BEAR SWIMMING Workout 062812

Warm up : 200 free , 200 choice non -free. Kick Set : 6 x 75 ; Dolphin,Back, Br 1st 75. 2nd 75 ;Back, Breast , Free . 3rd 75 ; Breast , Free ,Fly. REPEAT 2 Times.Maximum underwaters off of walls. No boards or fins. Drill Set : 12 x 50 drills (4 x 3) Start with Fly drills 3 x 50, then Back 3 x 50, 3x 50 breast drill, and finally 3 x 50 Freestyle drill. MAIN SET : Pyramid - 150 free,200 IM,3 x 100 descend free,400 IM ,300 pull,200 swim 3 stroke -6 kick drill, 100 with underwater flips from 2/3 lap in and 1/3 lap out of wall(yes that means one lap underwater),50 of 25 piston kick/sculling arms,25 "heads up" freestyle. 2 laps active rest (easy). 3050 plus yards

BEAR SWIMMING Workout 062712

Warmup : 3,2,1 ; 300 swim free, 2 x 100 IM (book ended)and one hundred free .. Drill set : Hybrid strokes ; 4 x 50 (free w/ dolphin,Back w/ dolphin kick,Breast w/ dolphin kick ,and Fly with breast stroke kick. 200 ;3 stroke ,6 kick alternating free and back by 50. Kick set : How many laps can you swim in 8 minutes ? Main set : LQS (long Quality swim) 500 freestyle, 300 pull,400 free,200 pull, 300 free ,100 pull.... Warm down, Thanks

BEAR SWIMMING Workout 062512

Warmup: 300 freestyle . Drill set : 2x 100 fashion model backstroke.2 x 100 short axis choice drill. Kick set : 400 IM order kick with one of each stroke done with "heads up Sculling"(yes,even the backstroke). This is a little set I threw at the Masters on Sunday: 2 x 200 yd Sandwiches- First IM Sandwich : 200 free(Burst,Build,Easy,Fast x 50 ),followed by 15 seconds rest.Then 200 IM . 15 seconds rest then 200 free (race pace). Second is a Freestyle Sandwich - 200 IM ,15 sec rest into a 200 FIST free (reference Popovs-rollover drill on youtube)Early vertical forearm. 15 seconds rest then into a 200 IM all Drill with continuity maintained within lane. Next is 3 groups of 2 x 100 Descending 5 seconds with each cluster: Ex. 2 on 1:30,2 on 1:25,2 on 1:20 . finish with 12 x 25 Half from a dive.3 each of 4 strokes. Warm down: Job well done !!

Bear Swimming Workout 062112

Warmup : 300 free . Drill set : 2x 200 IM s drill(uniform through group).Recommend 1 arm,other arm 2 arm fly drill,sgt back drill,double kick br or 1 st br,one stroke fly....,Catchup freestyle with hands entering on train tracks at 11 and 1 o'clock. Kick Set: 500 RIMO : 125 of each stroke kick. Main set : 9x 100 ( 3 groups of 3x 100) free :(first 3x), Butterfly :(2nd 3x), Freestyle (3rd 3x). each group of three is descending by a solid 2-3 seconds. break... 9 x 50 -yes three goups of three descend in each group. Order : 3x back,3x br,3x free Warm down, Thanks 2550 yds. plus warm down

Bear Swimming Workout 062012

Warmup : 300 free- long strokes. Drill Set : Broken 400 IM - Fist fly,Catchup backstroke, 2 kick per stroke breast stroke, fist free -last lap heads up. Kick Set : 6 x 75 build, fast, burst is the order by 25 (long axis strokes) Main Set: 3 x 200 ( Im sandwich) , 3 x 100 ( 100 fly, 100 back, 100 breast),3 x 50 free descend within group. All of these are on tight intervals. To be determined. 28 x 25 ( 7 x 4.25's) 1/2 from diving start - strokes to be called out. Warm down... 150 yards . 2900 yards not including warmdown. Thanks

BEAR SWIMMING Workout 061812

Warmup : 3,2,1 : 3x 100 free plus 2 x 50 short axis drill choice,1 x 100 IM. Kick set : 4 x 125 - 50 fly,25 back ,25 breast,25 free (breast and free on back with streamline). Drill Set : Backstroke sgt drills x 50,freestyle 3 stroke 6 kick 50's x 2 ,Short axis: breast kick-touching feet to hands for 50,then 50 butterfly/breast combo drill(one stroke of each) Main set : 8 x 50 IM order on tight interval + 200 freestyle , then 8 x 50 free on a tight interval + a fast 200 IM . 100 scull,200 warm down 2750 yards As usual Blue group is expected to acheive 50% of total yardage with sets modified to fit alotted time. Thanks !

Bear Swimming Workout 061412

Warmup : 1 x 100 free, 2 x 100 drill + 3 x 75 kds im order no free. Drill Set : 4 x 50 of Popov rollover drill(early vertical forearm),5 x 25 underwater. Kick set : 6 x 100 alternating flutter on each side for 25 then dolphin on same side for 25 , then switch sides and maintain order. Main Set : 7 x 75 on hard interval(fly,back,br,fly,back,br.....), 8x 50 "Race Pace" freestyle on a tight interval. 9x 25 Cool down , then hopefully earn 10 Minutes of free time. Good Job Bears ! 2600 yards