West Side Drill Videos
June 8, 2010 – 3:40 pm | No Comment

So I finally went and did it. After years of stalling and promising, I finally got around to filming all of our most used drills (84 of them) and putting them up with commentary! …

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What’s that sound?
April 19, 2010 – 9:22 am | No Comment
What’s that sound?

Lots of small updates…each deserving of its own little mention but none absolutely post-worthy…so they all get lumped together like a big juicy omelet…maybe one or two of them will grow up to be its …

Workout for 4/17/10
April 18, 2010 – 6:37 am | No Comment

Knock the ‘t’ off the can’t.
- Samuel Johnson
WU/Set 1-
3 x Janet Evans on 1:25 base
10,500 Yards

Workout for 4/14/10
April 14, 2010 – 4:17 pm | No Comment

Drylands – Planks and pushups
WU-
1200 PS – Every 3rd 25 is fly
Set 1-
5x{
4 x 100 kick – 1:45
3 x 50 fly – :40/:45/:40
2 x 75 sprint – :55
1 x 200 fly fast…
flip into
1 x 50 …

Workout for 4/13/10
April 13, 2010 – 10:52 am | No Comment

Drylands – meditation and focus time…
WU-
1 x 200 drill choice – :10r
12 x 1min. Vertical Dolphin kick – drop into 15 yard uh20 fast fly kick on stomach – pop up/ez 35 free – :05r
right …

Workout for 4/12/10
April 12, 2010 – 2:39 pm | No Comment

Drylands – Pushups and planks – 15 min
WU- (all)
12 x 100 – :10r – ez/build/fast by 100
Set 1- (distance group)
8 x 400 IM – 2 continuous then 100 strokes on VASA
2 x 400 Free perfect
5,200 …

Welcome to the Wolf Pack
April 11, 2010 – 7:59 am | No Comment
Welcome to the Wolf Pack

The WolfPack

Workout for 4/10/10
April 11, 2010 – 6:35 am | No Comment

A man is not what he thinks he is but what he thinks, he is.
-Max Hickerson
Distance Group
WU-
5 x 200 descend on 3:00
Set 1-
3x{
1 x 100 – drill choice – 1:45
2 x 200 – #1 w/paddles …

Workout for 4/9/10
April 9, 2010 – 7:58 am | No Comment

Drylands – 15 min. core work
WU-
10 x 100 – drill free choice – :15r
Set 1-
all free
16 x 75 – 1:00/1:05
8 x 125 – 1:40
6 x 175 – 2:10
3 x 225 – 2:45
1 x 225 – …

Workout for 4/8/10
April 9, 2010 – 7:56 am | No Comment

Drylands – 10 min. of meditation
Set 1-
8x{
3 x 50
#1 – 25 uh20 for 10 yards – up for 5 yards of free – uh20 for 10 yards/25 fly kick on your back above water – …

Workout for 4/6/10
April 6, 2010 – 8:35 am | No Comment

If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start…
-Bukowski
Drylands – 18 minutes – focus on pushups
WU/Set 1-
10 x 200 – desc 1-3, 4-6, 7-10 – 2:40 – 3,6, and 10 are …

Swimsuit Conversion
April 5, 2010 – 10:10 am | 2 Comments
Swimsuit Conversion

West Side Swim Club is pleased to announce a new service for making your soon-to-be illegal suit, legal.
We have partnered with a company DG Sport Stitch Plus that will take your long legged suit (male …

Go all the way
April 5, 2010 – 9:19 am | No Comment
Go all the way

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. …

Workout for 4/5/10
April 5, 2010 – 9:11 am | No Comment

If you’re going to try, go all the way.
-Bukowski
15 min. drylands
WU-
4x{
2 x 75 free – 1:10 – 20 kicks/5 strokes – the breakout from each wall is not a stroke breakout but a 20 kick …

Soggy prose
April 3, 2010 – 7:12 am | No Comment
Soggy prose

“Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had …

Workout for 4/1/10
April 1, 2010 – 2:55 pm | No Comment

Peace, Love and Drylands – 15 min.
WU-
20 x 25 – uh20 fly kick on stomach – :45
if you have to come up short on one – you get one breath and then its free sprint …

Workout for 3/31/10
March 31, 2010 – 10:51 am | No Comment

Drylands – 15 min. – situps, crunches, pushups, planks, love
WU-
We played ‘Massive Clock’ today…unfortunately the swimmers lost.
1 x 800 fly
Set 1-
1 x 20 min. fly kick on stomach with snorkel – odd 25′s with quick …