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.)
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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 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
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