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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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.
If you are using these practices, please assume there are four weeks until the taper meet. If you are using these workouts for a different timeframe then please adjust accordingly.
Compared to prior tapers from April or July 2016 in forums.usms.org/showthread.php or from Dec 2016 earlier in this thread, I intend to tone the last week down a bit more than I have in the past. I always have a hard time balancing rest with maintaining endurance and strength. So we'll see.
Also, my personal focus is going to be on 50 Free & Fly and 100 Free & Fly. Maybe 200 Free but probably not. So take that into consideration too.
MON - LCM
400 Swim
400 RIM (25 kick, 25 drill, 50 swim)
4x50 (10 UW Kick then build) :60
3x
...4x50 K 1:15
...3x100
Round #1: Kick is Fly; 100s are Fly on 1:40 as 50 1-arm drill, 50 swim
Round #2: Kick is BR; 100s are Back on 1:45
Round #3: Kick is FR; 100s are Free on 1:30
6x50 1:30 fast
4x300 Pull 4:30
50 Easy
100 Fast
50 Easy
100 Fast Kick
100 Easy
Total:
4400m (Kick 800m)
90 min
TUES
Off
WED - LCM
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
200 Pull no paddles
100 Scull/drill
10x50 :60 at 200 pace
200 Easy
8x25 against bungee 1:10
200 Easy BC 3/4
800 Pull with paddles
100 Easy
Total:
3000m (Kick 100m)
65 min
THURS - SCY
300 swim
200 with fins (25 drill, 25 swim)
8x25 :35 (#1: UW K, #2: fast/easy, #3: BC1, #4: fast/easy)
4x75 1:20, Desc by 25 with :05 after each 25
3x
...2x50 K 1:10
...4x50 Drill/easy :55
...12x25 :30 at 100 pace (Round #1: Free, #2: CH, #3: IM)
200 Easy K with Fins
25 race
75 easy
Total:
3100y (Kick 550y)
60+ min
If you are using these practices, please assume there are four weeks until the taper meet. If you are using these workouts for a different timeframe then please adjust accordingly.
Compared to prior tapers from April or July 2016 in forums.usms.org/showthread.php or from Dec 2016 earlier in this thread, I intend to tone the last week down a bit more than I have in the past. I always have a hard time balancing rest with maintaining endurance and strength. So we'll see.
Also, my personal focus is going to be on 50 Free & Fly and 100 Free & Fly. Maybe 200 Free but probably not. So take that into consideration too.
MON - LCM
400 Swim
400 RIM (25 kick, 25 drill, 50 swim)
4x50 (10 UW Kick then build) :60
3x
...4x50 K 1:15
...3x100
Round #1: Kick is Fly; 100s are Fly on 1:40 as 50 1-arm drill, 50 swim
Round #2: Kick is BR; 100s are Back on 1:45
Round #3: Kick is FR; 100s are Free on 1:30
6x50 1:30 fast
4x300 Pull 4:30
50 Easy
100 Fast
50 Easy
100 Fast Kick
100 Easy
Total:
4400m (Kick 800m)
90 min
TUES
Off
WED - LCM
400 Swim
300 IM KDS
200 Pull no paddles
100 Scull/drill
10x50 :60 at 200 pace
200 Easy
8x25 against bungee 1:10
200 Easy BC 3/4
800 Pull with paddles
100 Easy
Total:
3000m (Kick 100m)
65 min
THURS - SCY
300 swim
200 with fins (25 drill, 25 swim)
8x25 :35 (#1: UW K, #2: fast/easy, #3: BC1, #4: fast/easy)
4x75 1:20, Desc by 25 with :05 after each 25
3x
...2x50 K 1:10
...4x50 Drill/easy :55
...12x25 :30 at 100 pace (Round #1: Free, #2: CH, #3: IM)
200 Easy K with Fins
25 race
75 easy
Total:
3100y (Kick 550y)
60+ min