Daily Dryland Swimming Workout #80 – Test Set

For the past few months, SwimSwam has been posting a daily swimming workout to help inspire swim coaches around the world who are looking for new ideas to try with their swimmers. Since most of the world’s pools are currently closed for business, we wanted to give swimmers and coaches an alternative set of dryland workouts to use to stay fit during the quarantine. These workouts will be designed to be done around the house. Some will use basic equipment, like medicine balls or stretch cords, while others will be all body-weight exercises.

These workouts are provided for informational purposes only.

See more at-home training ideas on our At Home Swim Training page here

TEST SET ROUND 4

It’s time for our 4th round of test sets. This is a general workout that we’ve been running about every 2 weeks to see where you’re improving, if you’re getting stronger, or if you need to shift focus.

Heading into Friday’s recovery day, this should be a total burnout workout – give it your max, knowing that Friday will be a lighter recovery workout.

If you’ve been tracking your test sets, please leave the results in the comments below! We’d love to hear if the workouts are working, or if we need to adjust the intensity or nature of them.

WARMUP

Shoulder activation warmup from GuerillaZen Fitness:

TEST SET

Like any test set, the key here is good record-keeping. Grab a piece of paper, or open a notepad on your phone, to mark down your performance after each item below.

Rest 60 seconds between each workout

  • Pushup Max
  • Standard plank max
  • Pushup Max
  • Flutter kick Max (for time)
  • Pushup Max
  • Standard plank max
  • Pushup Max
  • Run around a set course (look for about a 1 mile course, but whatever you can do safely where you live is fine).

Note: if your hips drop on a plank, that ends your time – keep your back flat!

Got that all down? Good! This whole set should take about 15 minutes, so below is a secondary post-test set to make sure you still get some good work in. This will focus on lower body, since the test set above is mostly an upper body and core test set.

SECONDARY SET

:20 rest in between each

  • 15 x calf raises (most should be able to hold some weight while doing this)
  • 10 x body weight squats (use good form)
  • 15 x calf raises
  • 10 x squat jumps (use good form)
  • 15 x calf raises
  • 30 x burpees

COOL DOWN

With a nice walk, or a stretching routine.

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3 years ago

Do we need to follow these workouts consistently or can we choose the ones that we like the most and do those? Are these meant to be done in order or can we jump around? Thanks

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Reply to  Braden Keith
3 years ago

Thanks. Also, how many push-ups should an 11 year old girl who swims competitively be able to do?

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Reply to  Braden Keith
3 years ago

Thank you very much. 🙏

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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