practice + pancakes

Practice + Pancakes: Swimming Lines and Get-Out Climbs with Club Wolverine

Remember how Club Wolverine’s top group has over 50 swimmers? Obviously we had to see what a practice with that group was like

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Practice + Pancakes: Michigan Women Work Power + Pullies (Video)

The Michigan women were in the water at 6:30am, and after a light warm up got right into a variety of high octane power stations

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Practice + Pancakes: Garrett McCaffrey Sets the Pace at Phoenix Swim Club

Garrett McCaffrey, Co-Founder of SwimSwam and swimming media legend, has embraced a new challenge, one much closer to the water than sitting behind a desk.

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Practice + Pancakes: Chase Kalisz Leads us Through UGA Main Group

Today, World Champion Chase Kalisz guides SwimSwam through an average day in Jack Bauerle’s main group AKA some serious work

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Practice + Pancakes: Georgia Sprint Group Takes on Fast/EZ Tuesday

With the Pro Swim happening in Atlanta, SwimSwam couldn’t resist an opportunity to go visit the bulldogs at the University of Georgia in Athens

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Practice + Pancakes: SMU Men Get Innovative with Parachute Power

There were 3 workouts going on today at Southern Methodist, and by scrambling around the pool deck, I was able to get snippets of all 3.

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Practice + Pancakes: Springfield Aquatics Rocks Tempo Trainers and Touchpads

SwimSwam took a visit down to Springfield Aquatics and stayed for a practice with their senior group with lead coach, Thomas Baumann.

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Practice + Pancakes: Columbia Swim Club Takes on “Holiday 50’s” OTB

Gary is a man who is notorious for challenging sets, and when you step onto his pool deck you know you’re going to do work.

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Practice + Pancakes: Mizzou Tigers Tackle 25-50-75 Lactate Set (Video)

The main set was 10 rounds of 25 fast, 25 EZ, 50 fast, 25 EZ, 75 fast, 100 EZ, with a goal of maintaining 25 speed through the 50 and 75

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Practice + Pancakes: Western Hills Athletic Club with Ian Crocker & Jimmy Bynum

If you need inspiration for new drills or activities to do in a practice, look no further. Ian and Jimmy have you covered.

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Practice + Pancakes: IU Breaststroke Group Does Work

PART 2!!! We are back with Practice + Pancakes at IU, this time covering the PM workout of the Monday double that SwimSwam attended in Bloomington

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Practice + Pancakes: IU Takes Pullies to New Levels

SwimSwam took a trip down to Bloomington, Indiana to see what IU had in store for their post-thanksgiving training. It was quite a treat.

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Practice + Pancakes: Longhorn Masters with Coach Whitney Hedgepeth (Video)

Before I visited Coach Whitney Hedgepeth, I would hear rumblings that Whitney ran the toughest practice in town if you’re a masters swimmer

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Practice + Pancakes: Brendan Hansen Throws Serious Speed Set at ASC

Brendan expressed his hesitance with doing a set where the kids get so much rest, but also recognized the importance of giving his athletes speed work

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas A&M Men Go Scary Fast on Halloween

We went to go visit the Texas A&M men’s team to give you a little sneak preview of the speed you can expect tonight at the UT-TA&M Dual

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