10/07/08

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150 warmup - mostly sculling and breaststroke drills
200 swim, 200 pull, 100 K Fr
200 br, 200 br drill, 100 K Br
5 x 50 @1:00 br
5 x 50 @50 - did breast, worked on pull
4 x (150 @2:00, 50 @1:00) - held 1:54-1:55 on 150s
4 x 125 w/paddles @1:45
150 wd/breast drills

I recently watched Quick's breaststroke video and got a lot of ideas. One thing I really picked up on was that I'm rushing the first part of my pull. The initial outsweep should be pretty SLOW, then the insweep should be 2.5 times as fast and the recovery should be as fast as you can get your arms back out in a straight line in front. I did some of the body balance, sculling, and cobra drills from his video.

I've also started using paddles more. I'm going to use them a few times a week to build swim-specific strength.