Arms Focus - Group Workout
Objective: General focus on the arms.
Total Distance = 4000 yards
Set 1 - Warm-up; Dist = 400 yards
1 X 400 Freestyle Swim on 8:00 - Training Cat: EN1
Build to EN1 pace.
Repeat Drill Set A (400 yds) and Conditioning Set B (400 yds) with drill
focus as below. All conditioning sets are freestyle only, repeating the
focus of the previous drill set.
Set A - Stroke Drill; Dist = 400 yards
8 X 50 Freestyle Swim on 1:00 - Training Cat: EN1 -
Focus and drill as described below
Set B - Conditioning; Dist = 400 yards
2 X 200 Freestyle Swim on 4:00 - Training Cat: EN2 -
Freestyle with focus as described below
Set
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2 |
Focus: Wide-Entry Focus
Drill: Half-Length Tarzan: Head up for first 12.5 yds, enter arms
wide and keep them wide
Swim: Freestyle with above focus |
3 |
Focus: Front-Quadrant Timing
Drill: Elbow Switch: Imagine there is a switch on your extended
elbow. When the recovering hand passes that elbow, it throws the
switch to begin the catch.
Swim: Freestyle with above focus
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4 |
Focus: Early Vertical Forearm Catch
Drill: 11-1 Single-Arm: Stop in 11 position, really focus on the EVF
catch
Swim: Freestyle with above focus |
5 |
High-Elbow Recovery
Drill: Fingertip-Drag
Swim: Freestyle with above focus |
Set 6 - Cool-down; Dist = 400 yards
4 X 100 Freestyle Swim on 2:00 - Training Cat: REC
Relaxed swimming: wide entry, EVF catch and pull, high-elbow recovery.
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