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The following set was submitted by Billy Howard of Med City Aquatics in Rochester, MN. All you sprint breaststrokers will love this one:
4 Rounds of . . .
50 3K1P Breast @ 1:00
* Put the kick late (relative to the pull) so you feel the speed of each kick (This was to get them thinking about body line & timing, as some of them rush and put their kick during the pull). The next time we did this, their timing was much improved, and we did it on a slightly faster interval (:55) with Double Underwater Pullouts off the turns to make it a bit more hypoxic.
2 x [ 50 + 2 x 25 ]
* This is basically two broken 100’s Breaststroke with maybe :30 – :45 between the two 100’s at most.
50’s @ :50 – 25 Free / 25 Breast with an open turn instead of a flip – be at or faster than goal time
* To set their goal time, I divided their best 100 Breast time by 4. This 50 was 2 x 25’s added up. I figured that doing free on the first 25 makes up for it being from a push, it not being a race, and the fatigue from the fact that they do it twice in each of the four rounds.
* This was a set in the early season. The next time we did this set, I asked them to aim for a time 1 – 3 seconds faster than their best.
25’s @ :40 – FAST Breaststroke – meet or beat goal times
* Adding up the 50 & 25’s – goal is your best 100 Breast
Max of :45 Rest, before finishing up with–
25 Breaststroke from a dive and with a fast turn – goal time, including the turn, is within 5 tenths of what you want to take out your 100.
25 EZ Choice
Rounds 2 & 3 were the best overall. They were pretty gassed by the time Round 4 rolled around.
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thanks for giving such timing and technical breaststrock info
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