Whenever I visit my hometown of Wooster, OH, I get to workout at 5:15 am with a group of Masters swimmers, some of whom I’ve known for more than 4 decades. They usually want me to give them a workout, so I chose lots of 50s today — so that everyone could stay on the same sendoff, and so that we’d have a chance to razz each other during the rest intervals.
WARMUP: 400
Your choice, on your own.
DRILL SET: 200
8 X 25 Freestyle, doing a different freestyle drill on each 25. (We took turns choosing the drill.)
MAIN SET: 1200 + 100
There’s a pattern to this, but it’s easier to write out all the 50s, rather than describe the pattern. The sendoff is variable, depending on whether you kick, pull, or swim. Most of the swim 50s were on 1:05. We did all the pulls with pull buoys. Boards are optional on the kicks.
50 dolphin kick
50 Fly pull
50 Fly
50 FL/BK
50 BK/BR
50 BR/FR
50 FL/BK
50 flutter kick on back
50 Backstroke pull
50 Back
50 BK/BR
50 BR/FR
50 FL/BK
50 BK/BR
50 Breast kick
50 Breast pull
50 Breast
50 BR/FR
50 FL/BK
50 BK/BR
50 BR/FR
50 flutter kick
50 Free pull
50 Free
100 EZ
FIN SET: 400
With fins.
4 X 100 on approx. :30 RI Don’t worry about time; focus on reducing strokes.
Count strokes on your first 25 to get “N.” On second 25, swim one less stroke (N-1). On third 25, swim at N-2. On fourth 25, swim at N-3. Swim this same minus-cycle pattern on all 4 X 100.
100 EZ
One of the swimmers suggested we repeat the above 4 X 100, but with pull buoy instead of fins. This was just as tough as the fin set, but in a different way. In the fin set, you go to your legs and lungs to reduce the stroke count. In the pull-buoy set, you go to your arms to reduce count.
100 EZ.
Total Yardage: 2700
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