The Effortless Swimming Podcast

In today's episode, my guest is Dr. Jim Taylor, who specializes in the psychology of sport and is the author of Train Your Mind for Athletic Success. We will talk about the mental side of sport, swimming, and triathlon. Tune in now! 01:38 Helping Athletes To Be Mentally Prepared 03:18 Is Mental Training Similar To Physical Training? 05:13 Develop A Mental Toolbox 07:00 Be In A Place Where Your Mind Works With You 7:44 Don't Force It! 09:00 Fear Of Open Water Swimming 10:13 Mental imagery Is The Most Powerful Mental Tool 15:54 The Ultimate Goal 18:25 Overcome Conditions And Competitors 20:47 Every Race Is A Learning Experience 21:56 Mental Muscles To Focus On 23:23 Motivation And Confidence 29:02 What Motivates You? 32:00 How You Perceive Yourself 33:34 Healthy Perspective Is Important 37:00 Get Your Mind On Course 39:00 Consistency Of Mind 40:50 Train Your Mind Daily 43:10 Awareness Of What You're Doing With Your Mind

My guest today is Gary Wheeler from New South Wales. He has gone through our online courses and seen great results! We will talk about his progress over the last couple of months. 00:48 Joining The 8-Week Faster Freestyle Course 01:51 Swimming Background 04:41 Going Through The Course For The Second Time! 06:15 Finding The Rhythm 07:35 Get Faster By Improving Technique 08:35 Swimming Tall And Proud 09:29 Tune In To How You're Feeling 12:58 It's A Challenge! 13:59 Swimming Solo 16:12 Using Tempo Trainer 18:17 Going Straight To The Catch? 21:13 Focus On The Fundamentals

My guest today is Bronwen Stacey who attended one of our freestyle clinics a few years ago. We will talk about the progress she has made since doing the clinic. Tune in to the episode now! 00:55 Three Sessions A Week 01:54 What Is A Towel Session? 03:30 Bronze Medallion Course 05:23 Noosa Triathlon 07:34 Thoughts On Core Shorts 09:09 Learning Something New Is A Struggle But... 10:42 Key Takeouts From Swim Clinic 14:15 Follow-Up Filming And Analysis 15:08 There's Always Something To Learn And Improve 16:05 Front Quadrant Timing 17:54 Stay Relaxed To Get Faster 19:03 Wearing Form Goggles 20:40 What I Love About Swimming 21:27 Swimming In The Ocean During Covid 22:13 Consistency And Technique 23:51 Have A Good Coach

In today's podcast episode, we are talking about five ways that you can get into a flow state while you swim. 00:24 Why It's Important 02:06 Eliminate Distractions 02:32 Take Off Your Watch 03:42 Get Into It With A Clear Mind 04:09 Box Breathing 05:00 Meditation 05:17 Journaling 06:57 Listening To Music 08:28 Single-Task Focused 9:16 Using Trigger Words/Cues

This episode is a repost from a podcast that I recorded on the Get Fast Podcast with Jordy and Gerard Donnelly from TriVelo Coaching. Check out this episode now! 01:02 Who Is Brenton Ford? - Effortless Swimming 02:47 The Most Common Mistake Triathletes Need To Fix 04:30 Why You Should Aim To Be "front quadrant" 05:39 Stop Leading With Your Head 07:05 How To Get The Right Timing in Your Stroke (sweet spot) 08:26 Timing Is Key To Improving Speed 10:01 The "Slow to Fast" Principle For Timing 10:59 It's Not About Strength 12:34 How To Know If You're Breathing Too Late 15:42 How To Time Breathing In Open Water With "sighting" 17:37 Should Sighting Be Part Of Your Pool Sessions? 20:23 Brenton's Best Starting Breathing Drill 23:42 Are Swim Drills As Important As We Keep Saying 25:53 Adequate Time VS Frequency In Doing Drills 28:27 Technique Matters Most 29:41 Understanding The Complexity Of Hydrodynamics And Reducing Drag 31:57 Buoyancy: How To Get Yourself Higher In The Water? 34:40 Getting Your Head Down To Get Your Legs Up 36:00 Should Endurance And Speedwork Be Combined? 39:29 What Are The Optimal Rest Periods For Different Training Sessions? 42:26 Frequency And Total Volume Of Swimming Throughout The Week 46:27 Discussing The Norwegian way Of Training 52:31 Off-Season Approach To Swim Training 54:26 Brenton and Gerard's Advice For Overcoming Anxiety On Race Day

