! (Most of our swimmers only swim to stay in shape and they do not compete at all.) The practices are primarily 60 minutes. Sometimes you'll see a shorter practice because we got in late or got out early. Occasionally you'll see a longer practice. The general philosophy is mixed training of energy systems with usually one USRPT-inspired set each week. These practices are intended to be geared for performance in 50s, 100s, and 200s; they may or may not lend themselves to decent 400/500s, 800/1000s, or 1500/1650s. Some examples of common acronyms that will be used: KDS: Kick drill swim 300 IM KDS: 4 times through in IM order (25 kick, 25 drill, 25 swim) 1000 SKIPS: 200 Swim, 200 Kick, 200 IM, 200 Pull, 200 Swim 1000 SKIDS: 200 Swim, 200 Kick, 200 IM, 200 Drill, 200 Swim IMO by round: The stroke for first round of a set should be fly, second round should be back, etc RIM or RIMO: Reverse IM or Reverse IM order FRIM: IM except replace the fly with free UW: underwater BC4: Breathe every 4 CH: Choice AFAFAP: As far as fast as possible AFAP: As far as possible - These are notes on my own performance. For example, means I was holding :28. Only swim practices are specified here: any supplementary strength & conditioning activities will not be included in this thread. Each post usually consists of five practices for one week; the post is usually updated with the daily practice as the week progresses.
  • MON 300 swim 300 RIM drill/swim/build 200 IM K 200 25 drill/25 build 600 pull, neg split 8:00 6x100 desc 1-3, 4-6 1:25 6x50 kick 1:00 400 pull, neg split 5:15 4x100 desc 1-4 1:20 4x50 kick 1:00 200 pull, neg split 2:40 2x100 desc 1-2 1:15 2x50 kick 1:00 100 wd Total: 4100y 60 min TUES 400 swim 300 IM KDS 200 25 UW, 25 build 4x25 kick :35 1x200 IM 3:10 100 K Fly 2:00 2x200 IM 3:05 100 K Back 2:00 3x200 IM 3:00 100 K Br 2:00 4x200 IM 2:55 100 K Fr 2:00 50 free race 100 swim Total: 3550y 60 min WED 1000 SKIPS 4x with fins ...200 stroke kick IMO by round 2:50 (fly k on back instead of br) ...3x100 IM 1:25 (fly k during br) Easy 50 3x50 Kick 1:15, Desc 1-3 :30 extra 3x50 Free 1:15, Desc 1-3 150 swim Total: 3500 yards 60 min THURS 6x100 Odd: 1:25, Even: 1:30 4x50 IMO Kick 1:00 4x50 Scull/Build :60 All 25's at 100 race pace 12x25 :35 (Fly or other non-free stroke) 200 choice ez/drill 3:30 10x25 :30 200 choice ez/drill 3:30 8x25 :30 (Bk or other non-free stroke) 200 choice ez/drill 3:30 6x25 :25 200 choice ez/drill 3:30 4x25 :20 100 wd Total: 2500 yards 60 min FRI 400 swim 200 kick 4x50 :35 pace :50 4x25 BC, 5-breath rest 4x25 v-sprint (#1 easy, #2 12.5 fast, #3 last 12.5 fast, #4 fast) :30 100 CH all-out 3x200 (100 swim, 100 kick) 3:20 3x100 (BC 3, 4, 5, 6) 1:30 3x200 (50 swim, 100 kick, 50 swim) 3:15 Broken 100 CH (50, 10 sec rest, 50) - faster than the 100 from earlier 3x100 (25 uw, 25 drill, 25 uw, 25 drill) 1:50 Broken 100 CH (25, 10 sec rest, 50, 5 sec rest, 25) - also faster than the 100 from earlier 100 wd Total: 3200 y 60 min
