Swim Workout #139 – Freestyle – Catch your breath

Try out this set, It is a good one for our distance swimmers out there. Breathing at a constant rate in a distance event is key. Every 3 stokes seems to be the magic number for most. 

Warm Up

800 Swim / 200 Kick / 200 Pull

= 800 yds

Drill Set

3 Rounds

75 Breathing 3/5/7 by 25

50 Breathing only 4 or less times during the whole 50

25 Breathing only 1 time per 50

15 Seconds Rest

= 450 yds

Main Set

2 x 800

Pace your self, split this into 4 200s and build it up

30 seconds rest

= 1600 yds

        <h2>Warm Down</h2>      
    <p>100 Easy</p>     
        <h2>Total = 2,950 yds</h2>