Swim Speed Workout: Establishing A Baseline Stroke Count
- By Triathlete.com
- Published Feb 20, 2013
- Updated Feb 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM UTC
Swim Speed Workouts is a deck of waterproof cards of workouts, drills and dryland exercises that are carefully designed to develop a fast freestyle technique. We’ll be featuring a few workouts from the deck over the next few weeks. Look for the book in bookstores or online in March.
Swim Speed Workouts For Swimmers And Triathletes: Week 1, Workout 1
Purpose: Establish a baseline stroke count and stroke rate, build strength, and work on the feel for the water.
Warm-Up
400 straight-through @ 1:00 rest 60–65% effort
200 free / 50 kick / 100 free / 50 kick
The 50 kicks can be with or without a board.
10 × 25 pull with buoy @ 0:30, 0:40, 0:50, or 1:00 (Choose interval for 5-10 sec rest.)
Odds: Easy 60–65%
Evens: Build to 90%
100 Easy 60–65%
Main Set
12 × 50 free @ 0:50, 1:00, 1:15, or 1:30 (Choose interval for 15-30 sec rest.)
4 rounds:
50 easy 60–65% / 50 moderate 70–75% / 50 fast 90–95%
R1 R2 R3 R4
Easy ______ ______ ______ ______
Mod. ______ ______ ______ ______
Fast ______ ______ ______ ______
Rounds 1, 3: Have a friend or coach take your stroke rate.
Rounds 2, 4: Count your strokes.
Download the PDF version of this workout here.
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