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
2x
...4x100 Odd: 1:20, Evens: 1:30
...100 K 2:00
4x200 IM 3:00
4x100 Pull 1:20
3x200 IM 3:00
2x200 Pull 2:30
2x200 IM 3:00
1x400 Pull 4:50
1x200 IM 3:00
4x100 Pull 1:10
100 Easy
Total:
70 min
4700y (Kick 200y)
TUES
500 Swim
4x125 IM :10 SR (#1 50 Fly K, #2 50 Bk K, etc)
3x
...200 K 4:00
...4x50 K hard 1:30
200 pull with kickboard
100 easy
Total:
2500y (Kick 1400y)
50+ min
WED
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
200 Pull
100 Kick
500 6:40
5x100 1:20
300 Back 4:30
3x100 Back 1:30
10x50 Kick :60
300 Pull for time, no paddles
4x25 Kick with fins + added mesh/drag on feet :30
100 Easy
Total:
3600y (Kick 800y)
60 min
THURS
1000 as 400 swim/100 kick
All on :30 SR
400 Pull
400 Swim
300 Pull
300 Swim
200 Pull
200 Swim
All on :40 for SCY or :45 for LCM
4x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
3x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
2x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
50 Easy
50 Fly for time
100 Easy
Total:
3600y/m (Kick 200y/m)
60 min
FRI
6x100 (2x1:20, 1:25, 1:30)
200 Kick
4x50 Drill/Build :60
20x25 :30 at 100 pace
100 Easy 3:00
4x (all with fins; odd round: free, even round: stroke)
...2x25 UW K :30
...2x50 K :45
...2x25 Swim :30
500 Pull 6:30
500 Kick as 4x(12.5 easy, 25 hard, 25 easy, 12.5 hard) then 100 easy then 100 hard
50 Easy
50 race
100 Easy
Total:
3600y (Kick 1300y)
70 min
MON
2x
...4x100 Odd: 1:20, Evens: 1:30
...100 K 2:00
4x200 IM 3:00
4x100 Pull 1:20
3x200 IM 3:00
2x200 Pull 2:30
2x200 IM 3:00
1x400 Pull 4:50
1x200 IM 3:00
4x100 Pull 1:10
100 Easy
Total:
70 min
4700y (Kick 200y)
TUES
500 Swim
4x125 IM :10 SR (#1 50 Fly K, #2 50 Bk K, etc)
3x
...200 K 4:00
...4x50 K hard 1:30
200 pull with kickboard
100 easy
Total:
2500y (Kick 1400y)
50+ min
WED
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
200 Pull
100 Kick
500 6:40
5x100 1:20
300 Back 4:30
3x100 Back 1:30
10x50 Kick :60
300 Pull for time, no paddles
4x25 Kick with fins + added mesh/drag on feet :30
100 Easy
Total:
3600y (Kick 800y)
60 min
THURS
1000 as 400 swim/100 kick
All on :30 SR
400 Pull
400 Swim
300 Pull
300 Swim
200 Pull
200 Swim
All on :40 for SCY or :45 for LCM
4x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
3x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
2x50 Easy
1x50 Hard
50 Easy
50 Fly for time
100 Easy
Total:
3600y/m (Kick 200y/m)
60 min
FRI
6x100 (2x1:20, 1:25, 1:30)
200 Kick
4x50 Drill/Build :60
20x25 :30 at 100 pace
100 Easy 3:00
4x (all with fins; odd round: free, even round: stroke)
...2x25 UW K :30
...2x50 K :45
...2x25 Swim :30
500 Pull 6:30
500 Kick as 4x(12.5 easy, 25 hard, 25 easy, 12.5 hard) then 100 easy then 100 hard
50 Easy
50 race
100 Easy
Total:
3600y (Kick 1300y)
70 min