SQUID HYPERMILING
400M: 2 x 200 (100m free, 50m back, 50 breast)
100M: 4 x 25 free (breathe 3, 5, 7, 3, 5)
100M: 4 x 25 breast (elbows to chest)
100M: 4 x 25 back (knees and hips under water)
100M: medley
200M: 8 x 25 free (max down, relaxed back)
500M: 5 x 100 medley
200M: 2 x 100 squid hypermiling
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1700M - approx. 55 minutes
Back in the water after a couple of weeks of on-and-off cold/throat infection/influenza. Nice to be back in the water again.
The sprints went well. All four were under 20 seconds, so I'm satisfied.
You're probably wondering - WTF is squid hypermiling?!
The trainer likes to bring out some new toys and tonight it was a sponge squid on a rope that you drag behind you to - you guessed it - increase drag. It was really noticible if my speed dropped and then I accelerated. The squid's arms then spread out and you felt a real jerk on the line. However if I kept a steady pace it was hardly noticable that I was dragging along a squid. A bit like keeping a steady speed with low reps in my car - hypermiling - with a squid!
100M: 4 x 25 free (breathe 3, 5, 7, 3, 5)
100M: 4 x 25 breast (elbows to chest)
100M: 4 x 25 back (knees and hips under water)
100M: medley
200M: 8 x 25 free (max down, relaxed back)
500M: 5 x 100 medley
200M: 2 x 100 squid hypermiling
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1700M - approx. 55 minutes
Back in the water after a couple of weeks of on-and-off cold/throat infection/influenza. Nice to be back in the water again.
The sprints went well. All four were under 20 seconds, so I'm satisfied.
You're probably wondering - WTF is squid hypermiling?!
The trainer likes to bring out some new toys and tonight it was a sponge squid on a rope that you drag behind you to - you guessed it - increase drag. It was really noticible if my speed dropped and then I accelerated. The squid's arms then spread out and you felt a real jerk on the line. However if I kept a steady pace it was hardly noticable that I was dragging along a squid. A bit like keeping a steady speed with low reps in my car - hypermiling - with a squid!
