Arlington Masters' Sunday Swim Workouts at W&L - January

Mike is coordinating the Sunday evening workouts for Arlington Masters. The workouts include a range of sets and drills designed for triathletes, open water swimmers, and distance swimmers. 

The workouts below represent the first 5 weeks of the program leading up to our first 1k time trial on February 2. The emphasis during this period is simple base building. More advanced workouts will begin as we approach the springtime. 

LOCATION: Washington & Lee Pool

TIME: 6:00 - 7:30pm

VIDEO: I will set up the underwater camera around 7:00pm for those who want to see video of their stroke. The videos will be posted to our YouTube channel.  

POST-WORKOUT FOOD: The after workout location for this week is DISTRICT TACO on Lee Hwy. We'll review your swim video on the iPad while we are at the restaurant. 

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January 5

Comments: Time to get back in the water after the holidays. Goal for the next few weeks is to work on rebuilding endurance, strength, and technique. These workouts will be straightforward

500 Warm Up

4 x 50 – Single Arm Drill (Using kickboard, swim 25 with just the right arm, 25 with just the left)

400 – descend by 100
8×75 -  kick/drill/25 hard  @ 1:15
10×50 - 25 FAST!/25 easy  @ :45
300 pull (3/5 breathing pattern by 100). RI = 20 SEC

300 free
15×50 @ :40/:60 (1 FAST/1 easy/2 FAST/1 easy/3 FAST/1 easy/5 FAST 1 easy)
400 pull (3/7 breathing pattern by 50)
400 free

200 cool-down

*4800 yards total*

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January 12

Comments: We continue the early season build up with a range of drills to work on technique and strength building.  Hopefully this workout provides some variety in your training plan.

500 Warm Up

8 x 25 Tarzan Drill – no walls, tread water. RI = 20 seconds

300 free  - moderate

Main Set:

4x50 w/:10 rest (25 Drill/25 Swim)

6x150 @ 2:15 (25 fly or breast stroke/125 Build)

12x25 @ :30 (Descend Stroke Count 1-3, 4-6, etc)

5x100 @ 1:40 (25 FAST!/50 easy/25 FAST!)

12x25 @ :30 (Breathe 2x only/1x only/none, repeat 4 times)

4x75 @ 1:15 (25 Underwater as far as you can/50 Ascend)

6x25 @ :30 (breast stroke arms with freestyle kick, head out of water. Visualize a buoy turn)

5x50 SPRINT! @ 1:10 – lots of rest

300 Pull  (@4:00 interval)

300 Moderate, 85% effort

300 cool down

*4800 yards total*

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January 19

Comments: Tonight’s workout focuses on breath control with a couple of hypoxic drills and alternate breathing sets. The ladder is intended to build up your endurance base, with a focus on strength building in your pull. Bring paddles if you have them.

500 Warm Up

First Set:

2 x 100 Free - swim 4 strokes with head out of water and 4 strokes with head in water (do not take a breath while head is in water). Rest Interval = 30 seconds

5 x 100 - Hypoxic drills:  breathe every 3,5,7,9. RI = 30 seconds

Main Set: Ladder of 2300 yards

200/300/400 alternate breathing - smooth and balanced, not fast

500: moderate pace, 85% of threshold (~1:15/100 pace for Lane 6). Save your arms for the rest of the ladder

400/300/200 paddles or pull - focus on strength in your stroke, not speed

Speed Set:

10 x 100 @ 90% effort, RI = 10 seconds (@ 1:25 interval lane 6). This is a “broken” 1000. Keep the heart rate high, but don’t blow up. These aren’t sprints.

300 Cool Down

*4800 yards total

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January 26

Comments:  This is a tough workout intended to prepare for our time trial next week. This workout focuses on simulating the variable intensities experienced in open water racing. Be sure to focus on the specified up tempo in the 200′s and visualize yourself battling in a race environment!

500 Warm up

10 x 50 (odds catch up drill/evens distance per stroke)

Main Set: Pick an interval for lane and hold throughout set:  2:45 for lane 6.

Intermediate lanes may do sets of 3 intervals.

4 x 200 (1st 100 hard/2nd 100 relaxed)
4 x 200 (middle 100 hard/ end 50’s relaxed)
4 x 200 (1st 100 relaxed/2nd 100 fast)
4 x 200 (hard)

50 easy

4 x 100 pull or paddles

200 warm down

**4850 yards total

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February 2 – Time trial 1000

The goal of today is to establish a baseline time trial time as a starting point for your 2014 season. It is still early in the season and most of you are still in the base building portion of your year. You are likely way below your peak fitness level, so don’t worry about logging a fast time; this TT is valuable regardless of where your fitness is.

500 Warm Up

First Set:

6 x 50 Drill. Fingertip drag down, Distance per stroke back

5 x 50:  Tarzan down/Kick back

100 easy – stretch out

Main Set:

1000 Time trial

200 easy

Drills Set:

4 x 50 yards goggle recovery drill: swim down with eyes closed and goggles around neck, swim back on back with breast stroke kick replacing goggles. RI = 15 sec

6 x 75: 25 free moderate/25 back/25 free moderate. RI = 15 sec

2 x 100 free with breast stroke every 6th stroke.  RI = 20 sec

Endurance Set:

400 - Alternate breathing to each side

400 - Sighting once per lap

400 – descend by 100. Finish the workout hard!

300 -  Cool down

**4700 yards total