My guest today is Kenneth Graham. We've been working together on a product called SwimBETTER by EO, which helps swimmers swim faster. Check out this episode now! 00:42 Working As A Sports Scientist 02:19 MAD System 03:24 What Is Exciting About The SwimBetter? 04:36 Producing Force At The Right Time And Direction 07:09 Refine Your Stroke 07:43 Technique vs. Fitness 08:44 When Do You Use The SwimBetter? 10:57 How To Swim Faster 14:23 Using Pool Buoy 15:43 Increasing Proprioception 17:44 Doing Sessions On Your Own 18:57 Swimming Speed 22:34 Learning To Apply Strength And Power To Your Propulsion 26:33 Workout For Endurance Swimming 27:43 Direction Of Forces And Consistency 31:47 Make Your Stroke Consistent 32:45 Get Out Of Your Head And "feel"

I've got Ioannis Aliazis on today's podcast episode. He has recently been through the 8 Week Faster Freestyle course and is here to share his improvements over the last couple of months. Ioannis is also a freediving instructor, and we will talk a little bit about some of the crossovers from freediving to swimming. 01:01 Swimming Background 01:23 The Best Exercise For Freediving 02:03 I Found Your Channel 02:25 Going Through The 8th Week Freestyle Course 03:39 Kick Timing 06:16 2-Beat Kick In Open Water Swimming 06:53 Following A Structure 07:40 Getting Your Questions Answered 09:34 Swimmers To Freedivers 13:31 Keep Calm & Don't Panic 16:05 Build Your Confidence 19:22 Friendly Competition 20:58 Practice More And Get A Good Coach 22:00 Find The Reason To Enjoy Swimming 23:10 Listen To Your Body 23:58 Swimming Is A Feeling Activity

Today, my guest is Anthony McDonald, who has been going through some of our online courses and made such incredible improvements over the last couple of months. Tune in to this episode now! 01:01 There's Always Room For Improvement 01:34 Swimming Background 04:45 Focusing On One Or Two Things At A Time 07:38 Going Through The Highs And The Lows 11:38 Swimming On Top Of The Water 14:05 Breathing Position 18:41 Goldilocks Approach 19:23 Posture 21:05 Swimming Long Distance 24:14 Being On The Right Headspace 25:24 What Is Your Long Term Approach? 27:57 A Little Bit Of Direction

My guest today is Brant Best. We've been working together on a product called SwimBETTER by EO which helps swimmers swim faster. Check out this episode now! 00:22 The SwimBETTER 02:10 Working With Elite Athletes 04:34 Too Much Length Is Not Good 07:45 Overreaching 13:04 Why Your Hips Need To Be In The Right Position 18:30 Breath Timing 27:31 Build Up Awareness 29:32 Speak To Your Coach 32:49 Core Fundamentals 41:02 Moving Efficiently 44:49 Avoid Distractions And Increase Your Focus

Glad to have Dan Smith back in today's podcast episode! Dan is a former Olympic swimmer and now the founder of Worldwide Speaking. Join us as he shares his journey in helping parents and athletes all over the world. 00:29 It's A Fantastic Video 01:46 Retiring From Swimming Sport 05:59 Helping Parents And Athletes 09:06 Parental Pressure On Athletes 12:29 Sporting Strategy For Parents 13:38 Results Are Powerful 18:45 Developing People Skill 20:48 Worldwide Speaking & Courses 21:53 Parent Program 23:56 Small Habits Have A Big Impact

