Focus: Swim faster as the distance gets shorter. Just slide into that speed!
Kiefer Swim Workout - Short
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Warm Up:
100 free
100 kick
100 IM drill
100 stroke
8 x 25 - odds kick moderate/evens swim perfect stroke
600 yards
Main set:
Complete the below set all freestyle:
1 x 300 tempo - :15 rest
2 x 150 build by each 50 - :15 rest
3 x 100 maintaining a fast but maintainable pace - :10 rest
4 x 50 - 25 build/25 fast - :10 rest
6 x 25 sprint - :05 rest
1250 yards
1850 cumulative yards
2 x 100 IM kick on back - no board/no fins - :10 rest
200 yards
2050 cumulative yards
7 x 50 with paddles and fins - your choice of stroke - completed as:
#1 - 2 = 4 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#3 - 4 = 8 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#5 - 6 = 10 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#7 = 12 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
350 yards
2400 cumulative yards
4 x 50 - 1 of each stroke, completed as 25 scull/25 swim - :15 rest
200 yards
2600 cumulative yards
200 easy
Kiefer Swim Workout - Long
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Warm Up:
200 free
200 kick
200 IM drill
200 stroke
8 x 25 - odds kick moderate/evens swim perfect stroke
1000 yards
Main set:
Complete the below set all freestyle:
1 x 300 tempo - :15 rest
2 x 150 build by each 50 - :15 rest
3 x 100 maintaining a fast but maintainable pace - :10 rest
6 x 50 - 25 build/25 fast - :10 rest
12 x 25 sprint - :05 rest
1500 yards
2500 cumulative yards
4 x 100 IM kick on back - no board/no fins - :10 rest
400 yards
2900 cumulative yards
6 x 50 swim with paddles (no buoy) completed as 25 scull/25 swim super stretched out - :10 rest
300 yards
3200 cumulative yards
Shooters with fins = underwater kicking in streamline position as fast as possible -
8 x 25 - :10 rest
200 yards
3400 cumulative yards
8 x 50 with paddles and fins - your choice of stroke - completed as:
#1 - 2 = 4 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#3 - 4 = 8 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#5 - 6 = 10 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
#7 - 8 = 12 strokes hard, remainder of 50 is moderate - :10 rest
400 yards
3800 cumulative yards
Complete the below set by getting faster as each distance gets shorter
4 x 75 - 1 of each stroke - :20 rest
4 x 50 - 1 of each stroke - :15 rest
4 x 25 - 1 of each stroke - :10 rest
600 yards
4400 cumulative yards
200 non-traditional = pick a stroke other than a stroke used in competition
200 yards
4600 cumulative yards
200 easy
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