Sage YMCA Masters Swimming

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The 5:15 – 6:45am MWF adult swim team that works out at the Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake, IL.

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Spring 2023 Day 6

Apr 17, 2023 | distance

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Distance Workouts

These workouts are designed to build endurance and speed for swimming distances of 500 yards and greater.

Warm-Up (1200 yards)

 

  • 1 x 400 choice – Every 4th 25 is fly kick on your back, arms at sides
  • 6 x 100 w/ :15s rest
    25 scull + 25 catch up + 50 swim
  • 4 x 50 on 1:00 streamline kick on your back w/ fins

 

Main Set (2000 yds)  

  • 10 x 100 on 1:40 Pace = 1:27
    Last 25 of every 100: Tight core
  • 8 x 25 Sprint on 1:00
    Odds: Pull using kickboard as a buoy
    Evens: Kick w/ board
  • 4 x 200 Country Club IMs w/ :30s rest

Cool Down (200 yds)   

 

  • 4 x 50 choice on 1:05

 

Total Yards: 3400

 

Spring 2023 Day 20

Spring 2023 Day 20

Today we will re-test your 400 at the fastest pace you can hold. This new time will help re-set your intervals. Enjoy a long warm up which includes flip turn drills. Then the 400 for time will be the first thing in the main set.

Spring 2023 Day 16

Spring 2023 Day 16

The warm up challenge is to see if you can keep the same stroke count using a 2-beat and 6-beat kick. This main set includes some 600s mixed swims and then some shorter distances at below threshold pace. The workout ends with a kick set.

Spring 2023 Day 15

Spring 2023 Day 15

New drill in the warm up in which you place a kickboard in between your thighs. As you finish your stroke, pat the board. The main set repeats twice with a nice variety of swimming and kicking.

Spring 2023 Day 10

Spring 2023 Day 10

Warm-Up (1300 yards) 1 x 300 - Every 4th 25 is backstroke 2 x 150 – Tighten Up 3 x 100 w/ :15s rest First 50 is choice stroke kick w/ board, Second 50 is free kick w/ board 8 x 50 on 1:00 Swim Golf   Main Set (2100 yds)   3 x (3 x 100 on 1:40)1st 100 is Threshold...

Spring 2023, Day 8

Spring 2023, Day 8

I want to call this warm-up the “Swim Back Kick.” Strokes are interspersed with kicking on your back. The main set has a chance to recover and build to threshold pace. Then a swim at threshold pace. The challenge is how far can you maintain your threshold pace.

Spring 2023 Day 7

Spring 2023 Day 7

The main set has four parts. The first is a basic endurance set that uses heart rate to determine your interval time. The second is a threshold endurance set with short rest intervals. The third is a a sprint set with long intervals. The fourth is a kick set.