here is a real test set

here is a set that will test you

2000 scy

4times of

3x100 on 1:10

1x100 on 1:15

1x100 on 1:20

the 1st round seems easy.  by round 4 you want to chum the gutter after that 4th one

It seems like a good "fitness" set.  One I might do in the first few weeks of the season to build my base.  But I prefer something with a little more to it than just "make these intervals," not that sets of that sort don't have their uses!

This was my main set yesterday:

3x100 @ 1:15 Aerobic

2x25 @ :20 

75 @ 1:00 

25 @ :20

3x75 @ 1:00 Aerobic

2x25 @ :25

75 @ 1:15

2x25 @ :25

3x50 @ :45 Aerobic

2x25 @ :25

75 @ 1:15

2x25 @ :25 

200 EZ

100 Rehearsal Swim (off the blocks)

Each time the 25s and 75s were all at 200 pace or faster (this particular time I was faster than pace on the 25s but just a hair off pace on the 75s).  I like to do speed work with target paces in mind. The 100s, 75s, and 50s Aerobic were like an "active recovery," as there were no extra breaks in the set.

It seems like a good "fitness" set.  One I might do in the first few weeks of the season to build my base.  But I prefer something with a little more to it than just "make these intervals," not that sets of that sort don't have their uses!

This was my main set yesterday:

3x100 @ 1:15 Aerobic

2x25 @ :20 

75 @ 1:00 

25 @ :20

3x75 @ 1:00 Aerobic

2x25 @ :25

75 @ 1:15

2x25 @ :25

3x50 @ :45 Aerobic

2x25 @ :25

75 @ 1:15

2x25 @ :25 

200 EZ

100 Rehearsal Swim (off the blocks)

Each time the 25s and 75s were all at 200 pace or faster (this particular time I was faster than pace on the 25s but just a hair off pace on the 75s).  I like to do speed work with target paces in mind. The 100s, 75s, and 50s Aerobic were like an "active recovery," as there were no extra breaks in the set.

Thanks, another set that demonstrates to myself how slow I truly am.  

I am just good for 25s done on 2days rest

Shouldn’t see it like that.  Different strokes for different folks.  Not sure your precise back ground or age, and those should factor into whether you look at a set as written and say “that indicates I am slower/faster than I thought.”

Good point

I have a similar type of set, sometimes 1k or less, a continuous fr done slow for about 175 then a 25 sprint, and so forth.  I don’t like resting at the wall in chilly aqua