Underwater 50s, fish kick, breakouts

Total distance
about 2,650 m
Estimated time
1 h 10 min

Focus: IM-order 50s with 15 m underwater, fish kick with fins on front, back and side, rounds of fish kick 25s and breakout 50s by stroke, and IM 75s.

Warm-up (300 m, 7 min)

300 as 4 x 75 [25 swim + 25 streamline kick + 25 drill]

Pre-set (400 m, 14 min)

8 x 50 IM order @ 1:45 - 2

15 underwater + 35 swim

Drill set (about 450 m, 11 min)

16 x width fish kicks w / fins @ 30 (+30 sec after each 4)

1 - 4 front kick

5 - 8 back kick

9 - 12 full kick

13 - 16 tempo

+ 200 (50 DA BK + 50 BR)

Main set 1 (800 m, 24 min)

3 rounds:

6 x 25 @ 45 fish kicks w / fins

2 x 50 @ 1:30 break out + swim

R1 FLY + 30 sec rest after round

R2 BK + 1 min rest after round

R3 FR

+ 50 ez DA BK [after round 1 & 2]

Main set 2 (400 m, 10 min)

4 x 75 @ 2'

1) 25 FLY + 25 BK + 25 BR

2) 25 BK + 25 BR + 25 FR

3) 25 BR + 25 FR + 25 FLY

4) 25 FR + 25 FLY + 25 BK

+ 100 IM DPS

Warm-down (300 m, 6 min)

300 CH mix

Workout from coach Angela, July 21, 2018.

Abbreviations in this workout

R1, R2
Round 1, round 2 of a repeated block
FR
Freestyle
BK
Backstroke
BR
Breaststroke
IM
Individual medley: fly, back, breast, free
CH
Your choice of stroke
DAB
Double arms on back: backstroke with both arms together
ez
Easy
DPS
Distance per stroke