Post your swim workout

[alpinerabbit]

2k Of my own making:

100 warmup (breast/back)

500 breathing pyramid (5,4,3,2,3,4,5,4,3,2)

100 recovery (breast/back)

3x200 (50 easy, 50 hard)(30 sec rest)
I was going to do a straight 500 but could not handle it.
So I did 200s but made it 3 of them.

100 recovery (mix of breast, dolphin kick under water but could not do many before I got out of breath)

500 breathing pyramid

100 kick (skating drill, but with legs burning)
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I'm beat. I was hungry.

[eclectic]

Alpine - I like that workout - especially the breathing pyramid - lots of variety

[alpinerabbit]

the breathing pyramid really makes a 500 pass by very quickly.

[eclectic]

today's swim (I didn't do much because I was so excited to talk to my coach about the record breaking swims at the short course meet this past weekend

200 swim
4x50 drill
200 swim
4x50 kick
200 swim

next may be a little confusing but I will try to write it as clear as possible all times based on the 100 average after doing a 20 min non-stop swim

3x 300

1-2 steady pace plus 30

so if pace is 1:30 do them on 2:00

3 = pace minus 3sec 30 sec recovery

4-5 steady pace plus 30

6 = pace minus 6 sec 30 sec recovery

7-8 steady pace plus 30

9 = pace minus 10 sec

cool down

[eclectic]

Is no one else swimming?

Here is today's

12-09-08

500 50 of each 100 drill

500 kick/swim

5 x 100
1 - 2 descending
3 - neg split 50
4 - 25’s on :25

200 - last 50 on :45
150 last 50 pace
100 last 50 pace

cool down 250

[Over50Newbie]

Hi Eclectic,

I am swimming.

I swim with the Master's Program on Tuesday nights from 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM. I am in the beginners group, which was 2300 yards. The intermediate group did 2700 yards and the advanced group did 3300 yards.

Here is my workout that I just did tonight. It took me almost 90 minutes:

2300 yards

Warmup - 500 yds
200 free
100 IM kick
100 back
100 choice

Set 1 - stroke set - 600 yards
4 x (IM order) = 3 x 50 of each stroke (1st 50 is stroke kick, 2nd 50 is stroke arms, 3rd 50 is easy whole stroke)

Set 2 - endurance set - 500 yards
3 x 100 on 2:30
200 free

Set 3 - kick/technique set - 500 yards
100 kick of choice
2 X 50 sprint free kick
100 easy kick of choice
200 drills and techniques

Warmdown - 200 yards
50 breast
50 back
100 easy - any stroke

Lynette

[eclectic]

thanks for posting Over 50 Newbie.

I like getting other's workouts for my "collection" and that looks like a collectible I especially like the IM 600 set. but butterfly easy? is there any other way?

I wish I had more people like me to swim w/. It would be more fun. (although I am not complaining because I have an amazing coach) but I am swimming w/ HS swim team members and of course Dagny - USA record holder
I don' t have a lot in common w/ them. Over 50 I assume you are over 50 years in age - me too! I will be chronologically 52 this month (mentally I am still 26

Alpine - If I remember correctly - you are still a youngster not even close to 30 or 40 yet (not that it makes any difference - keep posting your workouts! ! !

[colby]

I swim with the Master's Program on Tuesday nights from 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM. I am in the beginners group, which was 2300 yards. The intermediate group did 2700 yards and the advanced group did 3300 yards.

Masters swim at 8PM? I'm jealous. Ours is at 5:30PM on Wednesdays and it's impossible for me to get off work that early so I don't even try.

I've been doing variations on swim workouts during the week, once a week or so until I get back into things. Usually I'll do

200-300 warm up free,
2-4x50 free drills (pull, finger drag, catch up, kick, etc),
200 IM,
a main set of 400-500 free mixup (8x50, 4x125, etc),
another 2-4x50 drills and 200 IM (I enjoy comparing how the stupid butterfly feels at the beginning and end of my set - a measure of how tired I am and/or how I am improving upper-body wise),
200 cool down free

I used to do 6-8x50 drills, but I really like throwing in the IM for some variance. Sometimes instead of the sets I'll jump in and swim 2000 just to see how my times are improving.