I just watched the Phelps 200 meter world record race and his turns were lethal

Michael Phelps' world record for the 200 was greatly assisted by his turns. He was easily getting 10 meters underwater before emerging to the surface with absolutely no loss of momentum whatsoever. His turns were so devastating to his competitors that Van den Hoogenband; (silver Medal), would take up to two-and-a-half strokes before Phelps' took his first.

To a master swimmer who competes or even a triathlete who duck dives when entering or exiting to or from an open water event, this accomplishment stresses the importance of doing butterfly regularly.

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SCAQ Workout - Santa Monica swimming today

My swim club, SCAQ, caters to both Masters swimmers and triathletes. If you are a triathlete in need of swim skills it is a great club to learn and develop aquatic skill sets. Today SCAQ had what is called a Ironman set at VNSO for triathletes; (VNSO: Van Nuys Sherman Oaks pool), but I headed over to Santa Mo for one of Dimitriy's mid distance workouts instead.

I don't remember the intervals but I remember the yardage. Oh, and blogger trevr was there. He has a play coming up on April 13. Go to his website and check it out.

200 warmup
6x50s kick/swim
6 x 75s descending 1-3 and descend 4-6 with a more agressive interval
3x300 with a descending interval.
3x300 with a faster descending interval
6x50s warm down

Total: 3050