Saturday, October 04, 2008

'USA Swimming' Archive: Bob Bowman provided five workouts he gave Michael Phelps in late 2000!

THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2000

3:45 PM (SCY)

(No AM Practice)
5x100FR on1:20
5 x 100 K on 1:40 (choice)
5 X 100 FRIM on 1:25
5 x 100 PB on 1:20 (51")
16 x 50 on :55 (25 scull/25 swim 4 of each) (2,800)
10 x 400 FR ( Start on 4:45 and descend interval :05 each swim)
INT (MP RESULTS)
4:45 (4:15)
4:40 (4:05)
4:35 (4:05)
4:30 (4:00)
4:25 (3:55)
4:20 (3:50)
4:15 (3:45)
4:10 (3:44)
4:05 (3:45)
4:00 (3:40.0) (1:50.6/1:49.4)

(4,000)

25 x100FRK
1 on 1:40, 1 on 1:30, 1 on 1:20 (1:10)
1 on 1:40, 1 on 1:30, 2 on 1:20 (1:10,1:10)
1 on 1:40, 1 on 1:30, 3 on 1:20 (1:09,1:09,1:09)
1 on 1:40, 1 on 1:30, 4 on 1:20 (1:09,1:08,1:08,1:08)
1 on 1:40, 1 on 1:30, 5 on 1:20 (1:08,1:07,1:07,1:06,1:03.4)(2,500)

200 SW DN

9,500 SCY

POST PRACTICE

Wall sit 3 min
5 x 4 corner lunges
3 x 8 assisted pull-ups (last set 5 sec. negatives)
3 x swiss ball bridge + 5 pushups
4 x 10 push-ups (form!)
3 X 30 v-sits
3 x 30 standing squats
3 x 10 leg extensions with ball
4 x :40 flutter kicks (20 sec. rest)
3 x 15 squat thrusts
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3 comments:

R.C. said...

That's all??

Tony Austin said...

I know, 9500 yards, what a wuss, huh? ;-)

Scott said...

Forget the total yards - look at his splits! They're scary fast. I can see how he and Bob Bowman felt confident Phelps could handle eight events this Olympics. He displays incredible endurance and an out-of-this-world ability to recover in this workout. A 9,500 scy anaerobic workout? I wouldn't have thought it was physically possible. If I was an elite coach I'd put that up for all my swimmers to see - it would sure cut down on any bitching about difficult sets.