This morning was an early wake up call to swim with a Master's swim group on campus. We meet M-W-F @ 6:30am for a good 75min workout. It's so nice to get the workout done in the morning so the afternoon is free for chores, homework, and thesis time. I could never do it on my own so it's nice to know other people are relying on you to be there. We did a mid-distance freestyle set today- a great workout BUT I wanted to share a really fun swim workout I did a couple weeks ago. Post ~1000 meters of warm up:
5x200's pull with build in swim
- 1st 200 all pull
-2nd 200 (150 pull-50 swim with over kick)
-3rd 200 (100 pull- 100 swim with over kick)
etc.
8x100's IM
odds- reverse IM
evens- normal order IM
12x50's
done as 12.5m kick on stomach in a streamline- breathe straightforward- 12.5m swim strong, repeat
each time you're in the deep end do 20sec of vertical kick (flutter or fly kick) in a streamline
5x200's pull with build in swim
- 1st 200 all pull
-2nd 200 (150 pull-50 swim with over kick)
-3rd 200 (100 pull- 100 swim with over kick)
etc.
8x100's IM
odds- reverse IM
evens- normal order IM
12x50's
done as 12.5m kick on stomach in a streamline- breathe straightforward- 12.5m swim strong, repeat
each time you're in the deep end do 20sec of vertical kick (flutter or fly kick) in a streamline
In other news I survived the 1st day of school. The start of a new routine is always exhausting- especially for type A personalities like myself :-) Tomorrow evening I plan to go to yoga- it will be nice to spend 90min in a familiar physical and spiritual state- and most importantly- in the NOW.