The Effortless Swimming Podcast (general)

00:58 Pre Swim Routine for Olympic Athletes
02:35 How Much Time Should Be Given To Pre-Swim Routine
06:33 Basic Movements in Yoga Routine
8:58 Q Swim/ Q Swim App
15:24 Time Commitment in Integrating Yoga into Training
18:52 Yoga And Recovery
20:54 Breathing
25:13 On Adults Wanting To Improve Their Swimming
26:36 Balancing Your Nervous System
27:50 3-Minute Yoga Routine

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Our guest for today's episode is Carl Reader who is a Functional Movement Coach and a Biokineticist (Exercise Therapist). He's been helping athletes and clients move and exercise better or what is known as functionally. Join us as we discuss warm up, squats and functional movement.

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Our guest today is Ben de Rivaz from Breca. Breca hosts swimrun events which take place on trail and open water; team races in pairs wearing wetsuit and trainers, transitioning between running and swimming stages. Join us as we discuss topics about the format swimrun compared to triathlon, why is it appealing to a lot of athletes, different courses and location and a possibility of a National Championship.

00:19 About Ben de Rivaz
03:12 The SwimRun Format
05:36 The Appeal of SwimRun Sport
14:37 Looking For More Courses
14:51 National Championship

To know more about Breca events, please visit:
https://www.brecaswimrun.com/

Transcript:

 

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Getting beaten up by riot police. Setting his alarm 4 hours too early before the biggest race of his life. Not being able to walk for 4 days just weeks out from his last Olympic Games. These are just a few of the challenges 3x Olympian, Olympic bronze medallist and 100m Freestyle World Champion Brent Hayden shares on today's podcast.

00:47 Brent's achievements
05:22 Focus on the things you can control
06:54 Back spasms leading up to the 2012 Olympics
14:55 Sport is unscripted
16:11 Beaten up and arrested by riot police after 2004 Olympics
28:54 It doesn't need to look pretty
35:17 The best swimmers are the ones that are always open to change
37:19 Key pillars of sprinting
50:26 Astra Athletica

 

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This week I’m joined by Rory Buck to discuss the intricacies of swimming and coaching. Rory Buck is an ex-competitive swimmer turned coach, who went from being a collegiate swimmer to representing South Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Turning to coaching to learn more about swimming, Rory now coaches from Dubai. Join us as we discuss topics such as swim culture, the right age to start swimming, a feel for the water, mentality, sighting, effort in swimming and self-perception as well as much more.

01:10 – Rory’s competitive background.
04:30 – Dubai and swim culture.
06:50 – The right age to start swimming.
11:30 – Putting effort into swimming.
20:00 – Confidence in the water.
27:30 – Developing and maintaining a feel for the water.
38:00 – Swimming in a triathlon.
42:00 – Sighting in open water.
52:50 – Watching triathletes and reflecting.
01:01:10 – The mindset and delusions.

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This week’s podcast features Jason Hamilton as our guest. An athlete and triathlete
who I met during Hell Week last year in Thailand, Jason joins us to speak about his
journey as a swimmer, and how he trained to qualify in the World Championships.
We cover topics such as winter swimming locations, using structure to keep yourself
focused while training and exactly what made Jason swim faster.
Join us as we reflect on progress and setting goals as a swimmer.
02:20 – Jason Hamilton.
04:00 – Qualifying for World Championships.
06:00 – What makes you faster.
07:12 – Nathan Shearer
11:00 – Structure to keep focus.
13:14 – Ongoing goals.
15:00 – Winter training locations.

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In today's episode, We are joined by Angela Naeth who is a professional triathlete. If you are someone who enjoys thinking and reflecting on your sport, your life and things around that, I think you will really enjoy this episode. Angela is a very genuine person and she is someone who has done a lot of thinking and reflecting on her own over the past eight years that she has been racing triathlon. We talked about some ways that she has overcome anxiety around racing and performing, something that she dealt with in the early days of her triathlon career. She also mentions a book that she has read five or six times that she has been able to use and get a lot from when it comes to becoming a fearless and competitive racer.

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There are some beliefs that will help you and there are some beliefs that are keeping us from achieving our full potential. Ask yourself. What are the beliefs that are holding me back?

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We are joined today by Vicky Tate who has recently swam the 40 kilometr crossing of Lake. Earlier this year she made a crossing and she is one of less than a hundred swimmers who have completed the crossing. She came along to Hell Week last year, our Hell Week camp in Thailand and this was something that prepared for the swim. Join us we talk about her experience.