In today's episode, I wanted to get Scott Harpham from New Zealand to share his swimming improvements over the last couple of years. We talked about going back to fundamentals, consistency, and more. 00:53 Swimming Background 03:08 Starting Training 06:04 Finding Effortless Swimming 08:05 8 Week Faster Freestyle Course 09;23 Seeing A Big Difference 13:11 Constant Reinforcement To Relax 16:40 More Effort Does Not Equal More Speed 18:26 Going Back To Fundamentals 23:58 Getting The Body Position Right 27:52 Consistency Is The Key

So excited to have Eney Jones back again as our guest in today's podcast episode. Eney is an open-water swim champion and a former triathlete. In this episode, we'll talk about coaching, drills, split tempo, and ways to swim faster. 01:22 Online Analysis 05:43 Power Phase - Power Diamond 07:18 Your Catch Is Dependent On Your Body Type 10:05 Scapular Mobility Is Important 10:43 Superhero Posture 12:50 Office Chair Swivel Drill 22:53 Split Tempo 27:55 Galloping Stroke 29:17 Breathing 33:46 Eney Bouy 34:55 Using Resistance Band 39:29 Get Your Mermaid Resistance Band 44:58 Contact Eney

In today's episode, I will dive into a book called Atomic Habits by James Clear. I wanted to explain some of the concepts that I found incredibly helpful for achieving the goals that I set myself. 00:46 Maldives Swim Camp 02:31 Understanding How Habits Are Formed 03:54 Favorite Quotes From The Book 05:19 Habits Need To Be Effortless 06:40 Make A Habit Attractive 10:00 Less Friction 11:36 Make Your Habit Satisfying 13:24 It Takes Time To Build A Habit 16:33 Make Good Habits A Part Of Your Identity

Today, my guest is Paul Mackinnon, a professional running technique coach who helped many runners and triathletes worldwide. We discussed running cues, how to improve your running skill, and more about coaching. I hope you enjoy this episode! 01:16 Coaching Athletes 03:07 Nike's latest shoes 05:54 Running Cues 11:13 Common Mistakes For The Average Runner 12:26 Arm Swing Is Important To Running 13:52 Asking The Right Questions 19:57 Self Awareness 23:48 Is There Not Much Technique To Running? 27:46 Different Paces 32:16 One Cue At A Time 36:27 Focus On One To Two Things 40:03 The Balanced Runner Membership 45:14 What's Next?

I've got another guest on today's podcast. He is someone who I started working with recently to help improve his swimming, and he's gone from around 205 pace per 100 and down to the low 140s. I hope you enjoy it! 01:31 Swimming Background 04:14 Started Triathlon 05:25 I Found Effortless Swimming 06:38 5 Day Catch Challenge 08:37 Joining The Membership 12:50 Coaching And Feedback 19:57 First Race Win 22:06 Impressive Improvement 25:01 I Don't Hate Swimming Anymore 27:00 What's Next?

Today, my guest is Katherine Starr, a former Olympian, and Commonwealth Games athlete. Katherine advocates for a safe and abused-free environment for athletes. Join us as she shares her incredible and inspiring story. 00:55 Becoming an Olympic Athlete 9:00 Not Speaking Up 14:54 I Started Missing Practice 16:47 Athlete Integrity Coaching 20:54 Conflict Delayed Is Conflict Multiplied 22:29 You Are The Power 29:27 Working With Athletes And Coaches 33:14 Win From Within 36:13 Creating A Safe Team Environment 38:00 Relationship With Time 44:01 Rescue Me 47:28 Get In Touch

Carl Reader is coming back as our guest in today's podcast episode. We will talk about case studies of swimmers dealing with body pain and the best way to help them. 01:30 Neck and Shoulder Pain 04:56 Building That Core Strength 06:54 Body Awareness 09:27 Hamstring Injury 12:47 Rock And Roll Movement 14:33 Knee Injury 16:26 The Body Is Designed To Move 17:31 Lunge Exercises 20:16 The Beauty Of Functional Movements 22:41 Does Deep Tissue Massage Work?

