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Practice 6/30/2020: Minnows & Sharks Workout

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Warmup

1x 100 Free1 x 100 CHOICE2 x 50 KICK CH

Question of the Day:Pushing off the wall with a gallon jug of milk in each hand is slows you down as doing what?

Set 1:

8 x 50: FREE / BK x 251 x 100: FLY K

Challenge –

Challenge – swim to 1/2 way with no breath and only 3 strokes

Freestyle, no kicking, or 3 breaststrokes.

Set 2:

8 x 50: FREE / BK x 251 x 100: BK K

Challenge –

3 x lay on bottom with belly button, nose, and 1 big toe touching bottom

Set 3:

8 x 50: FREE / BK x 251 x 100: BR K

Challenge –

Push off in Airplane

From airplane move into 11 with a single FLY kick

Float until you get to the flags in position 11. If you can.

Set 4:

8 x 50: CHOICE1 x 100: FREE K

With both hands underwater, with open palms, push the water out and in as fast as you can, as close to the surface as you can so that you create giant waves between your face and the wall. See if you can get the water to splash over the edge of the pool without letting your hands go above the surface.

Set 5:

8 x 50: FLY / BR x 251 x 100: IM KICK

Challenge:

Challenge –

Do a handstand with your legs together and toes pointed to the ceiling. Hold it for 2 seconds (or 3), then do a front flip where you land on your feet without otherwise touching the bottom.

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