Pushups are Hard

Pushups @2, got to just 16 again on the last time through it was a struggle. But I did it. :-)

I like bench press better. Except I can do this whenever.

Saturday/Sunday workout

Yesterday I swam with CAST (Coastal Aquatics Swim Team), the US team that I assistant coached for last year before I had to go leave and be a teacher. I have coached a few times this year when everyone was away at meets, but then everyone was away at meets and I only got to see a few people. It was wonderful to see everyone again! I had a great workout, I swam with one of the senior 400 IMers that isn't tapering like everyone else....he did everything IM and I did everything free....the main set revolving around 100s he descended to times I couldn't hold and I stayed on the first set of times. Everything else I kept up. It was an awesome practice, about 9000 in 3 hours. The last set was only 12x100 on a lot of time because of their nature though so that scewed the timing.

Today I had less time to swim and did an altered West Side practice from January 30. The workout was supposed to be 11,000 and I did 5,000. Only a little difference, hmm? But it was still a good workout.

3x300
FR on 4:30 (4:15)
FR 50/desc 50/build
FR on 4:15 (3:55)

2x
1x400 FR max (focused on stroke count than max this early tho) on 6:15
2x100 IM (i added in drill for this)
400s: 5:05, stroke count steady at 14/15 (a few 16s at the end of the first one but not the second)

2X1000 1-paddles and snorkle (had to take snorkle off stuffy) 2-500 bp 3/5/7/9 400 build 100 ez

300 cool down

Swim tomorrow, run tues, then Coach Nate will be back and see what I've done and give me some workouts for the rest of the week!

early season freestyle video

Rebecca took this video at the end of the workout yesterday (see comments on the workout below). She actually took three but the others didn't turn out. I am going to take more this weekend.

pushups: Thursday

I just got a new pushup set. I love doing dryland in general because that is when I swam fastest in college: doing dryland! I have never done a lot of pushups in dryland, but I have done the bench a TON and it is one of my favorite things. One time, Jimmy challenged me to do 100 presses. It was just the bar but I worked so hard that summer to do it. I get competitive. That's just me.

This picture was at the end of the set, coming up and just getting past the breaking 90 degrees point.

Round 1 - 12 pushups (1 min rest)
Round 2 - 14 pushups (1 min rest)
Round 3 - 9 pushups (1 min rest)
Round 4 - 9 pushups (1 min rest)
Round 5 - Minimum 16 pushups but do as many as you can on this last
round until can not do another pushup with good form.

Monday/Wednesday workout

Wednesday-Main set: 20x75 free on 1:15. It felt okay, less rest might have actually felt better. I was holding 55-57 the whole time. Stoke count was 15 except for the last few and it got to 17-18 on the last 25 of the 75 so I was starting to feel sluggish then. Practice was only 4000 total, swimming with triathlon group.

Monday: felt awesome!!! Main set: 2x2100 on some pattern I don't remember but it was a WS OW workout that I changed around a little bit. Stroke count didn't go over 15 once. Kept a 1:20 pace through the whole 2100s. Fast 1200 pull at the end slightly over 1:20 after hitting the first 500, just under in the first 500. Really really fun workout.

Schedule

Until I can figure out google calender, or if this is an easier thing to do...and as a document for my daily schedule, yada yada...this is my week coming up as well as my past week.

Monday: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 6500 yards OW specific workout.
Tuesday: 2 mile run, abs.
Wednesday: phone conference (I talk too much I think) 1 hr 15 minute, 4000 yards, tape swim that didn't work out so well so I have to redo it.
Thursday: dr. appointments, forced day off.
Friday: Hopefully make up an hour at least.
Saturday: 2 hours.

Monday: 90 min-2 hrs
Tuesday: 2 mile run, abs
Wednesday: 1 hr/1 hr Cambridge
Thursday: 90 min-2 hrs
Friday: 2 mile run
Saturday: 2 hour swim