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. 7 (LCM)

Very big kick set to start the week as my elbows are still a little stiff and sore from the PRP injections I got last Friday. Today was a great opportunity to get some kick volume into the legs and really test them out with a 300m time trial to get some base parameters for averages and intervals over the next few months. One of my favorite things is always to work hypoxic training into a session -- perfecting that underwater kick -- and there’s a lot of that involved this morning.

600 fins

8x50 backstroke kick on :60 {odd -- dec 1-4; even -- 15m UW}

300 backstroke kick FOR TIME -- 3:55.6

{2 Rounds} -- KICK with fins

200 on 3:00 {15 UW each wall}

150 on 2:30 {25 UW each wall}

100 on 2:00 {35 UW each wall}

50 on 1:30 UW

*FINS OFF*

8x50 backstroke kick -- 4 on :55, 2 on :50, 2 on :45

300 cool down

3,500m TOTAL