- BB&DPS – Best Balance & Distance Per Stroke: 5 strokes or less in the 4 styles in a short course pool, 10 strokes or less in long course – “Tai Chi Swimming.” Please go to T.I.P.S. for a more detailed explanation.
- OB Over Best: # of strokes recommended over your BBDPS count
- TOR Turn Over Rate
- Y FlY
- K BacK
- T BreasT
- E FreE
- uw Underwater
- kk Kick
- ‘ Minutes
- “ Seconds
- w/ with: utilized to indicate a number of seconds of rest between repetitions
- on: to indicate that everyone will do a repetition on a set send-off
- Description of Training Set: 25’ x (5 x 100 /10”)w/30” – During 25 minutes, you swim sets of 5 one-hundreds taking 10 seconds to rest after each and taking 30 seconds rest after 5.
WARM UP OF THE WEEK:
| IM mix:
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
During the time recommended for warm up, swim EKTY at BBDPS, then add 1 stroke OB on KTYE, then 2 strokes OB for TYEK, then 3 strokes OB on YEKT and keep adding a stroke, and restart the stroke order until time is up. Swim the stroke order by the 25 = 100 or x 50 = 200 per row |
KICKING SET:
Race board/Arrow Board: Swim 50’s: 25 very fast going down / 25 easy coming back E / E, free with free, Y /Y, fly with fly, T/T, breast with breast, Kuw / K, back dolphin underwater with back flutter on the surface. Repeat 50’s on 1:40 or with 20” to 30” rest, between 50’s
Race Board Hold: Place your elbows at the corners of the board, hands holding on the sides, face in water, head in line with the spine, breathe when you need, kick as fast as you can to the 25 yard or meter mark. On the backstroke do not use a kick board.
Arrow Board Hold: Place your hands under the board, cross your thumbs, keep your arms extended, carry the board on your knuckles, and practice body balance on the way back to the 50, keep your head in line with your spine until you need to breathe. Learn to breathe without doggie paddling, steady hands, arch to lift the head in breaststroke and dolphin it’s easier for timing purposes, shoulders and heels come up together and chest and feet go down together; in freestyle you must kid a bit stronger while lifting the face to breathe, repeat no paddling with hands.
DRILL OF THE WEEK:
Single Arm Freestyle – The arm you do not use, keep it extended at the front end; make sure you roll the hip and shoulder axis both ways together.
| Date: 01-09-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 20’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200@BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 1OB 200 @ 2OB/3OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| AN. Threshold | 400 kick w/board | Timed effort, keep record. | |
| Sprint Set SP3 | 2 x (4 x 6 str on 1:15)
50 W/50 drill of the week |
2 sets of 4 repetitions of 6 strokes all out, no breath, then EZ to the 50; after a set of 4 sprints, swim 1x 50 drill, see BASICS | |
| Anaerobic Threshold EN3
Intensity: 3 to 4 OB Count: A to H Equipment: Hand Paddles |
35’ x 400 w/30” to 45”
For advanced swimmers: On the 3rd lap of each 100 add 1 to 1½ strokes to pace, and immediately go back down to recommended OB |
35 minutes of 400’s. The rest is 30” to 45”. Get on a pace & send-off, on the first one, that you will last. If you swim 4:15 to 4:29 go on 5’, if you swim 4:30 to 4:44 go on 5:15, if you swim 6:20 go on 7’ and so forth. | |
| Kick Set | 3 x {Race Board E Y T Kuw
{Arrow Board E Y T K On 1:40 each 50 or w/20” to 30” rest after each |
Please see BASICS for more detailed explanations, if you need them. | |
| Special: NO School Day | 3 Man-Relays: all sorts | ||
| Date: 01-10-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 15’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200 @BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 5OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| Prolonged Sprinting SP3 | 2 x {(4 x 5str.+ turn + 3 str. on 2:15)
75(50) + mid pool W/50 Drill of the Week |
2 sets of 4 rep’s starting at 5 strokes from the wall go all out no breath 5 str. + turn + 3 strokes and then swim easy to the 75 + mid pool. Restart on 2:15. Go EZ to the 50 if you do not get enough rest going 75. | |
