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Sample Practices
This page provides
sample practices contributed by our former manager who graduated last
year - Amy Blume. She's gone to the world in search of a job, but you
can almost hear her voice as you read these workouts. The top part tells
you what kinds of practices are available. Scroll down to see the details.
Disclaimer: The
text presented on these pages is for your information only. Practices
listed for sampling purposes and should only be attempted under the supervision
of a lifeguard and a certified coach.
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#1 - 3900 of broken 100 IMs |
Practice
#10 - 3850 of distance freestyle |
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#2 - 4000 of distance IMs |
Practice
#11 - 4400 with a fast main set and good stroke work |
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#3 - 4150 of aerobic pacing and fast stroke sets |
Practice
#12 - 4000 of distance freestyle |
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#4 - 4350 of middle distance free with lots of pulling |
Practice
#13 - 3700 of backstrokers delight |
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#5 - 4000 of stroke with a tough kick set |
Practice
#14 - 4400 of some mid distance and some sprints |
| Practice
#6 - 4400/3400 of middle distance free |
Practice
#15 - 4400 of 200 IM bonanza |
| Practice
#7 - 4000 of stroke work |
Practice
#16 - 4200 sprinter's special |
| Practice
#8 - 3800 of fast free for meet preparation |
Practice
#17 - 3650 distance strokes |
| Practice
#9 - 4200 of some sprinting and some pacing |
Practice
#18 - 3400 of middle distance stroke sets. |
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Practice
#1
Total: 3900
300 choice warm-up
still warming
up:
2x 50 kick
100 drill
150 build by 50 free
Main Set:
100 free on a good pace base
100 fly
200 free (based on 100 pace above)
2x 100 back
300 free
3x100 breast
100 IM good pace
100 free
200 im
2x100 free
300 im
3x100 free
Main focus on the 100, 200, and 300 free and im
3x 200 pull,
3rd 50 breast--loosen out
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Practice
#2
Total: 4000
warm-up
100 easy
4x im order
by round (i.e. first round fly, second back, etc.)
200 as (50 drill, 25 kick, 25 build twice through)
4x25 one easy, one fast
(still warming
up)
4x im order by round
100 as (50 drill, 25 kick, 25 build)
4x 25 fast
6x 300:
1-3 IM as follows
#1: 3x 100 im
#2: 2x 150 im (no free)
#3: 300 im straight
4-6 descend freestyle by 300 (last one=best effort)
100 loosen warm
down
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Practice
#3
Total: 4150
400 warm-up
2x 500 #1-pull
#2-negative split swim free
15-50 kick (with
zoomers?) 3x(1 fly, 1 back, 1 breast, 1 free, 1 build )
8x125 with not
much rest, rotate extra 25 by im order
1x100 im
4x25 fly
1x100 im
4x25 back
1x100 im
4x25 breast
1x100 im
4x25 free
(all 25s on a fast interval)
200 easy
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Practice
#4
Total: 4350
warm-up 300
IM drill
Main set:
600 pull (still warming-up)
6x25s kick, even's fast
500 swim, hold exactly 100 pace (even if it's long and stretched
out)
5x50s kick, even's fast
400 pull
4x75 stroke, even's fast
300 swim im, negative split
3x100 stroke, even's fast
200 pull
2x125 stroke, second 125 faster than first
100 im swim
1x150 stoke fast
Warm-Down set:
2x75
2x50
2x25
2x50
2x75
all on 10 sec. rest
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Practice
#5
Total: 4000
Warm-up:
300 as 100 swim, 100 kick, 100 drill
Still warming
up:
18x50
3xbr/fr
3 free
3x bk/br
3x free
3x fly/bk
3x free
(descend the freestyles by 5 second each round. Last set of 3 free
should
be a good pace)
4x 125 kick
2x75 FAST free, long rest
125 easy
300 free
2x150 free pull
200 im
2x100 stroke
100 choice
2x50 stroke
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Practice
#6
Total: 4400 or 3400
500 choice
The following
set can be done as either a set of 200s or 150s:
4x 200/150 free (3rd/or middle 50 fly) on hard interval
1x200/150 easy, 30 sec. rest
4x 200/150 im (if 150, no free) on hard interval
1x200/150 easy, 30 sec. rest
4x200/150 back (50 build, 50 start off fast, 50 cruise/moderate,
50 fast)
eliminate 50 start off fast for 150s
1x200/150 easy, 30 sec. rest
4x200/150 free fast, hard interval
1x200/150 easy
Warm down
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Practice
#7
Total: 4950
800 warm-up:
250 choice
150 kick
250 pull
150 kick
15x100
as 3x 1fly
1 back
1 breast
1 free
1 IM
(:5 seconds faster each round. Last round should be hard)
Twice through:
6x50 free build
8x25 IM order easy
6x 50 free fast interval
8x 25 choice easy
Warm Down
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Practice
#8
Total: 3800
Warm-up:
500 free
400 IM drill
300 pull
200 IM kick
100 skull
Twice through:
200 free pull moderate interval
100 fast
50 easy
200 stroke pull moderate
100 stroke fast
50 easy
18x50
3x 2
2
2
first 2 moderate, descend to last 2 fast
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Practice
#9
Total: 4200
600 warm up
6x
Rounds
one and four are as follows:
200 kick
400 as 4x100 kick, fourth 25 in each 100 is all out sprinting.
