WW: 3,400-yard IM Workout

by Bob Ouellette, NELMSC Coaches Chair

Feel free to scale the workout as needed by adjusting the number of repeats, length of repeats, and rest intervals.

Warm Up (500): 200 swim, 200 pull, 100 dolphin kick on back with fins

Drills (400)

8x 50 as follows, with fins if you have them

  • 1 arm butterfly

  • Left arm/right arm/both arms butterfly

  • 1 arm backstroke

  • Double arm backstroke

  • Breaststroke with dolphin kick

  • Breaststroke with 2 underwater kicks

  • 1 arm freestyle

  • 3 free/4 back/3 free drill

Main set (2000)

3x: { 4x 125 on :20R as 75 fly/50 back, 75 back/50 breast, 75 breast/50 free, 75 free/50 fly

{ :30R between rounds

(after all 3 rounds of 4x 125s)

5x 100 IM on :30R, focus on perfect turns, walls, and breakouts

Cooldown (500)

300 easy freestyle

4x 50 alternating back/breast