In today's episode, I wanted to get Matthew Tones on the podcast to talk about how the 5-day catch challenge and 8-week faster freestyle course helped him get from 2:20 to 1:22 for 100 yards. 00:55 Swimming Background 03:10 Training Sessions 06:30 Started The 5 Day Catch Challenge 08:16 Immediate Results 10:15 Better Entry 11:02 Feel For The Water 12:05 Swimming With A Purpose 18:23 Training For A Triathlon 21.09 Gold Coast Open Water Swimming Club 21:54 8 Week Faster Freestyle Course 23:48 Swimming Knowledge 26:08 Power Diamond 32:27 What's Next?

In today's episode, I have a swimmer whom I worked with over the last few months. I have done some stroke analysis and coaching together for a while and he has been getting some good results I thought that's a good thing to talk about in the podcast. 01:18 Swimming Background 05:41 I Was Getting In-shape Aerobically But I wasn't Getting Faster 07:36 I Wanted To Be More Effortless 11:45 Spinning And Slipping 14:34 "Think Of It As Skating" 22:56 Awareness 28:12 Pulling Too Hard Too Fast 31:10 Catch and Pull, Comin Under The Body 35:13 There Are So Much More To Learn

Today, my guest is Abbie Fish, who is the founder and technique coach at Swim like A. Fish. In this episode, we talked about coaching kids adults and some things that will help them become more successful and better swimmers later on. 01:20 Swimming Background 04:05 What I learned When I Began Coaching 06:27 Coaching Relationship is Important 11:04 Keeping It Simple As Possible 13:00 Starting With Your Bodyline 19:51 Breathing 26:10 Ironman Training 31:52 What Should A Beginner Swimmer Learn 38:51 Push Yourself 41:24 What's next?

I was recently a guest on Kieser's Healthy to 100 podcasts to talk about exciting topics regarding training, swimming equipment, and much more. I hope you enjoy it! 01:59 Swimming Equipment Must-Haves 04:48 Get Yourself A Good Wetsuit 07:20 Buoyancy Shorts 10:37 Training Sessions: What You Need To Know! 19:43 Training Mistakes For Swimmers 23:20 Doing Drills 27:27 Breathing

In today's episode, I want to talk about five things that helped me break out of the swimming rut. For the last three months or so, since coming to the pool from our recent lockdowns, it's taking me ages to get back, much longer than what it had in the past. I want to share a couple of things that helped me finally get back down to the times that I was doing prior to the lockdowns. 01:06 Blow-Out Session 02:53 Sprint Session 04:00 Hard Massage 05:30 Kicking 06:29 Tune In To The Rhythm Of The Stroke

My guest today is Craig Bryan. A year ago, he attended our clinic, and recently, I had the chance to do another swim analysis with his swimming and saw a huge improvement. I got him on the podcast to talk about the improvement that he made and what he did to 18 seconds off his 2 km swim. 01:08 Swimming Background 04:34 Attending The Effortless Swimming Clinic 05:23 Difference In Swimming After The Clinic 07:04 Increasing The Stroke Rate 10:27 Using The Tempo Trainer 11:59 Swimming Goals 13:07 Training On Your Own 14:43 Main Drivers

My guest today is the Queen Of English Channel, Chloe McCardel who has successfully swam across the English Channel for a record-breaking 44th time. Join us as Chloe talk about her experience in achieving this record-breaking feat. 01:47 Keeping Eye On The Price 02:45 Has It Got Any Easier? 04:28 Unsuccessful Crossing 06:15 More Channel Crossings? 08:04 Last Swim 13:43 92 km Relay Swim https://chloemccardel.com/

On this episode, I was recently a guest on Kieser's Healthy to 100 podcasts. I was a guest there for two episodes. I thought it would be great to publish it in our own podcast because I think you will thoroughly enjoy the things we talked about in this podcast. It's pretty much going to basic with freestyle, with swimming and we looked at what really matters, what's worth knowing, what's worth doing when it comes to freestyle. I hope you enjoy this episode. 00:36 Background 02:13 Peak Of Swimming Career 04:35 Swimming Sessions 05:57 Training Sessions 06:52 Consistency 07:44 Load Management 08:27 Technique 10:02Common Technique Problems 13:26 Head Position in Pool And In Openwater 14:36 Alignment 17:13 Ripping the Band-Aid Off 20:53 Catch And Pull 21:35 High Elbow Catch 24:50 Shoulder Pain 32:43 Lower Back Pain