  • MON 400 FRIM 4x75 CH Scull/Drill/Build 6x50 with fins :60 (odd: over/under; even: kick with board) 5x (stroke and intervals for each round listed below) …100 (25 str, 75 fr) …100 (50 str, 50 fr) …100 (75 str, 25 fr) …100 (100 str) Round #1: str=fly on 1:30 Round #2: str=bk on 1:25 Round #3: str=br, KICK on 2:00 Round #4: str=bk on 1:25 Round #5: str=fr on 1:15 (or 1:20) 400 CH kick with fins no board (8 uw fly off each wall; 200 bk + 200 fly on back) 100 swim Total: 3500 y 60 min TUES 1000 swim 3x50 Kick on side :60 3x50 Catchup drill :50 3x50 DPS :50 3x50 SWOLF :60 4x25 :30 half UW, half easy 4x25 :30 (half all-out, half easy) 4x25 :30 (half easy, half all-out) 4x25 :30 (all-out) 10x50 :60 (hold 200 pace) 400 pull (no paddles) 200 easy kick 100 swim Total: 3200y 60 min WED 4x (#1: Free, #2: Bk, #3: Br, #4: Fly drill) ...200 swim ...50 kick 300 kick 6:00 8x50 kick :60 50 easy swim :60 200 kick 4:00 6x50 kick :55 50 easy swim :60 100 kick 2:00 4x50 kick :50 100 swim Total: 2700y 50 min THURS 500 swim (75 free, 50 back) 4x75 1:25 (25 kick on side, 25 6 kicks + a pull, 25 DPS) 8x25 kick :30 12x50 (twice through :60, :55, :50, :45, :40, :35) 300 pull (no paddles) 4:00 300 back 4:30 400 pull (paddles) 5:00 2x150 back 2:15 500 pull (no paddles) 6:15 3x100 back 1:30 100 wd FRI 1000 choice warmup 5x IMO by round (last round CH stroke) …2x50 smooth stroke :50 …100 fastish stroke (Fly: 1:30, Back: 1:30, Br: 1:40, Fr: 1:20, Last round 1:40) …100 K Str 1:55 …200 IM 2:55 100 IM race 100 swim
  • MON 300 swim 100 kick 6x100 1:45 (25 drill, 25 swim) 4x ...300 4:40 (100 swim, 100 kick, 100 swim) ...200 3:20 (50 swim, 100 kick, 50 swim) ...100 2:00 (100 kick) 100 swim Total: 3500y 60 min TUES 4x ...200 swim ...50 K 4x50 Bk :45 2x100 Br 1:45 2x100 K 2:00 200 Bk 3:00 2:40 4x50 Br :50 4x50 K 1:00 2x100 Bk 1:30 200 Br 3:40 8x25 K :30 100 swim Total: 2900y
  • MON 400 swim 400 IM KSDS 8x25 :30 (#1: easy/fast, #2: fast/easy, #3: fast, #4: easy) 3x ...3x150 pull 2:00 (#1: pace, #2: neg split, #3: descend by 50s) 3x ...3x150 kick with fins 2:15 (#1: 100 free, 50 fly; #2: 50 free, 50 fly, 50 free; #3: 50 fly, 100 free) OR ...3x150 2:15 (#1: 100 free, 50 fly; #2: 50 free, 50 fly, 50 free; #3: 50 fly, 100 free) 100 swim Total: 3800y 60 min TUES 200 swim 6x100 1:25 200 kick 100 kick for time 4x100 IM 1:30 4x125 IM 2:00 (#1: 50 fly, #2: 50 bk, etc) 4x150 IM 2:15 (#1: 75 fly, #2 75 bk, etc) 4x200 IM 3:00 (#1: 125 fly, #2: 125 bk, etc) 100 swim Total: 3500y 60 min WED 500 swim (75 free, 50 