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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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 …

Workout for 3/30/10
March 30, 2010 – 12:06 pm | No Comment

Drylands – 20 min – Situps, pushups, planks, sweat
Group 1-
WU-
4 x 400 – :15r
#1/#3 – stroke up/stroke down – 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 (first length you get 1 stroke cycle, 2nd length 2 stroke cycles, 3rd length 2 …

Workout for 3/29/10
March 29, 2010 – 9:59 am | No Comment

Drylands – 20 min – crunches, planks, pushups and some other assorted pain
WU-
12 x 100 kick with fins – fast – odds on stomach/evens on back
Set 1-
12 x 50 – dead weights – 1:05
1 x …

NE SCY Championships – ‘Five for Five’
March 28, 2010 – 7:39 pm | No Comment
NE SCY Championships – ‘Five for Five’

It is amazing what swimmers can do when possessed with just an absolute shitload of hard-crossed determination. There is the tale of the West Side coach who, despite suffering what was diagnosed as a …

Workout for 3/25/10
March 25, 2010 – 8:27 am | No Comment

Distance Group
4 in a row – rocked the shit out of it today
WU/Set 1-
all on base 1:20 / round 2 full pull
2x{
2 x 500
14 strokes – VASA
2 x 400
12 strokes – VASA
2 x 300
10 strokes …

Workout for 3/23/10
March 24, 2010 – 5:19 am | No Comment

B’Strokers
WU-
2x{
12 x 75
Round 1 – descend in 4 groups of 3 on 1:15
Round 2 – breast pull w/paddles – descend in 4 groups of 3 on :05r
Set 1-
5x{
1 x 175 – 3:05 – 125 fr …

Workout for 3/22/10
March 22, 2010 – 8:06 am | No Comment

B’Strokers
WU-
4 x 300 – free / IM by 300 on :05r
4 x 100 – free / IM by 100 sprint on :10r
1 x 200 ez
3x{
6 x 100 free
Rd 1 – 1-3 breathe every 5 holding …

Workout for 3/19/10
March 19, 2010 – 7:53 am | No Comment

These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

Workout for 3/18/10
March 18, 2010 – 1:05 pm | No Comment

WU-
8 x 200 DPS – :15r
odds – snorkel and paddles
evens – snorkel, paddles and buoy
Set 1-
4x{
1 x 100 pull* – :30r
3 x 100 max – best SC – :15r
1 x 100 pull* – :30r
2 x …

Workout for 3/16/10
March 16, 2010 – 11:46 am | No Comment

WU-
1 x 400 – uh20 turns
Set 1-
3x{
1 x 400 @ 90% – get last 300 sc – :30r
1 x 300 @ 90% – get last 200 sc – :30r
1 x 200 @ 90% – get …

Workout for 3/15/10
March 15, 2010 – 8:57 am | No Comment

Stroke Group
WU-
3x{
3 x 50 – 2 strokes primary stroke/8 kicks primary stroke uh20 – :55
1 x 250 – 6bk – 3:45
2 x 50 – 2 strokes primary stroke/8 kicks primary stroke uh20 – :50
1 x …

Workout for 3/12/10
March 12, 2010 – 11:18 am | No Comment

Stroke Group
WU-
4x{
2 x 125 free – 1:50
4 x 25 – 4d/1u fly – :30
Set 1-
3x{
6 x 50 – 1:00 – max effort – #1 from blocks
6 x 100 – 1:20 – hold best fast pace
Set …

Sweeeeeeeedes Man….
March 11, 2010 – 11:54 am | No Comment
Sweeeeeeeedes Man….
Workout for 3/11/10
March 11, 2010 – 11:39 am | No Comment

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
-Samuel Beckett
WU-
16 x 75
odds – fly/ba (25 drill/50 swim) – 1:05
evens – br/fr (50 drill/25 swim) – 1:10
Set 1-
3x{
3 x 300 …

Workout for 3/8/10
March 8, 2010 – 9:24 am | No Comment

Distance Group
WU-
400 build
Set 1-
3x{
4 x 100 – 1:20 (hold sub 1:10)
1 x 50 ez – 1:00
2 x 200 – 2:40 (hold sub 2:25)
1 x 50 ez – 1:00
Set 2-
1 x 2000 Indian Swim (3 swimmers …