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
500 Swim
2x (continuous)
...25 Scull
...50 Drill
...75 Swim
...100 Kick
5x100 1:40
4x200 2:40
3x300 3:40
2x400 4:40
1x500 Best effort
100 Easy
Total:
4600y
>60 min
TUES
40x100 as...
10x100 1:30 (warmup)
2:00 rest
10x100 1:25
1:00 rest
10x100 1:20
2:00 rest
9x100 1:15
1x100 Easy
Bonus: 50 for time , 100 easy
Total:
4000y or 4150y with bonus
60 min
WED
1000 SKIPS
3x
...2x75 1:20 (scull/drill/DPS by 25)
...#x50s on :60 (200 race pace; Round 1: 8x50, Round 2: 6x50, Round 3:4x50)
...100 K 2:00
200 K with fins
100 easy
Total:
3050y
55 min
THURS
1000 Choice
12x25 :35 with fins
Odds: UW K
Evens: Fly 2 down, 1 up (1st 3); Free BC1 (2nd 3)
4x (IMO by round)
...100 K 2:00
...75 K 1:30 fast
...50 K 1:100
...25 K :30 fast
7x150 Back, with fins 2:05
#1: 1st 50 fast
#2: 2nd 50 fast
#3: 3rd 50 fast
#4: 1st and 3rd 50 fast
#5: 1st and 2nd 50 fast
#6: 2nd and 3rd 50 fast
#7: all fast
100 Easy
Total:
3450y
60 min
FRI
4x
...200 (Odd round: swim, Even round: IM drill)
...50 K (IMO by round)
5x100 Pull (all with paddles) 1:10
3x50 scull/drill 1:10
4x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 K 1:10
3x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 Fl/Ba/Br 1:10
2x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 UW K 1:10
1x100 Pull 1:10
6x50 :60 with fins and paddles and Finis Ultimate drag suit (Odd: Easy, Even: fast)
:60 extra rest to remove Finis Ultimate drag
1x50 with fins and paddles
100 Easy
Total:
3450y
60 min
MON
500 Swim
2x (continuous)
...25 Scull
...50 Drill
...75 Swim
...100 Kick
5x100 1:40
4x200 2:40
3x300 3:40
2x400 4:40
1x500 Best effort
100 Easy
Total:
4600y
>60 min
TUES
40x100 as...
10x100 1:30 (warmup)
2:00 rest
10x100 1:25
1:00 rest
10x100 1:20
2:00 rest
9x100 1:15
1x100 Easy
Bonus: 50 for time , 100 easy
Total:
4000y or 4150y with bonus
60 min
WED
1000 SKIPS
3x
...2x75 1:20 (scull/drill/DPS by 25)
...#x50s on :60 (200 race pace; Round 1: 8x50, Round 2: 6x50, Round 3:4x50)
...100 K 2:00
200 K with fins
100 easy
Total:
3050y
55 min
THURS
1000 Choice
12x25 :35 with fins
Odds: UW K
Evens: Fly 2 down, 1 up (1st 3); Free BC1 (2nd 3)
4x (IMO by round)
...100 K 2:00
...75 K 1:30 fast
...50 K 1:100
...25 K :30 fast
7x150 Back, with fins 2:05
#1: 1st 50 fast
#2: 2nd 50 fast
#3: 3rd 50 fast
#4: 1st and 3rd 50 fast
#5: 1st and 2nd 50 fast
#6: 2nd and 3rd 50 fast
#7: all fast
100 Easy
Total:
3450y
60 min
FRI
4x
...200 (Odd round: swim, Even round: IM drill)
...50 K (IMO by round)
5x100 Pull (all with paddles) 1:10
3x50 scull/drill 1:10
4x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 K 1:10
3x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 Fl/Ba/Br 1:10
2x100 Pull 1:10
3x50 UW K 1:10
1x100 Pull 1:10
6x50 :60 with fins and paddles and Finis Ultimate drag suit (Odd: Easy, Even: fast)
:60 extra rest to remove Finis Ultimate drag
1x50 with fins and paddles
100 Easy
Total:
3450y
60 min