by marciadmin | Oct 18, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
A little late, but here’s Monday’s workout. My “favorite” day. (Yeah, no. LOL) However, it’s good to do variety. 55-minute swim workout, breaststroke day 500 warmup (~7:20 min) Warmup set (600 yds, 11:20 min) 4 x 50 on 1:00 25 breast...
by marciadmin | Oct 15, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
This looks like a deceptively easy workout, but it’s really about working that easy fast and then trying to maintain that easy fast. What is easy fast? It’s a term used in the competition community to describe that loose, relaxed 50 of a 200 race (and...
by marciadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
Back on track for my theme day. The focus is really on the 100s in the main set. For set 1, you really shouldn’t have more than 5 seconds rest for those 50s. This fatigues you so that when you turn around to sprint, it’s not easy. The first round should...
by marciadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
Ah, there’s nothing like sprint day. I gave myself more rest so that i could rest and really push. Interesting, though, when I got to Set 3, I relaxed into the strong and focused on breathing. I swam all of the 25s sub :20. The 100s were all 1:20-1:21. The last...
by marciadmin | Sep 24, 2021 | 50-Minute Swim Workouts
This is a little different workout than I normally swim. I gave myself a lot of time on the sprint 50s and 25s, but the 75s preceding them are meant to be hard. Whatever interval you come in on that first 75 is the pace you aim to keep through the rest of those 75s....