Practice + Pancakes

Practice + Pancakes: Mizzou Builds Lactate with 20×50 @ 2:00

Being home for the holidays in Columbia, Missouri, I had to go see what the Mizzou tigers were up to. And this practice did not disappoint.

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Practice + Pancakes: How to Turn Your Double into a Mini Meet

Coach Todd of Columbia Swim Club turned his double into a prelims/finals format test set that left the kids tired but kept them competitive. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Braden Holloway Goes Deep with NC State Underwater Group

When we were in Raleigh, we got to see multiple workouts at NC State. For this one… Welcome to Braden Holloway’s underwater world. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas A&M Women Conquer “Countdown” 50’s Pyramid

The Texas A&M women had a pretty normal Thursday afternoon practice. Which included a lot of things that might not be so normal if you aren’t an Aggie. 

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Practice + Pancakes: Marlins of Raleigh Recover with Weak Stroke Focus

Everyone got a recovery day. However, that didn’t mean just swimming easy for 2 hours. At MOR, recovery day means weak stroke focus day. 

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Practice + Pancakes: NC State Runs 500, 200 IM, 50 Free Groups

We’ve seen the videos, we’ve heard the legends, and we had to get a closer look for ourselves. Here’s the breakdown of an NC State practice

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Practice + Pancakes: West Swim Club Plays Massive Game of Swimming “War”

Needless to say when there’s a possibility of racing a 50 IM, there were some great battles to be had. And boy, did we have some great battles.

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Practice + Pancakes: Northwestern Runs 4 Different Workouts in 1 Morning

The wildcats were in the swing of things on this Tuesday morning, running a whopping 4 different workouts in the span of 6-9am.

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas Women Throwdown Before Duals with Stanford, Cal

On your average Wednesday, you can find the Texas women doing pace work. Luckily for us, it was a typical Wednesday in Austin.

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas A&M Men Crush 30×50’s Pace @ :50

At this point, it’s practically a halloween tradition that I drive down from my home in Austin and see what the Texas A&M men are up to in College Station

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Practice + Pancakes: David Marsh Leads UCSD Through Power Stations

Head coach David Marsh cooked up some spicy power stations for the college team to take on, both in, out, and around the water

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Practice + Pancakes: Team Elite, Chinese Pros Suit Up + Throw Down

Michael Chadwick, Jacob Pebley and Lia Neal, got pancakes with me after their first “quality” set of the season, talking me through what the workout was like

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Practice + Pancakes: Cal Olympians Show Speed at Alumni Practice

Olympians, NCAA champions, and national teamers from around the world got back in the pool to swim with the current Bear swimmers.

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Practice + Pancakes: USC Beach Practice

At the beginning of the season on Saturday’s, USC drives down to Manhattan Beach to have a workout on the waves. How could I say no to filming that?

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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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