Progressing Effort (800m)

Progressing Effort (800m)

This is a really simple set (also known as ‘Broken 200s’).

1 x 200m (45s rest)

2 x 100m (30s rest)

4 x 50m (20s rest)

8 x 25m (10s rest)

The idea with this type of session is to start smooth and relaxed on the first 200m, increase pace slightly on the 2 x 100m, start pushing the pace on the 4 x 50m and then swim strong on the 8 x 25m.

You can increase the session length by adding a warm up and cool down.

Increase Slightly?

If you wanted to increase this set, you could do ‘Broken 300s’ instead

(1 x 300m, 3 x 100m, 6 x 50m, 12 x 25m)