My guest today is Chris Natterer from Ultraworking. He is a Lead Product Manager at Ultraworking.com. In this episode, Chris will talk about what we can do to be more productive to make sure we stick to habits and also to talk about nutrition as well. All of these things tie in really well in what we do. my job is to help people be consistent with their swimming but also change their motor patterns and develop different muscle memories which really comes down to sticking to habits. So I thought this would be a good topic to talk about and why not get someone who is experienced in that area to chat about it. 01:05 Ultraworking Background 02:27 Implementing Best Practices (Work Cycle) 10:12 Debriefing 11:28 Reason Behind 30 minute Time Cycle 14:12 "Very Easy Not To Do Planning" 17:16 Consistency 23:15 Baseline and Stretch Goal 32:00 Joint Health 36:28 Nutrition https://www.ultraworking.com/swimming https://clockworknutrition.com/ Form Goggles https://www.formswim.com/?sscid=b1k5_hkrgn& Check out the Effortless Swimming membership for online coaching options: https://effortlessswimming.com/member/membership/ View our freestyle clinic schedule around Australia: https://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle-clinics Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/EffortlessSwimming Follow us on Social media: https://www.facebook.com/effortlessswimming/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/effortlessswimming/

My guest today is Aidan Booth who is over at New Zealand. Aidan mentioned in one of his emails that he hit a PB on his hundred freestyle after going through the 8-week Faster Freestyle Course. Listen as Aidan shares his experience and how he broke the 1:15 Barrier. 00:51 Goal 3:11 Power Diamond 4:33 Stroke Rate 6:38 Measuring Stroke Rate 8:04 Hold Of The Water 11:19 Technique Checklist 17:38 What Keeps You Coming Back?

My guest today is Michael Riber. I contacted him a couple of weeks ago because I would love to have him on the podcast to talk about his improvement after finishing the 5-Day Catch Challenge. Enjoy 00:54 Swimming Background 09:37 Swimming Injuries 10:56 Accept What You Are And Do Something About It 16:17 Sky Diving And Swimming 18:09 Improvement After The Course 27:38 Patience 35:21 Life Is Long

My Guest today is Zac Turner, he is a physio at Kieser Australia. I have met Zac through a clinic that I was running in Melbourne, he invited me to try Kieser Gym that he worked at. I have been going there for a couple of months now, I have really enjoyed it, got a lot out of it, and now that I have come back to swimming, I've found that my shoulders have been really good as a result of strength training there. So I thought it would be good to get him into the podcast to talk about Strength Training. 01:34 Physio Background 03:16 Training Approach 06:55 Internal And External Rotation Strength Link To Swimming 10:26 Injury Prevention 14:51 Combined Elevation Test 17:11 How Can People Improve Their Overhead Range 20:36 How Often You Do Strength Training 23:57 Tapering Up https://www.kieser.com.au/ Kieser are happy to offer this deal to listeners who want to try a Kieser strength program. It includes: ●Initial physio session ●6x supervised strength training sessions ●6 week Kieser membership ●All for $180 Mention they listened to the EffortlessSwimming Podcast when they call up to book to access the offer. Terms and Conditions: Only available to new Kieser clients. Must reference the Effortless Swimming podcast when booking to redeem. Offer ends 31st of Jan 2022. Form Goggles https://www.formswim.com/?sscid=b1k5_hkrgn& Check out the Effortless Swimming membership for online coaching options: https://effortlessswimming.com/member/membership/ View our freestyle clinic schedule around Australia: https://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle-clinics Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/EffortlessSwimming Follow us on Social media: https://www.facebook.com/effortlessswimming/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/effortlessswimming/

Marquest joins us in this podcast episode to talk about his early struggles when he started swimming. 01:02 Swimming Background 9:00 Doing Half Ironman 09:30 I Gotta Start With Something 16:52 But Swimming 25:53 Signing Up For The Stroke Analysis 35:53 Kicking Hard 44:18 Climbing Up A Mountain 47:10 It's Not Comfortable But I Am Not Dying

