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Workout Context
- Purpose: Race Specificity
- Target age group: 19-22 years old
- Target level: National/ Collegiate Level
- Weeks until target meet: 9 weeks
- Team Location: United States
- Course: 25 Meters
- Shared workout link: Click here to view this workout on commitswimming.com
The Workout
10:00 White – OYO
3x Empire Strikes Back
2×100 @ 1:30 White – Perfect & [ Smooth ]
1×400 @ 4:50/[4:40] Red – Pull P & B
4×50 @ :45/[:40] 500 P [ UWK +1]
1x Attack of the Clones
1×600 @ 20:00 Purple – Freestyle Relay [ 2-3 Person ]Relay [ Each Person does 600y ] [ Broken as either 150s or 200s ]
1x Phantom Menace
1×500 @ 15:00 Purple – Free Race (Straight Up) [ UWK +1 Focus ] [ Options = No Fins +20 Lifetime, Fins +6 Lifetime ]
1x Revenge of the Sox
1×500 @ 20:00 Purple – Choice Relay 100 Sox Kick / 100 Kick / 200 Fin Kick / 100 Swim
1x Return of the Jedi Warm-Down
1×100 White – Social Kick
12×25 White – CHEQ 25 Iceberg / 25 Water Walk / 25 Perfect Swim
[ Focus: Today is about racing at 500 pace, as well as continuing to work your legs. ]
[ Focus: The ‘Empire’ set is there to help you recover from your race, as well as build you back up in to the next one.
[ Focus: The first relay is to start the racing and preparing. The time goals for the 500 are there for you to have a goal in mind while you’re racing each other. ]
[Focus: The last relay should be fun and competitive while also kicking really fast. ]
[**If you win a relay/race, on the ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Set, you do a 200 on the same interval instead of a 400**]
The Highest Compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it. -Wayne Gretzky
[ Color HR ]
[ White 20-23 ]
[ Pink 22-25 ]
[ Red 24-27 ]
[ Orange 26-30 ]
[ Blue 30+ ]
[ Purple Max ]
Coach Notes
The swim coach was asked to define any shorthand he or she used in this workout. Their notes should provide some additional context to this swimming workout.
OYO – On Your Own
UWK – Underwater Kick
CHEQ – Choice Equipment
Ryan Bubb
Assistant Coach, Florida Atlantic University
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