Broken 400 Kick For Time

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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA

This kick set worked well with the wide range of kicking speeds in our group. Swimmers aim for the fastest total 400 time (25+50+75+100+75+50+25=400), always doing a 50 easy on a :50 interval. 6 easy 50s means there is a total of 5:00 “active recovery” in the total set. Coach can start the watch and just subtract 5:00 from the total time at the end of the second 25. We had swimmers pick one kick (stroke) for the first round and then they can change for the 2nd round.

Long Course Tune-Up with Greg Johnson

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Greg Johnson, Head Age Group Coach, Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club

We did this one with our Senior groups combined with our top age group training squad. This was our first long course practice since winter training. I just wanted them to get their feel back for the long pool. They were pretty gassed after it.

WU: 1 X 500 (EV. 4TH 25= SCULL)

        10 X 50 PULL (3=FREE + 2= BK) @ 1’00

10 x 100 (50 FLY D/S + 50 FREE DPS) @ 1’35

8 X 50 FLY KICK DESC 1-4 @ 1’00

10 X 100 (50 BK D/S + 50 FREE BUILD) @ 1’35

8 X 50 BK KICK DESC. 1-4 @ 1’00

10 X 100 (50 BR D/S + 50 FREE FAST!)@ 1’45

8 X 50 BR KICK DESC. 1-4 @ 1’05

14 & Un Workout to Prep For BIG IM Saturday

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Mike Cook, Makos Swimming

Warm up

200 mixer x25

200 kick

4x

3×50 free all out

Round 1@50 rest 30

Round 2 @45 rest 45

Round 3 @40 rest 60

Round 4@35

Pre set technique

12 x75 back 25 kick 25 shotgun 25 fast swim @1:15

REPEAT THE 50 set from above but with backstroke and fins fast tempo

200 easy kick

Main set

8×25 breast stroke (get stroke count) @35

5×50 breast with fins @50 stroke count -1

4×25 free all out coach send off 2 second apart

5×100 breast with fins @2:00 stroke count -2

6×25 free all out same as above

NO GLIDE IS ALLOWED IN BREAST STROKE TEMPO

WARM DOWN

21 Club

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Brian Ruffles

Head Coach & Aquatics Director

Coe College Swimming and Diving

Three Rounds of:

7 x 100 @:1:10/1:05/1:10

7 x 50 @:30/:35/:40

In each round the 100s interval decrease by :05 and the 50s increase by :05.  The 50s starting interval should be challenging while the 100s are more manageable.  You can customize it in many ways.  I have done the 100s free with the 50s specialty, the 100s specialty with the 50s kick, or really whatever fits the group with the time of year.  I would make sure that the last round of 100s is not the interval that is too fast for them to make as the first two rounds will take a lot out of them.  If they make the set they join the prestigious 21 club!

This set was originally published here on October 31, 2015.

Army IM Set

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Tim Loeffler, Assistant Coach at West Point

Here is a workout our 400 IMers are doing today at Army. A nice way to get them back into serious IM training and to have them push each other on the descends. We call it “welcome back 400IM”

5×100 Free (120) – 50R 50L

5×100 Kick (150) – one of each plus one IM

5×100 Free IM (130) – descend 1-5

5×100 Pull (120) – descend 1-5

8×25 single arm free (40)

8×50 (55)

odds: Free Swim-Fly Drill 3R 3L 2Full or 2R 2L 2Full – evens: Free Swim-Fly Kick on Back Fast

Main Set

3×50 (45) Free-Fly x 25; work the fly, descend the 50s

3×100 (125) add on a 50 Back; work the back; descend the 100s

3×200 (255) add on a 100 Breast; work the breast; descend the 200s

3×400 (525) add on a 200 Free; work the free; descend the 400s

***Descend to FAST

300 {25 DBL arm Back + 25 Free + 25 Scull}

Finish Set A:

5×300 Pull (330) – last one fast + 6×100 Free IM (130)

Finish Set B:

5×150 FINS or Swim Free (205) + 6×100 Free

IM (130)

This set was originally published here on April 11, 2014