Australian swimmer Bobby Hurley is a former world-record holder in the short course meters (SCM) 50m backstroke and the 2012 world champion in the same event. In 2009, he won a bronze medal as part of Australia's 4x200m freestyle relay at the FINA World Championships in Rome. He has five FINA World Championship medals to his name -- two gold, one silver, and two bronze. Most recently, Hurley coached with Energy Standard Teamand led South African swimmers Cameron Van Der Burgh and Chad Le Clos to success at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Hurley is making a comeback to competitive swimming with his eyes set on the 2018 Commonwealth Games Trials in April in Gold Coast, Australia. Along with his coach Tim Lane, Hurley is giving us behind-the-scenes access of his training sessions for 30 days. Stay tuned!

Day No. 2 -- Oct. 3, 2017 (SCM)

After a very high intensity day yesterday, in the pool and in the gym, today is just aerobic regeneration with some skill work applied. The main goal of this session was just to leave the pool feeling better than you arrived, which was definitely the case this morning.

Pilates and another light swim tonight, followed by more intensive work again tomorrow.

General Non-Specific (Aerobic)

600 swim

300 kick

300 pull

**Longer, continuous warmup after a heavy day**

8x75 (1:20) Kick + 8x50 Bk pull w band (:55) + 8x25 UW fins (:30)

6x75 (1:15) Kick + 6x50 Bk pull (50) + 6x25 UW fins (:25)

4x75 (1:10) Kick + 4x50 Bk paddles (45) + 4x25 UW fins (:20)

2x75 (1:05) Kick + 2x50 Bk swim (40) + 2x25 UW fins (:15)

**30 secs rest between each gear change -- Descending effort throughout set to align with intervals**

200 easy kick

2x50 fins UW play

Hypoxic recovery

4,500 Total