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Main Set Tuesday - Boot Camp!

Working on a few triathlon skills today: pace-line drafting; sighting; and how to settle into a sustainable pace after pushing the pace to the first buoy.


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Main Set Wednesday - Inhale Exhale

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Apr 12, 2013 02:52PM | 5 comments 5 comments

Which is more advantageous for swimmers: steady exhale or forceful exhale?


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Main Set Tuesday - Negative Splits & Descends

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Mar 05, 2013 04:13PM | 0 comments 0 comments

Barbara's masters team has been focusing on negative-splitting their 100s and 200s for the past month. Here's what they did today, with a modified version for the "beginner" lanes.


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Main Set Monday - President's Day!

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Feb 18, 2013 10:48AM | 0 comments 0 comments

Today is President's Day in the US, so we created a set that tests how well you can do two things at once: think about swimming AND come up with an answer.


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Main Set Wednesday - Pull Buoy Variations

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Feb 13, 2013 11:46AM | 0 comments 0 comments

Pull-buoy variations and negative-splitting.


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Main Set Wednesday - Bilateral Breathing

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Feb 06, 2013 01:40AM | 0 comments 0 comments

Continuing to focus on freestyle breathing patterns this week. Today we worked on bilateral breathing.


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Main Set Monday - Air Is Fuel

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Feb 04, 2013 03:18PM | 1 comment 1 comment

Experimenting today with how changing your breathing pattern...specifically, giving yourself more air during the course of a swim...can affect your pace, speed, and energy.


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Main Set Saturday -- Resistance Toys

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Feb 02, 2013 11:41AM | 0 comments 0 comments

This one was just plain fun. Nobody wanted to get out of the pool at the end.


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Main Set Wednesday - Kwanzaa Sets

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Dec 26, 2012 10:31AM | 2 comments 2 comments

Celebrating Kwanzaa with some collectively created sets.


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Main Set Thursday - 200s Working Pace

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Dec 20, 2012 11:23AM | 3 comments 3 comments

Following the theme of controlled descends this week, Barbara's team applied the concept to some 200s.


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Main Set Wednesday -- Happy Hanukkah!

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Dec 12, 2012 11:32AM | 2 comments 2 comments

Having a little fun during Hanukkah with Barbara's masters team.


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Main Set Wednesday - Freestyle Technique, then Some 200s

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Nov 28, 2012 12:02PM | 0 comments 0 comments

First part of today's practice was all about technique and building awareness of rotation, kick, and hand entry. Then we carried the focus points into a set of 200s.


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Main Set Thursday - Working Distance Off the Walls

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Nov 15, 2012 01:30PM | 0 comments 0 comments

Getting back to basics today with Barbara's masters group. Working streamlines, pushoffs, and distance off the walls.


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Main Set Halloween

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Oct 31, 2012 12:43PM | 1 comment 1 comment

Having a little Halloween fun today with Barbara's masters team in Vermont.


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Main Set Wednesday - When the Ball's in Your Court...

By Barbara Hummel to Group (Mixed Levels) | Oct 24, 2012 01:17PM | 0 comments 0 comments

Barbara's masters group used their kick day to accept Glenn's challenge to do just a little bit more with the Head-Up Dolphin drill.



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