Goodbye Childhood

Well, yesterday the news was just shocking, and today I'm saying goodbye to a big part of my childhood: Michael Jackson. I can't get enough of the stories about what people of our generation remember from their adolescence related to MJ, so leave a story if you still have energy after that brutal fin workout this morning, please.

*warmup: 500 straight: 5 free, one kick, 4 free, one kick, 3 free, one kick, 2 free, one kick, and of course one and one.

add fins for:

*200 done as 50 dolphin on back, 50 flutter on back rotating
*100 strong free
*50 floaty backstroke (unless you are behind Lanshin, when nothing with fins is "floaty")
repeat 3x

*200 done as 50 kick with head out of water, 50 kick on side, 50 arms out of water, 50 kick on side
*100 easy breaststroke with dolphin kick
*50 strong butterfly
repeat 3x

RELAYS!

Comments

Haim said…

The first concert I ever went to was The Jackson 5, led by a young Michael Jackson, when I was 10 years old.

June 26, 2009 at 8:30 PM

Anonymous said…

Amazing video..

Nice information...

Thank you very much...

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July 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM

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