Swimming Set of the Week - May 11, 2012
Every swim coach needs an arsenal of mini sets...sets of 8 X 25...that can be inserted at any point during a practice to break things up.
Every swim coach needs an arsenal of mini sets...sets of 8 X 25...that can be inserted at any point during a practice to break things up.
Our set of the week is short, intense, and a chance to work on many things.
This week's set asks you to descend your swim time, but on as ascending sendoff.
Yesterday's main set was all about back-half swimming. Today's set continues that theme...but the entire main set requires a "back-half" strategy in order to achieve the goal of descending your times over the course of 1800 yards.
This week's set follows the theme of learning how to pace yourself from start to finish through a workout.
Freestyle technique is your focus in the first half of the set. Putting that technique into practice with a classic 10 X 100 is your focus on the second half.
This week's set is for beginning swimmers (and for advanced swimmers who need to hit REFRESH on their technique page). If you are a goswimtv.com subscriber, you can link to video of great swimmers demonstrating the techniques.
is week's set LOOKS like a freestyle set with a little bit of stroke work thrown in. But it's really all about the 25s of stroke, which you swim AFTER doing a bit of freestyle.
A mellow recovery set or something more challenging...you decide.
This week's set will help you get comfortable with that old friend, lactate.
Changing gears this week from distance work to speed work.
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.