Swim Workout #54 – Choice – Count Your Strokes
Today we are focusing on counting our strokes. It doesn’t matter which stroke you choose. But it does matter how many strokes you take. Remember even though you might be moving your arms and legs as fast as you possibly can you might not be efficient with those strokes. Meaning you might be wasting a whole lot of effort for your speed. Slow down today and count your strokes. Make these strokes count and make sure you aren’t getting lazy. It might even help to get a friend to video your swim so you can make sure you are swimming efficiently. If you need help with your analysis, you know where to find me (Coaching Tab Above) Enjoy your swim!
Warm Up
400 Swim / 200 Kick / 200 Pull
= 800 yds
Drill Set
4 x 50 Choice Drill – Focus on stroke technique 4 x 75 Kick – Fast flags 15 Seconds Rest
=500 yd
Main Set
200 Breathing 3/5/3/7 by 50
200 Breathing 3/7 by 25
6 x 100 Choice Fast / Free moderate by 25
- 15 Seconds Rest
4 x 50 Choice – Build up
- 20 Seconds Rest
8 x 25 Choice – Work on lengthening your strokes – drop a stroke until you can’t anymore and then maintain your stroke count.
- 15 Seconds Rest
4 x 25 FAST of the same Stroke as the above 25s – Count your strokes and try to stay at the count you maintained above
- 15 Seconds Rest
1500 yds
Warm Down
100 Easy