It was quite the IM day today. I really enjoyed it; however, it was very hard. And my back is a little sore. My core (abs and back) are not as strong as they used to be. I will have to work on that.
Here is the workout from Laura (I swam with her at the U and love her workouts!)
Warm Up:
300 Swim
200 kick
200 Choice (Breaststroke)
12x50 IM drill @1:00
4x200 1-Back, 2-Breast, 3-Free, 4-IM
Main Set:
2x100 IM @1:45
2x100 Fly @1:50
2x100 IM @1:40
2x100 Back @1:50
2x100 IM @ 1:35
2x100 Breast @1:50
2x100 IM @ 1:30
2x100 Free @1:30
Cool Down:
300 Free
4,000 yards total
On Thursday we had a wonderful fly class from Tom. It has helped my fly tremendously I don't know if I am faster, but I am definitely more comfortable, fluid, and relaxed with it. Here is a great video of Michael Phelps swimming fly. The quote is from my friend Jamie. I couldn't describe it better so I will just quote her.
"This
is a great view of butterfly. Head is down before hands come around
and enter the water. Look how far he pushes his chest, head, and
sternum down into the water to make his hips rise to the top. BUT in
that position, notice the arms and hands are still on the top of the
water, ready to get powerful leverage on the next pull. Takes a lot of
flexibility."
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