On the back of the inaugural Eddie Reese Texas Showdown, SwimSwam went to film practice with Bob Bowman‘s training group at the University of Texas. Of the 15-20 athletes present for this workout, about half were US national team members. This included Simone Manuel, Carson Foster, Shaine Casas, Luke Hobson, Chris Guiliano, Coby Carrozza, Rex Maurer, and Lindsay Looney.
On Monday afternoons, the Longhorns do aerobic work, targeting certain heart rates for each part of the practice. Foster, Maurer, and Hobson were leading the way for the majority of main set, which you can see below:
Main Set:
- 4×150 @ 1:45 (22-24 HR)
- 3×200 @ 2:15 (25-27)
- 2×300 @ 3:15 (28-30)
- :30 Rest
- 6×100 @ 1:10 (22-24 HR)
- 4×100 @ 1:05 (25-27)
- 2×100 @ 1:00 (MOVE IT!)
Visit the Princeton men’s D-group. Word on the pool deck is that those guys are doing some crazy mileage practices!
Probably one of the only ones, but I’m not that impressed with this particular workout. It’s 3k at an avg of maybe 150 bpm. That’s what I would do at Cal, as a mediocre 200-500 swimmer in 2008. Now, I probably need another 5-10 seconds per 100 on the interval, and didn’t hit 48 on my last 100s, but this is within the realm.
Mediocre is a stretch for you Justin. Doubt you would have made 100s even on 1:05 in your best days.
Where is Regan?
in tempe
Those HRs are insane. To do the math. They are in zone 2 while swimming 100s on 1:10 with rest. This is the zone training we used to do in the mid 90s. We were not doing those intervals for sure. Zone2, 3 then 4 pyramid sets were always the most fun.
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Where was Casas during this workout?
You can see him the whole time… lane next to Simone going second behind Carson.
Behind Carson
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