00:30 From Not Being Able to Swim a "K" to a 40 km Straight Swim
02:01 The Only Thing That Is Going To Stop You Is You.
04:58 Techniques Taken From Hellweek.
07:57 How Was It Like Mentally?
09:09 Swim Pacing In Lake Taupo
10:30 Motivation During The Swim
12:33 "Don't Look Forward and Don't Look Back"
13:36 Singing Songs And Counting Your Strokes
19:50 Feed During The Swim
22:08 Lake Taupo
27:28 Our Mind Can Get Accustomed Quickly
34:37 The Help Of The Community

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Our guest for today's Episode is Bevan Mckinnon who has been in the triathlon scene for over 15 years as a coach and as an athlete. Here are the topics discussed:

05:09 Intermittent Fasting
08:35 Ketogenic State
11:29 Training while Fasting
21:34 The Satisfaction in Coaching
38:10 Speed Reserve
39:59 Zero To Hero

To know more about Bevan Mckinnon, please visit:
https://www.fitter.co.nz/

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My guest today is Andrew Ho-Peng who is from Dexa Melbourne. Dexa is a body composition scan that tells you about your bone density, visual fat levels, lean muscle mass and a number of other things. It is a really good way to check in with your health and well being. Listen as Andrew explains what Dexa does, who is it best for.

01:37 How Did Dexa Started?
04:07 Types of Clients that Avail Dexa.
05:33 Metabolic Health
08:11 The Focus of Dexa.
10:36 Dexa as a Motivation

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If you ever wondered how you should fuel for a marathon swim, then this podcast is for you. My guest for today is Tara Diversi, who has experience in long-distance swimming. She swam the English Channel and the Rottnest Channel and a number of other long-distance swims. She works closely with a handful of people every year to help them leading to their marathon swim. She works with them to help them get their feeding and fueling right on the day but more than that is looking for the best approach that works for them.


In this episode we talk about: 


03:09 Tara Diversi background

05:01 Things to consider when deciding on the Feeding Plan.

07:39 Freestyle stroke affects food digestion.

09:29 Fat versus Muscle.

10:54 Keeping the core temperature up.

16:43 Trial and Error.

19:32 The concept of Multiple Transportable Carbohydrates.

22:28 Training your Gut.

28:32 How do you put on more fat without killing yourself

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In this episode, we talked about the things I have learned from chatting up with the Rottnest Channel Swim 2018 winners, Solomon Wright and Heidi Gan. Leading up to the race, both of them encountered some obstacles, however, I believe they were able to rise above the situation because of these three things :

-Going by Feel/Intuitiveness
-Sustained Pace Work
-Experience

 

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Today's episode is the Rottnest Swim Recap. We've got the winners Solomon Wright and Heidi Gan who won the male and female section in both record times.
Solomon just went under 4 hours and Heidi went 04:21. We've got them on the podcast today talking about their lead up to the race, how they fueled, their pacing, their strategy and you will also hear that both of them have a little bit of interrupted lead-up. We go into detail about what they did to combat that and how they managed to put 6-weeks of training in to still get a good result. We also have Lisandra de Carvalho on the podcast, my friend who has been in the earlier episodes, we talked about how we went to the race and how we found it.

Here some points that we have talked about.
Solomon Wright
-Solomon's injury before the race.
-Going for the "Rotto Feel"
-Feeding on the Race.

Heidi Gan
-Rottnest swim compared to 10k marathon swims.
-Having a slow pace at the start.
- Feeding Strategy
-Flu Before the race.

Lisandra de Carvalho
-The swimming community
-Conditions during the race
-The Swim Results
-The Mental Battle

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Our guest in today's podcast is James Fletcher who has a background in Physiology. He has recently moved into Breath Training for athletes. He has worked with elite level swimmers such as Cameron McEvoy and James Roberts who both have been in the Australian Olympic Team. We talked about his specialization which is a very scientific and measured approach to enhancing your ability to breath.

On this episode we discuss:

02:01 James Fletcher's background and Cirque du Soleil.
05:00 Breath Training
7:05 Differences in Breath Training between a 50-meter sprinter and a 10k swimmer.
13:21 The Foundation of Fletcher Method.
19:41 Frequency of the Breath Training Programs
21:23 Difference from other Breath Holding Method.
24:54 Pre-Race warm up for Inspiratory Muscles.

 

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We welcome back Wayne Goldsmith who has been our guest in the previous podcasts. He is one of the most passionate sports performance expert all over Australia, New Zeland, and the world. Join us as we discuss Change, Commitment, and Motivation in the world of coaching.

01:40 - There is no such thing.
03:58 The Role of Parents.
04:26 The Power of Commitment to Excellence
10:51 What we have to change from a Coaching Perspective to Sustain the Sport
17:20 What should Coaches do to help make that Change
25:56 The Difference Between Training and Great Coaching
34:40 Understanding Motivation

To find out more about Wayne Goldsmith please visit:
http://moregold.com.au/

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I've known Grant through mutual friends for a quite a while. He is a Triathlon coach and to me, he is one of the best coaches that teaches and coaches a lot base on Mindset, Intuitiveness, and Beliefs. In the podcast, we talked about a lot of different topics from How to Change your Structured Beliefs, the methods and the questions that he asks his athletes in order to get them to change their beliefs. We also tackled overplanning races and how many people are too guarded and protective with the races that they do and following that plan to a tee can sometimes work against them as opposed for them. We talked about mindfulness and how you are better off focusing on the process in order to get in to flow.