My guest today is Ari Klau and he is a professional triathlete who started only at the beginning of this year. He essentially came from no swimming background at all and he is gotten to a point now where he swimming very well for someone who doesn't have a background in swimming. His background is running, he was an NCAA runner and that is particularly his strength but he is a very good cyclist as well. On this podcast, we explore what he is going through in the last year in terms of how he started with his swimming, where 's is he at now, and some of those things he has worked on and focused on with his technique to get to where's he at now. Enjoy! 3:15 Swimming Background 7:27 Start Of Training 9:38 Training Mindset 13:25 First Half Iron Man 16:04 Feel The Water 18:52 Finding The Balance 19:48 Making Some Changes 24:00 Video Analysis 26:35 Focusing On The Catch 30:21 Reaching The Minute Mark 42:21 "Feel For The Water" 46:44 Breathing

My guest today is David Tilbury-Davis. You might know him, you might not. He is the former coach of Lionel Sanders, he coaches a number of professional triathletes, he is one of the most highly successful, highly experienced triathlon coaches out there at the moment. He has been coaching for the last 26 years, he has worked with Olympic athletes, Commonwealth Games athletes, and a lot of age-group and professional triathletes. Enjoy. 04:54 Coaching Long-Term Athletes 08:26 Neurological Fatigue 13:42 Descending Set 19:30 Testing Overall Improvement 24:01 Resilience 29:25 Developing Technique 39:39 Openwater Swimming 41:15 Developing Openwater Swimming Skills 43:14 Safety 51:16 Risk Assessment Instincts http://www.tilburydavis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/coachtilburs/

My guest today is Phil Clayton. Phil was a professional Ironman, Surf Ironman Competitor from 1992 to 2004. In 2000, he won the World Ironman Championships. He has a lot of experience as a Surf Ironman Coach and as a swim coach. His main thing is helping people get comfortable, get experience to become open water swimmers. 05:06 Swimming Background 06:55 Where Do You Start? 12:48 Swimming In The Ocean 15:23 The Story That You Are Telling Yourself 17:34 "Marine Creatures" 28:38 Breathing Cycle 29:28 Bilaterral Breathing 33:32 Creating A Community https://www.philclaytonandco.com/

My guest today is a fellow coach, a competitor, a triathlete who has done a huge amount of racing. He has done one of the longer distance triathlons that there is, the Ultraman. 01:50 Competition/ Coaching Background 03:58 Training From Ironman To Ultraman 06:37 Not Too Much Running 07:28 Swim Training 08:33Swim Techniques 09:59 Open Water Swimming Skills 15:07 Coaching Triathletes 17:45 Changes In Coaching Approach 23:24 Focused On Mature Athletes 29:36 They Are Not Going To Remember All These Things Straight Away 30:56 Upcoming Events 32:39 Swimming Is A Great Body Maintenance

My guest today is an elite athlete who won an incredible 5 World Championships in paddle boarding and holds the course record for the Molokai to Ohau race in Hawaii. Won his first full Ironman series in 2018 and the Coolangatta Gold Ironman in 2019. Join us as Matt talks about his training sessions, visions, and upcoming races. 02:48 Loving The Sport From The Getgo 04:35 Becoming A Tougher Competitor 06:47 What I Love About The Sport 09:30 The Ultimate Humility Teacher 11:57 Training Environment 14:14 Transition From Pool To Openwater 19:36 Favorite Swim Training Sessions 27:16 Upcoming Calendar Events 28:32 Train, Train, Train And Compete 32:43 What Sets You Apart 36:36 Winning The Coolangatta Gold 43:20 Visualization And Mental Imagery 46:13 Knowing The Purpose Of Drills

My guest today is Alex from AB Physiology. Take a listen as Alex talks about the importance of breathing, shares some breathing exercises, and how we should prioritize exhale. 04:32 Strategies Used To Help People Stay Calm 06:44 Level OF Awareness Towards Breathing 09:39 Breathing Exercise 14:28 Breathing In A Highly Stressed Situation 16:16 Prioritize Your Exhale 19:40 CO2 Tolerance 29:59 Keep Your Mouth Shut And Slow Down

