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 - LCM
600 Swim
400 IMO as 25 kick, 25 scull, 25 drill, 25 build
10x100 1:25
2x with fins. Round #1 is Fly, Round #2 is CH
...50 Drill :60
...50 Kick :60
...50 Drill :60
...100 Swim 1:30
800 Kick with fins as 25 hard, 50 easy (then extra 50 easy at the end)
50 Fly for time
50 Easy
Total:
70+ min
3400m (Kick 1000m)
TUES - LCM
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
4x50 :60 (25 drill, 25 build)
100 Kick (25 hard, 25 easy)
This set derives from a set used by the Stingrays
All of the 50's are fast
1x50 1:00
100 Easy 2:30
2x50 1:15
100 Easy 2:30
3x50 1:20
100 Easy 2:30
4x50 1:30
100 Easy 3:00
3x50 1:20
100 Easy 3:00
2x50 1:15
100 Easy 3:00
1x50
400 Pull DPS with paddles
300 Easy back Kick with fins
100 Easy
Total:
75 min
3200m (Kick 400m)
WED - LCM
500 Swim (75 Free, 50 Back)
100 Kick, no board
4x50 :05 SR (Odd: BC2/3/4/5, Even: Build)
8x25 :35 Treading water between odd & evens (Odd: 12.5 fast, 12.5 easy; Even: 25 fast)
4x100 Back 1:45
2x50 Back K 1:10
3x100 Back 1:40
2x50 Back K 1:10
2x100 Back 1:35
2x50 Back K 1:10
1x100 Back 1:30
2x50 Fly K on back 1:10
800 Pull, no paddles. Focus on technique and holding constant pace
5x50 K 1:15
:45 extra rest
50 K for time
100 Easy
Total:
70+ min
3600m (Kick 800m)
THURS - SCY
600 Swim
200 Kick
4x50 :55 BC2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6
8x25 :30, First 15y fast and...
#1: 10 UW K
#2: 9 UW K.
etc
#8: 3 UW K
6x (Odd rounds: Free, Even rounds: IMO)
...50 K :60
...25 BC :30 (Fly: 2 down, 1 up, Back: eh, Br: double pullout, Fr: BC4)
...50 Drill :55
...75 Swim easy 1:15
50 Easy
Broken 100 as 50, :10 SR, 25, :05 SR, 25
150 Easy
Total:
50 min
2700y (Kick 500y)
FRI
Off - meet
MON - LCM
600 Swim
400 IMO as 25 kick, 25 scull, 25 drill, 25 build
10x100 1:25
2x with fins. Round #1 is Fly, Round #2 is CH
...50 Drill :60
...50 Kick :60
...50 Drill :60
...100 Swim 1:30
800 Kick with fins as 25 hard, 50 easy (then extra 50 easy at the end)
50 Fly for time
50 Easy
Total:
70+ min
3400m (Kick 1000m)
TUES - LCM
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
4x50 :60 (25 drill, 25 build)
100 Kick (25 hard, 25 easy)
This set derives from a set used by the Stingrays
All of the 50's are fast
1x50 1:00
100 Easy 2:30
2x50 1:15
100 Easy 2:30
3x50 1:20
100 Easy 2:30
4x50 1:30
100 Easy 3:00
3x50 1:20
100 Easy 3:00
2x50 1:15
100 Easy 3:00
1x50
400 Pull DPS with paddles
300 Easy back Kick with fins
100 Easy
Total:
75 min
3200m (Kick 400m)
WED - LCM
500 Swim (75 Free, 50 Back)
100 Kick, no board
4x50 :05 SR (Odd: BC2/3/4/5, Even: Build)
8x25 :35 Treading water between odd & evens (Odd: 12.5 fast, 12.5 easy; Even: 25 fast)
4x100 Back 1:45
2x50 Back K 1:10
3x100 Back 1:40
2x50 Back K 1:10
2x100 Back 1:35
2x50 Back K 1:10
1x100 Back 1:30
2x50 Fly K on back 1:10
800 Pull, no paddles. Focus on technique and holding constant pace
5x50 K 1:15
:45 extra rest
50 K for time
100 Easy
Total:
70+ min
3600m (Kick 800m)
THURS - SCY
600 Swim
200 Kick
4x50 :55 BC2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6
8x25 :30, First 15y fast and...
#1: 10 UW K
#2: 9 UW K.
etc
#8: 3 UW K
6x (Odd rounds: Free, Even rounds: IMO)
...50 K :60
...25 BC :30 (Fly: 2 down, 1 up, Back: eh, Br: double pullout, Fr: BC4)
...50 Drill :55
...75 Swim easy 1:15
50 Easy
Broken 100 as 50, :10 SR, 25, :05 SR, 25
150 Easy
Total:
50 min
2700y (Kick 500y)
FRI
Off - meet