back) 200 kick 6x50 with fins :60 (Odds: under/over, evens: scull) 3x ...4x25 :30 Round 1: 3 drill, 1 race Round 2: 2 drill, 2 race Round 3: 1 drill, 3 race 3x ...4x50 1:05 Round 1: 3 kick/drill, 1 race Round 2: 2 kick/drill, 2 race Round 3: 1 kick/drill, 3 race 2x ...200 K 4:00 ...4x50 K :60 (Odd: easy, Even: fast) 100 swim Total: 2800y 60 min THURS 1000 SKIDS 2x ...8x25 K :30 fast ...2x100 1:40 BC 4 4x300 4:00 (#1: 300 Fr, #2: 200 Fr/100 Bk; #3: 100 Fr/200 Bk; #4: 300 Bk) 300 K 100 swim Total: 3400y 60 min FRI 300 swim 4x75 KDS 1:20 4x50 Drill/build on :50 8x25 :30 (odd:; even: 12.5 fast fly K UW, 12.5 easy) 4x300 4:00 pull #1: low stroke count, steady #2: 50 easy, 25 hard #3: 25 easy, 50 hard #4: descend by 100 4x ...75 Kick 1:20 ...75 Fl/Ba/Br 1:10 ...100 Free 1:40 (Descend 1-4) 100 wd Total: 3300y 60 min
  • MON Off - Labor Day TUES 600 kick (4x{100 free, 50 str} IMO) 4x50 build kick :60, IMO 4x (RIMO by round) ...8x25 fast K with fins :30 ...200 easy stroke kick 4:00 4x50 :60 (with fins: 10 fast kicks off each wall then easy) 100 easy kick Total: 60 min 2700y WED 300 free/back kick 200 IM kick 8x25 UW kick with fins :35 (odd: fly, even: free) 4x ...200 IM Kick 4:00 ...8x25 K :30 (IMO by round) 100 easy Total: 50 min 2500y THURS 300 kick (free/br by 25) 300 kick (free/bk by 25) 300 kick (free/fly by 25) 1000 K backstroke (4 fly kick off each wall) 4x (with fins; Round #1: Bk, Round #2: Free, Round #3: Fly, Round #4: Free) ...50 K :55 (25 easy, 25 fast) ...50 K :55 (12.5 easy, 37.5 fast) ...50 K :55 (50 fast) 100 easy Total: 2600y 60 min FRI 3x250 CH K (:20-:30 sec rest) 12x50 K :55 :30 sec extra rest 600 Fly K with fins :30 sec rest 6x50 K :55 :30 sec extra rest 300 Fly K with fins on back 25 easy 4x ...vertical kick :60 ...25 sprint kick :45 ...25 easy kick :45 25 easy 50 K for time 100 easy Total: 3150y 60 min
  • MON 300 RIM K 6x50 with fins :55 (25 fly rotate K drill, 25 fly on back) 200 K 4x50 K fast 1:30 100 K 2:00 4x50 K fast 1:30 200 K 4:00 4x50 K fast 1:30 300 K 6:00 4x50 K fast 1:30 400 K 8:00 100 easy Total: 2700y 70 min The main set is from Richard Quick's Auburn kick set at www.youtube.com/watch TUES 400 FRIM 300 KDS 4x50 Drill/Build :60 4x25 Kick :30 3x ...12x25 :30 fast ...200 easy 3:00 200 CH Kick 8x25 :25 fast 100 easy Total: 3000y 60 min 300 RIM Kick 200 UW Kick (25 fly, 25 free) 100 IM Kick 3x ...12x25 :30 fast kick with fins ...100 easy kick no fins 3:00 200 Br Kick 8x25 :25 kick (no fins, touch and go if it comes to that) 100 easy Total: 2300 y 60 min WED 200 Kick (Free/fly by 50) 200 Kick (Free/bk by 50) 200 Kick (Free/br by 50) 8x25 UW Kick :10 SR (2 Fly, 2 Free) 4x75 K 1:30 (50 easy, 25 hard) 1000 Fly K on back with fins 4x75 K 1:30 (25 easy, 50 hard) 6x50 easy