| Aerobic Training EN2
Intensity: As specified in each swim Equipment: Paddles and Fins |
45’ x {1 x 200 w/10” at 1 – 1½ OB
{1 x 200 w/15” at 1½ – 2OB {1 x 200 w/20”to 30” at 2½ – 3 OB |
Sets of 3x 200 descending 1 to 3, with paddles and fins, the faster you swim the more rest you get | |
| Kick Set | 2 x {Race Board E Y T Kuw
{Arrow Board E Y T K On 1:40 each 50 or w/20” to 30” rest after each |
Please see BASICS for more detailed explanations, if you need them. | |
| Date: 01-11-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 15’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200@BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 5OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| Aerobic Training EN2
Intensity: 1½ to 3 OB Equipment: None |
45’ x {1 x 100 w/10”
{1 x 200 w/15” {1 x 300 w/20” {1 x 400 w/25” {1 x 500 w/30” {1 x 600 w/35” {1 x 700 w/40” |
Build a pyramid all IM, keep adding 1 – 25 of each stroke until 45 minutes are finished. | |
| VO2 max SP1
Intensity: 4½ to 5½ OB |
16’ x 200 w/75” to 90” | This is a very fast set; your H.R. must go to its maximum 180+. You must get minimum 75” rest and no more than 90” | |
| Warm down | 800 EZ free breathe 3, 5 | Do an EZ hypoxic swim to loosen down | |
| Date: 01-12-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 20’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200@BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 1OB 200 @ 2OB/3OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| In Motion Speed SP3 | 2 x (6 x 25 on 1:15) w/50 drill
6 str. |
Practice finishing. 2 sets of 6 repetitions; do the last 6 strokes into the wall all out, no breath. Do 50 drill of the week after 6. | |
| Anaerobic Threshold EN3
Intensity: 3 to 4 OB Equipment: Paddles or fins optional |
35’ x 300 w/30” to 45” | Swim 300’s, notice the rest can be 30” and up to 45”. Do with the least possible but maintain your pace of the 1st swim. | |
| Aerobic KICK | 10’ KICK w/SHOES | Continuos, non stop brace on wall | |
| Kick Set | 2 x {Race Board E Y T Kuw
{Arrow Board E Y T K On 1:40 each 50 or w/20” to 30” rest after each |
Please see BASICS for more detailed explanations, if you need them. | |
| Date: 01-13-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 15’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200@BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 5OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| Aerobic Training EN2
Intensity: 1½ to 3 OB |
40’ x 400 IM w/20” | 400’s IM observe the recommended resting interval, maintain time of 1st swim | |
| Anaerobic Threshold EN3
Intensity: 3 to 4 OB Equipment: Fins optional |
25’ x 100 w/30” to 40” | 25 minutes of solid 100’s, work the walls, streamlines and turns, try to go on the shorter rest, maintain pace. | |
| Kick Set | 1 x {Race Board E Y T Kuw
{Arrow Board E Y T K On 1:40 each 50 or w/20” to 30” rest after each |
Please see BASICS for more detailed explanations, if you need them. | |
| Date: 01-14-2023 | Workout Today | ||
| Energy System | Exercise Set | Exercise Description | |
| Warm Up EN1 | 20’ x IM mix
{EKTY {KTYE {TYEK {YEKT |
200 @BBDPS/1OB
100 @ 2OB 200 @ 3OB/4OB 100 @ 1OB 200 @ 2OB/3OB |
Full stroke warm-up. Please see BASICS if you need more explanations |
| Aerobic Training EN 2
Intensity: 1½ to 3 OB Equipment: Fins |
40’ x {(4 x 100 w/15”) w/20”
{(2 x 50 w/15”) w/20” Restart until time is finished |
4x 100: #1 – E, #2 – IM, #3 – E, #4 – 4th best stroke
2x 50: side kk w/fins |
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| Sprint Set SP3 | 4 x 5str on 1:30 w/50 drill
50 |
4x 5 strokes all out, no breathe, and swim EZ to the 50. Get ready to race. | |
| Lactate Anaerobic Tolerance SP2
Intensity: 6 to 7 OB |
6 x 100 on 7’ A to B
Swim an EZ 150 after each race |
Dive in 100’s, as fast as you can every swim. Hardest set all week. | |
| Warm Down EN1 | 400 to 600 EZ | Continue swimming after the last 100 until H.R.< 90 | |
