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, in July.

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. 15 (SCM)

Tuesday AM -- October 17

Anaerobic Capacity

This is a tough anaerobic Tuesday again -- exactly the same set done two weeks ago but with 15 seconds less rest per 50m. The goal was to beat my previous best average of 26.11. I was unable to do that this morning, but, as I explain in the video, there are still many benefits of this training session.

Elite swimmers will always have ups and downs -- good days and bad days -- but I have learned over my career to deal with these faster, leave all emotions at the pool, take away the positives, and continue to have a great day and week in and out of the pool.

400 swim -- Warmup

{2 rounds}

4x50 Kick on :60 -- desc. 1-4

4x25 8 kicks underwater on :40 -- desc. 1-4

4x50 Drill on :60

4x25 Swim on :40 desc. 1-4

100 easy

{MAIN}

8x50 on 2:15 – Best Average {goal to beat 26.11 average from two weeks ago}

25.84

25.87

25.88

26.23

26.76

28.09

27.58

27.11

Long cool down, 1200m mixed with fins to finish

3,300m TOTAL

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