swim :60 (Odd: back, even: free) Total: 2700y 60 min THUR 300 RIM Kick 200 RIM Kick 100 RIM Kick 8x25 RIMO Kick :35 24x50 Kick :55 6x100 with Fins 1:30 (Odds: Bk kick, Evens: Bk swim) 100 easy Total: 2700y 60 min FRI 400 kick (50 free, 50 str IMO) 6x50 with fins :15 SR (Odd: under/over; Even: 6 kicks/pull) 8x25 :35 IMO (10y fast, 5y easy, 10y fast) 4x ...2x50 K all out 1:30 ...100 Br K easy 3:00 5 min vertical kick 6x100 easy with fins 1:30 (Odd: Backstroke, Even: 50 free/25 bk kick/25 free) Total: 2550y 60 min
  • MON 4x100 1:30 (50 Free, 50 Back) 300 K with fins (75 fly on bk, 75 bk, 75 fly on bk, 75 bk) 4x100 1:30 (Odd: Free, Even: Back) 200 IM K 10x100 K 1:50 8x100 1:30 (Odd: 25 drill, 25 swim; Even: 50 free, 50 back) 100 K for time 100 easy Total: 3300y 60 min TUES 300 Free 300 KDS by 25 150 Kick 4x25 Build :30 2x ...4x50 drill/swim 1:15 ...4x75 1:20 (odd: 80%, even 90%) ...50 easy 1:00 ...2x100 1:30 (odd: 90%, even 100%) 4x25 :30 all out 25 k :30 50 k :60 75 k 1:30 100 k 2:00 50 easy Total: 2800y 60 min WED 400 swim 4x100 50 K/50 Swim 1:40 2x75 Pull 1:10 2x50 Drill/swim 1:00 3x ...200 (100 K, 100 swim) 3:30 ...4x50 :55, Desc 1-4 ...100 (50 K, 50 swim) 1:40 ...4x25 :30 race pace 150 swim Total: 3000y 60 min THURS FRI 400 swim 300 IM KDS 200 KS by 50 4x25 build :25 2x ...3x200 CH 3:30 (50 swim, 100 kick, 50 swim) ...3x100 1:20 Desc 1-3 2x ...4x25 K :35 ...4x50 Swim 200 pace :55 ...50 easy :60 50 easy Total: 3550y 60 min
  • MON 200 Free 4x50 K :60 (Odd: no board, Evens: board) 200 Stroke 4x50 K :60 (Odd: no board, Evens: board) 200 Free 3x (Rounds 1 & 3: swim, Round 2: pull, no paddles) ...300 4:00 ...2x150 2:00 ...3x100 1:20 200 Kick for time 100 easy Total: 4000y 60 min TUES 4x100 1:20 4x75 KDS 1:20 IMO 4x50 CH Drill :60 4x25 CH Build :25 4x (Strokes by Round: #1: Bk, #2: Fly, #3: Br, #4: Fly) ...100 Str K 2:00 ...2x50 Drill :60 ...4x25 Str :30 (#1 & 2: 12.5 all out, 12.5 easy; #3 & 4: 25 all out) ...200 Free easy 3:00 4x with fins ...25 UW Fl K :20 ...25 Fr K fast :45 25 race 125 easy Total: 3350y 60 min WED 500 swim (75 free, 50 back) 200 kick 6x50 :60 (odd: scull/drill, even: scull/build) 4x ...25 Kick :30 ...50 Kick :55 ...75 Kick 1:20 ...100 Easy 1:30 ...100 1:10 ...75 :55 ...50 :40 ...25 :20 200 Pull DPS (no paddles) 200 Easy kick with fins 200 Broken (50-10 SR-100-10 SR-50) 100 easy Total: 3700y 60 min THUR 4x (continuous) ...100 Free ...50 Stroke (RIMO by round) ...100 (Odds: IM drill, Evens: IM kick) 3x ...250 Pull 3:20 (BC 4/3 by 50s) ...100 IM 1:40 (cruise) ...75 Bk 1:15 (Build by 25) ...75 Br 1:25 Fast 50 for time 10x50 K :55 :50 extra rest 10x50 K :55 (2 Br then IM order 2x) 50 for time 100 easy Total: 3700y 60+ min FRI 400 Swim 300 IM KDS 200 KD by 50 100 Build each 25 100 IM 1:30 200 IM 3:00 300 IM 4:30 400 IM 6:00 3x (with fins) ...4x25 UW :30 ...8x50 :45 Fast ...Extra :60 rest 100 Easy Total: 3600y 60 min
