The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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

My guest today is Nic Owens who is based in Sydney. Nic mentioned that he has been stuck with his time for over a year and now recently has made a significant improvement with his time. I want to get him into the podcast so that he can share what he did to achieve this huge improvement 01:14 Reaching 17 Minutes Per Kilometer 03:21 Does It Feel Different? 04:34 Needing To Stretch Time Between Each Stroke 05:48 It Made A Lot Of Sense 08:33 Take-Aways From The 5 Day Catch Challenge 10:57 Enjoyment In Swimming 13:25 Technique and Consistency 15:37 Room For Improvement

My guest today is Brett Hawke. Brett is a former Australian swimmer, two-time Olympian, and Commonwealth Games, medalist. He has competed and coached at the elite level and has a number of athletes who did very well at the recent Olympics. In this episode, Brett talks about his coaching, as well as some of the methods he likes to use and how likes to train sprinters. 01:42 Significant Race in 2020 Tokyo Olympics 03:58 Bruno Fratus Winning His First Medal 05:14 From Elite Swimmer To Coaching 07:38 Sometimes You Need To Stop And Let It Go 08:52 Talents In The Australian Team 13:09 Fundamentals Of Sprinting 15:51 Beating World Records 18:08 We Tend To Put Limits With Ourselves 19:29 Favorite Things About Coaching 21:36 Psychology Of Sports 27:48 Coaching Style

My guest today is Kiah Melverton who has just returned from Tokyo. She recently placed 6th in the 800m and the 1500m Freestyle. Join us as she talks about her experience during the trial, leading up to the Olympics and the Olympics. 1:33 Racing With No Crowd 4:31 Leading To Trials 5:40 5 Weeks Between Trials And Olympics 6:59 Is It Harder To Hit PBs in the Olympics? 7:50 First Race 9:02 Making The Finals 9:57 Fake Crowd Noises? 10:41 Sleeping At Night Before The Finals 11:40 Olympics Being Postponed For A Year 12:28 The Australian Team 15:55 Leadership Group 17:16 Watching It Live 19:32 Typical Week Of Training 21:30 Being A Distance Swimmer 24:54 Technique And Drills 28:24 Tension Is The Enemy Of Fast Swimming

Joining us again is Carl Reader. He has a background in Exercise Physiology and Pilatesbut primarily working in Functional Movement. We recently created a course together which is Functional Movement for swimmers. in this course, Carl teaches you how to do some of the primary movements correctly that is going to help you as a swimmer. 3:47 Scientific But Not Functional 5:04 Injuries are Caused By Movements That Are Not Functional 6:16 Serape Effect 8:35 Shoulder Issues 10:07 How Much Does It Take For Someone To Make The Change 14:55 Core Strength And Squatting 18:24 Squatting Is The Body's Power Position 20:02 Swimmers And Squatting https://www.effortlessswimming.coach/functional-movement/ https://carlreadercoaching.com/

Joining us in this podcast is Brad Beer who is an APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist, Founder of POGO Physio, best-selling author of 'You CAN Run Pain-Free!', podcast host of The Physical Performance Show, and also an experienced runner and triathlete. 1:08 Working with Elite Athletes 2:28 Common Trend in Injuries Among Athletes 5:05 Avoiding Injuries When you are Coming From Off-Season 7:57 Strength Versus Mobility 10:49 The Importance Of Fueling 16:37 Swimming Background 20:45 Why Does Under Fueling Leads To Bone-Stress Injuries 24:50 Swimmers With Shoulder Injuries 30:06 Injury Rehabilitation And Recovery 32:48 Capacity Testing

Amy recently did the Cairns Ironman. She had a pretty big PB. She went from 1:18 down to 1:09. I invited her to the podcast to chat about what she did to make such a big improvement on her swimming speed. 01:05 What Inspired You To Work On Your Swimming 02:26 Take Away From The Effortless Swimming Clinic 03:08 It Takes Patience 04:20 Making Changes Permanent 05:46 Clinic Expectations 07:59 Noticing Changes On The Stroke 08:44 Keeping Those Changes In The Openwater 11:00 Few Things At A Time

Julie McDonald is one of Australia's most celebrated Swimmers. She's competed in 2 Commonwealth Games and 2 Olympics. Julie held the Commonwealth Record for the 800m freestyle for 21 years, the longest standing record for any Australian. Join me as Julie talks about her experience competing in the Olympics. 00:46 Exciting Swimming Events Going On 06:00 Is It All About The Gold? 10:10 Going To My First Olympic 13:08 Getting Your Head Into The Right Space 16:47 Olympic Flashback 19:52 Best Swim 22:17 Second Olympic Performance 27:39 Listen To Your Body 28:51 Using Logbooks 30:50 Hardest Week Of Training 34:43 Transition From Athlete to Working 39:51 Positive Mindset Is A Daily Activity 46:27 Consistency

