10 "TOP END SPEED" WORKOUTS (PLUS A BONUS WORKOUT)

Excellent workouts for a Masters swimmer

I think this should be the future of training for many, if not most Masters swimmers. Especially for those of us in our 40s and beyond, there is strong evidence that we lose speed and power at a faster rate than we lose aerobic conditioning. These workouts are great for emphasizing speed and power and measuring progress. I cycle through them and have been swimming three days a week (lift the other 3), and for that type of week a 10-workout set is great. Brett was a coach on a rival team in my college days, so it's been cool catching up on his training philosophy for sprinting that worked for so many of his athletes.

Overall good, some issues

There are some good workouts in here. I just have a few complaints. Sometimes, certain terms are used in sets that are never explained. These aren't commonly-used terms either, so it's up to the reader to guess what they mean. A lot of the sets also seem extremely easy. But, maybe that's just how modern USRPT training is. It would be nice if time duration was shown for sets also.

Great workouts

Top workouts. Fun to train with.