My guest is Olympian Tristan Hollard. I wanted to get him into the podcast to talk about his experience in qualifying, his training, and racing at the Olympics. 01:42 Holy Hollard!! 05:36 Reaching The Potential 04:01 Developing Discipline And Routine 07:56 It's Not Easy 09:43 It Changed My Life Completely 11:51 Is This What's Best For Me? 14:14 Changing The Attitude Towards The Program 18:45 Changing Your Headspace 20:37 Making It To Team 24:33 After Qualifying For The Olympics 28:38 Lessons From The Olympics 30:00 Expectations 32:44 Having The Best Swimmers In The World Around You 38:51 Mentally Reflective/Overthinking 40:58 Future Plans

My guest today is Irene Cats from Swimfitforlife based up in far north Queensland. I find a lot of similarities between me and Irene as a coach, we normally coach adults, and a lot of adults that haven't got any swimming backgrounds or adults who just learned how to swim. In this podcast, I want to talk about the things that help these swimmers be more efficient, enjoy the water more, and become better swimmers. 01:21 Swimming Principles 04:11 Starting Point 05:13 Body Position 08:39 You Can't See Yourself 10:43 Snorkels 12:34 Understanding Water And Finding Your Grip 18:37 Drills/ Bending Of Elbows 22:39 Timing 25:35 Breathing 30:39 Follow A Swimming Program/ Get Some Help 35:20 Swimfitforlife Swimming Camps

Seeing some incredible improvement with his swimming time, I want to get Chris into the podcast to get his take on what's made the difference for him and with experiences like this, a lot of listeners will surely have a lot of takeaways that could help them in their swimming journey. 01:36 Swimming Background 04:14 Training Plan For Triathlon 07:47 First Swim Analysis 04:15 Saw An Effortless Swimming Video Online 16:21 5-Day Catch Challenge 16:52 Slower With The Masters Club 18:23 Areas OF Improvement 20:14 Doing The Drills 23:09 Variable Pace Training 26:15 Not All Sunshine And Rainbows 34:45 What's Ahead 36:51 Recording Swim Videos

I have been working with Chris for a little bit over a year and recently had a good result in his Ironman swim. I thought it would really good to get him into the podcast to talk about what he has done to improve his swimming. 01:09 Swimming Background 02:40 Swimming In The Dark 04:18 Reluctant To Record A Video 06:02 Ripping The Band-Aid Off 08:03 Get Over That Fear And Talk About It. 09:42 Ironman Race 15:57 Focusing Technique and Drills 17:50 Training Solo 18:42 Confidence In The Pool 20:32 Areas Of Improvement 24:16 Sprinting Faster r

My guest today is Prescott Balch. Prescott was recently featured in one of our YouTube videos where we are looking at how can someone can go from 2:10 minutes per hundred down to 1:30. I want to get him into the podcast to talk about his experience and frustrations when it comes to open water and how he was able to manage it. 02:03 Swimming Background 04:19 Don't Try To Work On Too Much 05:44 Steady Progress 08:21 Terrible Race Results 10:34 Frustrations 13:51 8 Week Faster Freestyle Program 15:13 Open Water v.s. The Pool 20:19 Half Ironman 25:23 Starting Slow In Triathlon Swim 26:45 Easy Speed 28:28 You'll Never Know What Race Day Brings 31:51 Always Be Humble Enough To Go To Basics 33:21 Breathing And Relaxation 34:10 Learn To Like Open Water Swimming

Our guest today is Ben Kent who had recently made some big improvements with his swimming time. I like to get people who have gone through some of our programs and mage improvements just to show that it is possible and with the right focus and know how you can really make changes to your times by improving your technique. 00:54 Swimming Background 01:50 They Told Me I Could Not Run Anymore 02:38 Doing The 5 Day Catch Challenge 04:58 I feel Like Going Slower And Swimming Easier 06:46 Contrast Drills 08:00 Motivated After Seeing Improvements