Abe Goldberg has recently been through the 5-Day Catch Challenge. He knocked 7 seconds per hundred of his 1000 yeard time trial. I thought it would be great to get him on so that he can share what he changed about his stroke and about his swimming because I think it's going to be relevant to a wider audience and I am sure there's going to be some learning that people can take away from this and will apply it to their own swimming. 2:10 Open Recovery Versus High Elbow Recovery 4:10 Doing It Consistently 5:49 Being Mindful Of Front Quadrant 8:58 Using Bouyancy Shorts 11:46 Swimming Downhill 12:30 It's Okay To Come Up With Your Way Of Doing Things 14:50 Ongoing Commitment 17:07 Using Numbers

My guest today is Sam Laidlow who is considered one of the best triathletes in France today. He is born in the UK and was raised in French Pyrénées. Join us as Sam talks about his training, beliefs, and goals. 00:46 Working Hard And Working Smart 01:59 Dad As A Coach 03:39 Swimming 3X A Week 05:22 Big Part of Success In Swimming Is How Much You Enjoy It 06:06 There Is No One Way OF Swimming 08:18 Swimming With Stones 09:56 Strength Development 12:41 Go-To Sets 15:03 Should I Learn How To Flip Turn? 16:32 If You Don't Use It, You Will Certainly Lose It 17:47 Spending Too Much Time Running And Biking 19:16 Main Goals 22:38 Best Time 23:42 This Is What I Want To Do 27:29 Contact Sam Laidlow

In this episode, I am chatting with Phil Rush, who has the fastest double and triple crossing of the English Channel. In this episode, we chat about a number of things including how can you get better at adapting to the cold, the type of training that you need to be doing if you are looking to do a marathon swimming, what are the important factors when you are thinking of the training that you are doing. Is it the distance that you are doing? Is it the speed? Feeding? What are some aspects of the training? If you are into open-water swimming, cold water swimming, or looking to increase the distance that you are doing, then this a podcast for you. 03:21 Successful Crossing Despite The Pandemic 4:13 Everybody's Body Reacts Differently In The Cold 05:27 Strategies If You Find Someone Getting Cold 10:31 No Filter, No BS 15:50 Getting Into The Right Mindset 19:01 Controlling Your Mind 28:35 Cold Water Adaptation 31:52 What Is The Best Way To Train For An Openwater Swim?

My guest today is Peter Bloor from Vietnam. I invited him on the podcast to talk about the impressive results he has observed after day two of the '5 Day Catch Challenge'. He shared about what he had changed and did to make such an improvement. 1:00 Swimming Background 3:35 Did the '5 Day Catch Challenge' Each Day Twice 4:45 Less Tired And Feeling Better 5:45 The Importance Of Slow To Fast 8:19 One Focus A Day Is The Way To Go 10:05 Watching Swim Videos On Youtube 12:11 Training Sessions 13:53 8th Week Program

My guest today is Jeff Grace from Swimming Specific Yoga. Jeff has been in the podcast before. Now he is coming back to talk more about body awareness, mobility. preparation and many more. 02:26 Moving Better With Yoga 04:55 Body Awareness in Overhead Movements 06:55 Thoracic Mobility 08:18 Increasing Thoracic Spine Mobility 12:36 Rock Not Roll 13:21 Cross-Body Connections 15:05 How You Perform Drills Is More Important Than How Many Drill You Do 17:04 Activation and Relaxation 18:44 Effortless Effort 23:10 The Breath 26:02 Preparation

My guest today is Bevan Mckinnon. He is a coach at Fitter Coaching and he hosts a podcast called Fitter Radio. Bevan coaches multiple pro triathletes who have won several Ironman and 70.3 Distance Events. He has also won the Age Group World Championships in Kona and other long course events. In this episode, we are talking about some of the lessons that he has learned over the last several years of coaching and how they might apply to triathletes and swimmers who are looking to get better at swimming. 8:41 Environment And Coaching 9:57 Being An Objective Coach 11:27 Coaching Pros and Age Groupers. Is There A Difference? 12:47 Art of Coaching And The Science of Coaching 14:56 Teaching Teachers How To Teach 18:21 Giving The Athletes The Power To Decide 27:52 Swim Chute 33:40 Increasing Stroke Rate Finding The Right Resource

In todays episode, I want to go over an article that I was sent recently by Bevan Mckinnon who host the podcast Fitter Radio. I thought it is going to be worhtwhile going over this article that he sent because when I first read the title and when I read the first couple of paragraphs, it kind of got my hackels up a little bit, thinking that this is not right but as I continue to read through it, I found myself agreeing to most of this. 1:50 This Isn't Right 2:49 Drills Change Certain Aspect Of The Stroke 3:14 Knowing The Purpose Of The Drill 4:17 Making It As Simple As Possible 5:32 YMCA Drill Progression 10:36 Make Sure You're Doing The Drills Correctly

Joining us in this episode is Kris Martenstyn from Singapore, who had some great results from the 5 Day Catch Challenge that we recently run. He will talk about the improvements he has seen and what he may have changed about his stroke to get these results.1:02 Swimming Background 2:56 Bringing In The 5 Day Catch Challenge Into My Workouts 4:19 The Entry 9:09 It Was Good To Come Back To Basics 12:00 Good Technique And Relaxation In The Water 15:33 Stick To The Routine 16:39 Swimming Makes You a Better Runner 17:58 Going Forwards 19:39 Achievement UnlockedPUT the 5-day catch link