Here's a great winter swim workout that develops aerobic capacity while still maintaining some race-specific strength. This Workout Wednesday comes to you courtesy of Steelhead Coaching and Personal Training in Portland, a BITW triathlon coaching partner. To learn more, visit www.steelheadcoaching.com.
2200 yards/meters total. Rest is in parenthesis. Warm Up: 200 free (30"). 200 kick no board in streamline (30"), 200 mix non-free (30") 8 X 25 (15") breath control - Breathe per 25 (3,2,1,0) Main Set: 300 pull with paddles steady aerobic (30") 6 X 50 free race pace (20") 200 pull with paddles steady aerobic (30") 4 X 50 free race pace (20") 100 pull with paddles aerobic pace (30") 2 X 50 free race pace (20") Cool Down: 200 choice Stronger swimmers should add: 400 pull with paddles steady aerobic (30") 8 X 50 free race pace (20") at the beginning of the main set to total 3000 yds/m. Comments are closed.
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