Swim-Based mostly Endurance for All Athletes

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Breaking Muscle Swimming Exercises are programmed by Jake Shoemaker, an elite athlete in his personal proper and extremely skilled swimming, cross-country working, and triathlon coach.

The swimming exercises are designed for these whose swimming expertise are bringing the remainder of their recreation down. If you happen to're a CrossFitter or triathlete, it's not acceptable in case your swimming isn't as much as par.

Swimming will also be used to situation all of the techniques of the physique for endurance with out beating it up the best way another modes of train can.

Word: Distances are in yards.

Week 1

Day 1

Heat up:

• 4 x 100 @ 10 sec relaxation (50 free easy, 25 kick on again, 25 free construct)
• 8 x 75 @ 20/15/10/5 relaxation (25 free approach focus, 25 free kick on again in streamline, 25 free construct final 12.5 to dash)

Primary Set:

2x:

• 6 x 100 regular @ :05 relaxation – purpose of sustaining finest common time
• 4 x 50 fast @ :30 relaxation – purpose of sustaining finest common time which ought to be a lot sooner than 100s b/c of distance and relaxation interval (give attention to an particularly quick 1st 50 after the regular 100s)
• 50 cruise backstroke @ :15 relaxation earlier than repeating set

6 x 50 @ :15 relaxation – 5 strokes of laborious, quick butterfly, then remainder of 50 is easy, approach oriented freestyle

Settle down:

300 cruise – with at the least 100 yards executed on again

Whole: 2300

Day 2

Heat up:

• 500 easy as 200 free, 100 again, 100 kick alternative, 100 construct freestyle
• 8 x 50 regular @ :10 relaxation descend tempo 1-4 and 5-8

Primary set:

5 x 200 @ :15 relaxation

1. 200 construct every 50 – every sooner than earlier (dash final 50)
2. 50 cruise backstroke/ 150 freestyle with first 5 strokes off of every wall aggressive, then settle into easy tempo for remaining strokes
3. respiratory sample over each 3 strokes/ each 5 strokes/ each 3/ each 5 by 50 – tempo might be easy, focus ought to be on approach and difficult breath management

Settle down:

200 relaxed, mixing in backstroke and light-weight kicking

Whole: 2100

Day 3

Heat-up:

• 2 x 200 with 20 seconds relaxation in between as (50 free easy, 50 backstroke easy, 50 free construct, 50 kick on again alternative)
• 8 x 50 @ :15 relaxation – descend 1 – 4, 5 – 8 in order that #5 and #8 are at about 90% effort
• 100 backstroke easy

Primary Set:

Focus is on max effort velocity whereas nonetheless being environment friendly and having good approach utilizing energetic swimming to recuperate as a substitute of excessive volumes of inactive relaxation.

4x:

• 100 free max effort; 5 seconds relaxation on wall; 50 backstroke simple; 10 seconds on wall upon return
• 75 free max effort; 5 seconds relaxation on wall; 50 backstroke, 25 freestyle simple; 10 seconds relaxation on wall upon return
• 50 free max effort; 5 seconds relaxation on wall; 100 free simple; 10 seconds relaxation on wall upon return
• 100 again/free tremendous relaxed; begin subsequent spherical on spherical interval

Settle down:

• 200 pull with buoy specializing in rotation and excessive elbow pull
• 200 simple again/free by 50

Whole: 3700

Day 4

Heat up:

• 500 easy, alternative of stroke
• 8 x 50 freestyle kick on again – give attention to pointed toes, kick ranging from a robust core, not kicking solely from a “bend then straighten” knee
• 4 x 100 @ :20 relaxation – construct first 75 to sturdy then cruise final 25

Primary Set:

5 x 200 @ :30 relaxation (all ought to be cardio)

• 50 freestyle – proper arm for 25, left arm for 25 – give attention to excessive elbow pull, timing of breath (breath as hand enters, flip head again into water as you start to tug) and easily turning head to breathe as a substitute of choosing head up
• 50 freestyle kick on again in steamline
• 50 freestyle easy specializing in sturdy rotation
• 50 freestyle kick on abdomen with arms by facet specializing in physique place (head dealing with backside, hips excessive, urgent chest)

Settle down:

300 easy as 2x: 50 again, 50 free, 50 kick

Whole: 2600

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