Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Less Strokes

Talked with Peter in depth about swimming efficiency. Goal is to reduce stroke count. I did a test yesterday where I counted my strokes on the first and last 25 of 200's and 100's. I was consistent at 22 strokes. Next swim set will be:

WU: 200 pull, 200 swim
Drill set: 3 x 200 (stroke count, catch up, side kicks, closed fist)
Main set: 1000
CD: 150

Mantra words: relax, glide, pull, long, efficiency

Yesterday swam:
WU: 100 swim, 100 pull, 100 kick, 100 swim (did some 25 drills)
Main set: 4x200; 4x100 counting strokes first and last 25 of each. came in at 3:40 on the 200's and 1:45 on the 100's with 22 strokes
Cool down: 200