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Training Options: A Short Sprint Set to Build Power and Tempo In this latest Swimming World training set, we offer a short sprint set to develop power and tempo while keeping a long and efficient stroke. Take a look at the set and the description below: 2 Rounds: 4 x 50s as 25 straight arm ...

Training Sets and Tips: Building Breaststroke Endurance As Swimming World continues to bring a variety of training sets to its readership, a focus is placed on this archived piece on the breaststroke. This breaststroke endurance set is designed to work on driving forward in the stroke and finishing ...

Try This Training Set: Developing Backstroke Underwaters Welcome to Swimming World’s Set Of The Week! This week’s set is a backstroke set designed to focus on controlling and maintaining underwater kicks in your race. Take a look at the set and its description below: 5 Rounds: :10 all-out v...

Consider This Training Set: Developing 200 Fly Pace (From the Archive) We turn to the Swimming World vault for a look at a training set that may be utilzied. This set is a 200 fly endurance set that builds to 200 pace. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 4 x 75’s as 50...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week. This week’s set is a kick set that has longer kick/swim active recovery that alternates with sets of shorter kicks that work on descending and holding kick intensity: 400 as 150 kick/50 sw smooth 6 x 100 kick, desc 1-3, 4-6 300 as 100 kick/50 sw smooth 6 ...

Swimming World Training Set: Main Stroke Work Welcome to Swimming World’s latest training set to incorporate into your sessions at the pool. This set is a 3500-yard stroke set that mixes in a little bit of everything. The first half of each round mixes in more aerobic and build work before turning t...

Training Set: IM Or Main Stroke Endurance Periodically, Swimming World will bring its readers a training set they can try to incorporate in their pool work. This set is designed to help develop endurance for your prime stroke and IM athletes: 2 Rounds: 2 x 225’s as 50 stroke/25 free on 3:10...

Try This Training Set: Aerobic Work For Sprinters From the archive, Swimming World brings readers a look at an aerobic training set for sprinters. This week’s set is a short end aerobic set that is great for sprinters of all four strokes. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows...

Swimming World Training Set: Aerobic IM Progression From Swimming World's vault, this training set is an aerobic IM progression set. Running through 200s of each stroke and 200 IMs, this set challenges swimmers to control their pace moving through each stroke while also pushing them aerobically. Tak...

High-Intensity Workout: Breaststroke With Medicine Balls Here is a breaststroke specific set focused on developing power and consistent timing. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 3-4 Rounds: 8 x med ball throws against the wall; sitting w/ a lunge at the end of each t...

Training Tip: The Importance of Distance Per Stroke Swimming World will periodically bring you a topic that will be explored through drills and concepts to implement on a regular basis. While certain tips may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters...

Welcome to the “Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore every month with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or ma...

Welcome to the “Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore every month with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or ma...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...