Rounds two and
five are as follows:
200 as 4x50, one of each stroke, drill the first 25, swim the second
400 IM good effort
Rounds three
and six are as follows:
200 pull
400 as 2x200 pull, second 200 faster than the first
warm down
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Practice
#10
Total: 3850
warm-up: 200
im drill, 200 im swim
main set:
500 free on an interval that lets you still warm up a little bit
but also doesn't give you too much rest
8x50 stroke (4 w/ about 7-10 seconds rest, 4 on your fastest interval)
300 IM (not too much rest, but stretched out)
2x100 free (1 w/ about 10-15 seconds rest, 1 on your fasters interval)
100 stroke easy
2x100 free (both on your fastest interval)
300 IM (not too much rest, but stretched out)
8x50 stroke (4 on your fastest interval, 4 w/ about 7-10 seconds
rest)
500 free for time
warm-down set:
2x75 (1 fly, back, breast; 1 back, br, free)
3x50 free, easy interval
2x25 underwater
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Practice
#11
Total: 4400
warm-up:
200 free
100 kick
200 choice
2x through the
following set (the first time through, build into it, the second
time should be faster intervals):
3x200
free pull on descending interval (10 seconds faster for each 200)
3x150 free (descend by 10 each 150)
3x100 IM (descend by 5 seconds each 100)
3x50 stroke (decend by 5 seconds each 50)
The last
swim of each group of three on the scond round should be on a challenge
interval, which means you may on make it but Try Your Best!
12x75:
3 fly (Kick, drill swim by 25)
3 back (double arm back, windmill, swim by 25)
3 breast (2 kick one pull; fly kick w/ breast arms; swim by 25)
3 free (finger tip drill; break out/burst; swim by 25)
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Practice
#12
Total: 4200
200 choice
8x500
#1: pull still warming up, odd 100s free pull, even 100s breast
pull
#2: 100 IM swim, 100 IM kick
#3: descend to 90%
#4: descend to Fast
#5: pull, odd 100s free pull, even 100s back pull
#6: IM swim
#7: descend to Fast
#8: Fast swim for time
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Practice
#13
Total: 3700
warm-up:
200 choice, 100 kick, 100 IM drill
main set:
10x50 back (first 5 on an easy interval, second 5 pick it up a bit)
200 back stretch it out
10x50 free strong (good, hard interval)
400 free pull, every 8th lap breast pull
10x50 odds back, evens free strong
600 (three continuous 200 IM--first one kick, second drill, third
swim)
10x50 free odds easy, evens All Out from a dive
10x50 stroke, odds easy, evens All Out from a dive
The emphasis is on your 50s--on repeating strong 50 swims for the
middle
groups of ten, and on Sprinting for the last two groups
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Practice
#14
Total: 4400
600 choice
main set:
1x100
2x200
3x300
4x400
The first
is always freestyle.
The second swim is always IM.
The third swim is always free (pull option)
The fourth swim is a fast, hard effort, your choice.
This means that
for the 100s, since there is only 1 100, you will only swim freestyle.
For the 200s, since there are 2 of them, you will do the first freestyle,
and the second IM.
For the 300s, since there are 3 of them, the first is free, the
second IM, the thirds is free/pull.
And for the 400s, the first is free, the second is IM, the third
is free/pull, the fourth is all out your choice.
8x100 free (2xthrough:
1 on an easy interval, 2 on a fast interval, 1 on an easy interval)
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Practice
#15
Total: 4400
warm up: 200
drill choice, 200 swim choice
main set:
4 sets of 5x200
The first 4 200s of each group of 5 are descend 1-4, the fourth
being fast.
#1) 4x200
free, third 50 breast
1x200 cool down
#2) 4x200
IM
1x200 cool down
#3) 4x200
back
1x200 cool down
#4) 4x200
free fast
1x200 easy
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Practice
#16
Total: 4200
4x200 warming
up (1 free, 1 IM drill, 1 kick, 1 IM swim)
main set:
(fly)
25 kick
50 swim
25 fast
(back)
50 kick
100 swim
50 fast
(breast)
75 kick
150 swim
75 fast
(fly)
100 kick
200 swim
100 fast
(IM)
150 kick (no free)
300 swim
150 fast (no free)
(free)
200 kick
400 swim
200 fast
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Practice
#17
Total: 3650
800 free swim,
pull by 200s warming up
700 as 4x175
kick (15-20 seconds rest)
600 reverse
IM by 100s (continuous)
500 as 5x100
free hard intervals
400 stroke choice.
Drill a 50, swim a 150. Concentrate on technique
300 as 4x75
free sprint/ underwater/ free sprint by 25
200 IM
100 sculling
50 as 2x25 from
a dive
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Practice
#18
Total: 3400
400 warm up
your choice
3x the following:
8x25 choice
of stroke other than free
2 drill
2 build
2 kick
2 fast
4x200 (work
all stroke hard
1-200 stroke (same as above)
2-150 stroke, 50 free
3-100 stroke, 100 free
4-50 stroke, 150 free
Round two, the
200s are done as follows instead:
4x200
1-200 IM
2-200 IM faster than above
3-100 IM (all out), 100 free
4-200 free, stretch out
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