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Workout Context
- Purpose: Capacity (Base) Building
- Target age group: 19-22 years old
- Target level: National/ Collegiate Level
- Weeks until target meet: 9 weeks
- Team Location: United States
- Course: 25 Yards
- Shared workout link: Click here to view this workout on commitswimming.com
The Workout
1×400 White – Paddlehead
4×100 White – O – Drill / E – Pull
12×25 @ :35 Red – O – Overkick / E – UWK
Taylor Swift Main Set
4x Daylight [Taylor’s Version]
2×50 @ 1:15 Orange – Drag Sox Kick – Min 6 [ UWK ]
1×25 @ :45 Purple – Drag Sox Swim – Race [ UWKs ]
[Chorus]
3x Chorus All Too Well [Taylor’s Version] [10 Minute Version]
3x
2×25 @ :30 White Drill
1×200 @ 3:00 Pink – 100 Choice/100 Free, CHEQ
4x Red [Taylor’s Version]
1×75 @ 1:15/[1:10] Red – Kick
1×100 @ 1:25/[1:20] Blue – Kick
[Chorus]
3x Love Story [Taylor’s Version]
1×200 @ 2:40/[2:30] Orange – Min 4 [ UWK ] Kick w/ Fins
2×25 @ :40 Blue – 6 UWK [ FAST! ] Swim Choice Stroke
[Chorus]
[ Focus: Hit your underwater kicks. Focus on your effort, not your times specifically. If you’re giving 100%, you will improve no matter what 🙂 Encourage each other and push yourselves on the fast 25s swim, pick a stroke that you need to work on, it doesn’t always have to be freestyle! ]
[ All kick is either in a STL holding your kick count, or with a board and a snorkel ]
14×25 @ :30/:45 O – Run Dive for Distance + Smooth Swim / E – Iceberg K
‘I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and HOLD IT THERE you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.’ – Zig Ziglar
[ Color HR ]
[ White 20-23 ]
[ Pink 22-25 ]
[ Red 24-27 ]
[ Orange 26-30 ]
[ Blue 30+ ]
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.
Paddlehead – Swim with the pressure of the water holding the paddle to the top of your head.
Overkick – Double speed Kick / Half speed arms
UWK – Underwater Kick
CHEQ – Choice Equipment
Iceberg – Kick on your back in position to reset posture.
Ryan Bubb
Assistant Coach, Florida Atlantic University
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