  • MON Test set, General conditioning 400 Swim 100 Kick 8x50 :60 (25 drill, 25 swim) RIMO 4x25 V-sprint :30 10x100 1:30 Best average 2x ...100 Bk K 2:00 ...3x100 Bk 1:30 Desc 1-3 ...100 Free easy 1:30 300 Kick, Desc by 100s 100 easy Total: 3400y 60 min TUES Sprint, General conditioning 300 Swim 200 Kick 6x50 :55 (Odd: 25 UW/25 Build; 25 Drill/25 Build) 8x25 K :35 3x100 2:15 all out, for time 3x ...100 Fly 1:40 (or Fl drill/swim) ...2x50 Bk :50 (Desc 1-2) ...4x25 Br K :30 ...300 IM 4:40 100 easy Total: 3200 y 60 min WED Recovery, kick 2x200 2:45 2x100 1:20 4x50 K 1:00 200 RIM (Drill/build by 25) 4 minute kick (:20 sec hard, :10 sec easy) 3x (Rounds 2 & 3 with fins) ...50 K on side :60 ...50 K with arms crossed, rotation drill 1:10 ...50 6K/1Pull Drill (with arm hanging) :60 ...50 6K/1Pull Drill :60 ...50 6K/3Pull Drill :60 ...50 Swim DPS :60 8x25 K :30 4x50 K :55 2x100 K 1:50 100 easy Total: 2600y
  • MON Aerobic conditioning 400 FRIM 4x100 1:40 (50 Swim, 50 Kick) 4x50 :55 (25 Drill, 25 Kick) 100 Pull 1:20 1x100 80% 1:20 200 Pull 2:40 2x100 Desc 1-2 1:20 300 Pull 4:00 3x100 Desc 1-3 1:20 400 Pull 5:20 4x100 Desc 1-4 1:20 500 Pull 6:40 5x100 Desc 1-5 1:20 100 easy Total: 4100y 60 min TUES Kicking, 200 race specific 250 Swim 3x (all on :10 sec rest) ...100 Kick/swim by 25 ...75 Drill progression ...50 DPS/Perfect stroke ...25 Build 2x50 K Hard :60 2x50 Easy :60 3x50 K Hard :60 2x50 Easy :60 4x50 K Hard :60 2x50 Easy :60 5x50 K Hard :60 2x50 Easy :60 5x200 #1: Steady pace 2:45 #2: Negative split 2:45 #3: Desc by 50 (build by 50) 2:45 :60 extra rest #4: Broken 200 as (100, :15 rest, 50, :10 rest, 50) 3:30 #5: Build first 100, into 50 sprint K, into 50 whatever is left 50 race 150 easy Total: 3300y 60 min WED Extended practice, recovery 200 Swim 300 Kick/Swim by 50 8x50 Drill/Build :50 6x200 2:50 pull with paddles, BC 3/5 by 100 20x50 :50 (1-4 Drill, 5-8 Back, 9-12 Drill, 13-16 Easy, 17-20 Fast on :45) 4x ...25 :35 ...50 :35 ...75 1:10 ...100 1:10 6x75 1:10 with fins (50 UW K, 25 fast) 100 easy Total: 90 min 4800y THURS race-pace 400 Swim 300 IM KDS 4x50 :60 (25 UW, 25 easy) 4x25 :30 (12.5 hard, 12.5 easy) 16x25 :30 at 100 race pace Extra :30 rest 4x25 :25 try to match race pace Extra :60 rest 4x25 :20 best effort 4x (all with fins; #1: Fly, #2: Bk,#3 & 4: Free) ...125 Kick 1:55 ...75 Swim 1:05 150 Easy Total: 2600y 60 min FRI 500 swim (3 free, 2 back) 300 IM KDS 4x50 Drill/Build :55 2x ...2x250 3:00 ...100 Br K 1:30 ...4x125 1:30 ...100 Br K 1:30 3x300 K with fins 4:30 (#1: 150 Fly w/board, 150 Fly on back, #2: Free, #3: Bk) 100 Easy Total: 4400y 70 min