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Coach Carroll’s Cards of Doom (or Delight!)

Posted on December 30, 2018 by rdwoodruff

Coach Tony Carroll, Lakeside Seahawks

Last Saturday practice of 2018! Deck of Cards set

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🦋 🍪 🔪 Butterfly Cookie Cutters. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA. Aiming to repeat stroke parameters over and over at a high level: UW kicks, Cycle count, Breathing pattern, and time (around 1-2 seconds off P100). SCY.
This was a fun way to end practice. Just make sure you turn off or block the pace clocks.
Speed and The Kitchen Sink. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA.
3 MILES: Three Sets. Each one is a 1650.
150s Madness. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA. We performed this set in a 25m pool. The format is similar to my most recent other post, with a more aerobic focus. The intervals stay the same for each part, with the quantities at each interval shifting slightly. The effect is a set that gets steadily a bit harder, with the peak intensity coming in the final 4 x 150 at the end. FPA = Fastest Possible Average.
Working race pace for the 500 free. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA.
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