Clearly Wagner has not read work by Costill.

That sounds way too repetitive. I also question the value of that sort of mental test. I tend to think there are other ways to realize that you can handle anything mentally or physically without actually doing something so tedious and mundane as a workout like that.

I remember asking a friend what it was like growing up in one of those Soviet sport schools being trained for the Olympics. During peak periods they would normally be doing 2 x 10k per day for the entire week inside a very large block of training. Though he can easily hang with the front group of any pro Ironman swim pack and I am at the back of my AG for a WC event, I'm glad I never had to go through anything like that.

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So, they're doing 100 X 100 on a set interval, twice a day, for 5 straight days. Makes my arms tired just thinking about it. I've done 100 X 100 three times but spaced apart by a year in between. I have done 50 X 100 many times but doubling that is painful.

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There was a coach in the 90s who had swimmers over 200k in one week. The girls made their national cuts in several events and won the female team title.

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100x100 was a holiday classic in both club and high school... did it twice in a day one winter break (once for club, once for high school).

Knowing how dead I was, the thought of doing it five days in a row makes me frown.

At least some variety... 50x200, 25x400, 200x50.

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Agree with others on 'mundane.' 100 x 100 is enough; I get tired of 100s after 20 of them.

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I don't think any team has done 200k per week. If you did 200x1000 on 11:00 it would take just shy of 37 hours. No parent would allow that, no college can get away with that, and no post graduate would put up with that.

I am sure there have been plenty of individuals who have done that kind of work in a week, through.

Yeah there was. If not 200k it was close. They were doing 3 workouts a day. Several young girls swam very fast that summer. But, if I remember correctly, that was it. They either got injured or real burnout (don't remember).

Not trying to start a fight! Really, I just don't believe it. What team was it? When you put it to a calculator, you realize the time invovled just makes it impossible. Sounds more like folklore.

been there done that, 120k spring training week, long long time ago. I started the first morning intoxicated...that was not a good start...This was a D-1 College, I think from the whole team about 4 made it through.

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Was this by chance... a team in the Seattle area?

I just barely remember...don't recall much detail. Seems like I saw them at Jr Nats West (USA Swimming) in Tempe. Mid 1990's - over 110F every day all week (I remember that!)
I seem to remember an article printed in an ASCA publication. It was seen as risky, but was there a big payoff?

The team I swam for in Seattle in the early/mid 90's (Husky, now part of King Aquatics) had a senior team of 5 girls and one guy who did some insane stuff. they had "hell week" where they stayed in a hotel by the pool, and swam 3 sessions a day (LCM). I heard stories of 100x100's on 1:10 (attempted, all failed to finish) and such during that week. All of them burned out in one way or another, at least temporarily, and I think three of the six made all american in college. One did really well, with piles of all american awards and ~5th at Olympic Trials in the 400IM in '96 (Corrie Murphy).

That could be the team. I do remember it was a very small group that did the "insane" training.