Jan 31 2008
Fifty Swim Workouts
Some of you have asked us about our favorite swim workouts. Ruth Kazez has compiled a truly wonderful set of fifty swim workouts. Many of the workouts are short (2000-4000 meters, or 1-2.5 miles). The easiest below are colored green.
| ONE | About 1/2 freestyle, the rest drills,swim,&kick Fly, Back, &Breast |
| TWO | Freestyle 50’s, then swim IM’s and pull&swim Choice |
| THREE | Free fartlek, then combination of Fly+Free and Back+Breast |
| FOUR | Straight Freestyle+broken Choice |
| FIVE | Free 50’s, then misc.Breastroke |
| SIX | Free 1650 pyramid, then Backstroke |
| SEVEN | 1650 Free ladder, then IM 25′s |
| EIGHT | Freestyle 25’s, lots of Backstroke |
| NINE | Long Free warm-up, then IM and Breaststroke |
| TEN | Free & lots of Butterfly swim,drills,pulls,&kicks |
| ELEVEN | IM 125’s, then straight Free alternating with broken Choice |
| TWELVE | Freestyle and IM |
| THIRTEEN | 3 different workouts, #3 (Free)is especially good for triathletes |
| FOURTEEN | Mostly Freestyle |
| FIFTEEN | Freestyle, Choice, and IM |
| SIXTEEN | 200’s and 25’s of all strokes |
| SEVENTEEN | Mostly IM’s |
| EIGHTEEN | Freestyle and IM |
| NINETEEN | Straight IM’s + broken strokes |
| TWENTY | Freestyle 250’s then a few stroke 25’s |
| TWENTY ONE | Freestyle 2000 ladder, then IM125’s rotating the 50 |
| TWENTY TWO | All strokes in about equal amounts + a repeat of 13b (all free) |
| TWENTY THREE | Freestlye 50’s and IM 175’s,150’s,etc. |
| TWENTY FOUR | All strokes in about even amounts |
| TWENTY FIVE | Tons of drills in all strokes |
| TWENTY SIX | Freestyle, IM. and Choice |
| TWENTY SEVEN | Lots of Freestyle, a bit of IM, + Choice |
| TWENTY EIGHT | Freestyle and Backstroke, mostly |
| TWENTY NINE | Freestyle and Breaststroke, mostly |
| THIRTY | Freestyle.Fartlek and IM 200’s rotating the order |
| THIRTY ONE | Straight Freestyle and broken Choice |
| THIRTY TWO | All Freestyle 25’s to 500 |
| THIRTY THREE | M plus Freestyle |
| THIRTY FOUR | Freestyle 50’s, some IM and Worst Stroke 25’s |
| THIRTY FIVE | Totally IM |
| THIRTY SIX | Mostly Freestyle, straight alternating with broken |
| THIRTY SEVEN | IM plus Stroke |
| THIRTY EIGHT | Freestyle Pyramid |
| THIRTY NINE | IM, Breast, and Free |
| FORTY | Tons of IM |
| FORTY ONE | Plenty of freestyle, very many drills |
| FORTY TWO | Freestyle ladder + Choice set |
| FORTY THREE | Misc. |
| FORTY FOUR | tough set of 5(5×100) |
| FORTY FIVE | Relays. Suitable for class or group of swimmers. |
| FORTY SIX | IM drills, etc. + a set of 50’s, odds free and even choice |
| FORTY SEVEN | Alternating stroke and rotating stroke IM 100’s |
| FORTY EIGHT | Straight free + broken choice |
| FORTY NINE | Almost all freestyle, easy pull and hard swim |
| FIFTY | Long set of 50’s free + some IM |
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