Our guest today is Neil Agius who recently broke the World Record for the Longest Non-Stop Swim in the Ocean which is 125km over 52 hours. Join me as Neil talks about his incredible swim. 01:53 After The Swim 02:47 How Much Time To Train And Prepare For The Big Swim 03:33 Week Structure/Scheduling 04:16 Managing Emotions And Energy 06:26 Strategy For Dealing With Long Swims 07:26 Swimming Conditions 10:29 Cadence And Conserving Energy 12:15 Raising The Level Of Capacity 13:34 The Team 20:47 Energy And Spirituality 22:28 Self Realization 24:47 Turning Negative Into Positive 25:50 Race For A Cause: Wave Of Change 30:43 Getting Back To The Water 32:42 Future Swims Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neilagius.official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neil.agius/

Today, we are talking about the 5th and final Core Principle of Fast Freestyle: find your rhythm and timing. 00:36 The Dancing Part Of Freestyle 01:13 Kick Timing 04:35 Use Different Types Of Kick 10:33 Serape Effect 13:35 Hand Speed 14:07 Split Tempo 17:54 Drills 19:22 8 Week Faster Freestyle Course

In today's episode, we will be discussing the core principle number four of Fast Freestyle, which is developing an effective catch and pull. 01:40 No Need To Overpower The Catch 03:07 Teaching The Four Key Positions 04:00 Start Of The Catch 06:00 High Elbow Catch 07:35 Power Diamond Position 10:20 Exit Of The Stroke 11:36 YMCA Drill Progression 14:38 More Drills To Work On Your Catch 15:07 Setup Phase 16:35 Path Of The Hand 17:57 Hand Speed

Today we are talking about the third core principle of Fast freestyle which is Rock, Return And Align. 00:36 Rock v.s. Rolling 02:15 Return 03:24 Correct Entry 06:08 Align

In today's episode, we're looking at Core Principle Number 2. This principle is all about minimizing drag. Here are the three things that we covered on this principle. 01:46 Proud Posture 05:06 Taut Core 9:00 Effective Kick The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle: https://effortlessswimming.com/5-core-principles-of-fast-freestyle/

In this week's episode, I want to cover the foundation on how we teach technique and the structure that we follow when we analyze stroke which is the 5 Core Principles of Fast Freestyle. 01:45 Use Your Diaphragm 02:29 Breathing Exercises Out Of The Water 03:42 Box Breathing 04:04 Relax Your Chest And Upper Back 05:38 Having The Right Posture 06:52 Letting Go When You Exhale The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle: https://effortlessswimming.com/5-core-principles-of-fast-freestyle/

My guest today is Frank Sole who is a fellow coach from Arizona and the author of "The Five 'B' To A Succesful Triathlon Swim. Reading through his book, I found so many similarities about how we coach. I want to get him to the podcast because I think there will some good discussion about it and I would love to learn from other coaches. 01:14 Coaching Approach 03:16 Working With Masters And Triathletes 04:31 When Do You Expect To See Results 08:34 The Ability To Relax 15:11 Teaching The Right Posture 20:14 It's Always About The Swim But It's Not Always About The Water 24:57 Either You Got Or You Don't? 34:53 Multitasking 40:58 SR X SL=Velocity 52:41 More Mentally Tired Than Physically Tired 56:39 Opportunity To Improve 1:01Even Out Of Chaos Comes A Blessing

My guest today is Simon Hearn, a professional triathlete whom I've known for a couple of years now. He turned pro in the last two years and I want to get him in the podcast to talk about that journey and a little bit about his journey in swimming. 01:49 Start Of Triathlon Journey 03:35 Turning Pro 05:54 Impostor Syndrome 08:16 Placing 4th On A Full Distance Ironman 09:27 Swimming Background 14:16 Training Surges 16:42 Prescribed Pace 18:23 The Gap Between Effort Levels - Developing Gears In Between 26:02 As A Physio 30:44 Mobility And Stability Work 37:37 Being Conscious In The Water 39:29 Motivation 41:35 Begin To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable