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Workout Context
- Purpose: Base building
- Target age group: 13-14 years old, 15-18 years old, 19-22 years old
- Target level: Senior Age Group/ High School State Level, National/ Collegiate Level, Masters (Advanced)
- Weeks until target meet: 3 weeks
- Team Location: United States
- Course: 25 Meters
- Shared workout link: Click here to view this workout on commitswimming.com
The Workout
* Training Short Course Meters
* Swimming 4 swimmers in 2 lanes. Concerned about concussions so we do short bits of backstroke. Swimmers need to cross over lanes and they tend to get disoriented. If back is longer than 25, the swimmers are in 1 lane to themselves.
warm-up
1×400 swim
2x
2×250 NS free @3:20/3:30
2×250 NS free @3:10/3:20
2×200 NS free @2:40/2:50
2×200 NS free @2:30/2:40
2×150 EN1 free @2:00/2:10
2×150 EN2 free @1:50/2:00
Coach Notes
The swim coach was asked to define any shorthand he or she used in this workout. Their notes should provide some additional context to this swimming workout.
EN1=aerobic EN2=anaerobic threshold NS=Negative Split(work the back half. Finish awesome)
Rick Guenther
Head Coach, Corvallis Aquatic Team
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