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Our guest today is Gary Hurring who has been featured on our Podcast episode # 90 which is one of our most listened to episode that we have ever done. Gary is a former Olympic swimmer and coach from New Zealand and I really like his approach to swimming and to coaching and the way he goes about it. I really learned a lot from the episode that we did together. If you haven't listened to it yet, go back to episode #90 and it is called "How to Change your Technique from an Olympic Coaches Perspective". In today's [odcast, we will be discussing how even the smallest changes that we do in training can provide big results.

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Join us and let's welcome back Lisandra de Carvalho as we talk about how to train for 10km+ swims. Lisandra has been swimming the Rottnest channel on numerous occasions. She has been my training partner these past few months in preparing for the Rottnest Swim this month. Listen as we talk about the things that are essential in preparing for 10km+ swims.

02:59 Change of Perspective in Training
04:11 Voluntary Graduated Exposure
6:06 The Importance of having a Training Partner
16:23 The Benefits of Massage every after session
21:30 Smaller Races before the Big one
23:01 The Best Race and the Worst Race at the same time
24:47 The Up and Down Week
27:17 The Negative Head Space
30:59 Feeding While Swimming
34:17 Test Sets
43:55 Support Team
50:20 Don't Forget to Have Fun

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There are times when we get confused on what to prioritize. In today's podcast, we talk about how it is beneficial to prioritize the bigger things first such as technique, focus, and mindset. Moreover, giving time also for smaller rocks such as strength training, diet, and mobility.

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Swimming can be compared to driving a car. In today's podcast, we share with you about going from manual mode to automatic. When training, we like our swimmers to be in the manual mode where they really need to focus so that they can coordinate these little elements together.If you can practice that in training, you come to a point where it starts to become more automatic and you almost completely switch off from thinking about your stroke. You can just go in the race mode and any technical focus has been made automatic and it has become a habit because you have practiced that in training.

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One of the analogies we like to use in swimming is the laser vs the lantern approach. Which approach should you use? Listen as we talk about the importance of having a laser approach in your training.

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In this podcast we share to you why generalized coaching style doesn't work for most swimmers.

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When you train, do you feel like you only have one speed? In this podcast, we share to you on how you vary your pace in training, on how to shock the system.

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Most of the propulsion will come from the catch. We have worked with more than 1300 athletes and we have observed that most of them can improve their catch.

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How long does it take you to warm up in training? We share our favourite pre-training routine to improve shoulder stability and reduce the chance of injury.

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John Mullen grew up swimming his whole life. He studied Physical Therapy and received his Doctorate in Physcal Therapy at USC. He is a renowned expert in sports swimming and rehabilitation. Listen and learn as he and Brenton discuss about Needs Analysis, what to do if you don't have a sports psychologist and many more

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In this podcast episode we talk about few important points from Angela Duckworth's book GRIT and why people love swimming despite being difficult and challenging.

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In today's podcast, listen on how the principle of taking one step backward and taking two steps forward is applicable whenever you changing a habit or when you make changes in your stroke.

We're also announcing the opening of bookings for Hell Week 2018 which is on Thursday, December 14, 2017, 9:00 am Melbourne time.

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For this episode, we talk about how wearing a watch in training affects focus and technique in swimming.
If you are using a watch when swimming, a little experiment that we would like you to try is that for 2 weeks leave your watch in your bag or at home and see how you get to track your swimming with your focus, feel and technique, and perception.

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Today's podcast is entitled "The Best of 2017". We have compiled all of the best parts from all the podcasts across the year and put them on this episode. This special episode is a mix of everything--from ideas, skills, and techniques to becoming a lean athlete and swim fast to overcoming anxiety and uplifting your mental state. Thank you very much for a big year. Thanks again for listening. I will see you in 2018.

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A quick update on why we haven't recorded many podcasts lately. 

 

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The 66 day and 18 month rule is a good rule to live by to replace old habits and become competent at a skill. Most people don't stick with something long enough to see results, especially when it comes to changing their swimming.

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Lisandra de Carvalho has been a friend of mine for almost eight years. She comes from a competitive swimming background and now focuses primarily on open water events. In this episode, we discuss everything to do with long distance open water swimming. Lisandra has raced the 19.7km Rottnest channel swim solo on three occasions and as a duo on one occasion. If you are planning to do an open water race of 10 km or more, this podcast will teach you everything you need.

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Gary Hurring is a former swimmer and a coach from Wellington, New Zealand. Gary won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the men's 200 meters backstroke and silver medal in the same event at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. He finished fourth in the 100m and fifth in the 200m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was also appointed as New Zealand's swim team coach at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In this podcast, we discuss the principle of the 'Pit of discomfort' and how to change your technique in swimming. We also talk about the mindset needed to overcome negative thinking.

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In this podcast, we welcome back Eney Jones who is a successful Master’s swimmer, open water swimmer, and an accomplished triathlete. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado and has worked with many of the top triathletes to help them improve their swimming. She is also the creator of the Eney Bouy.


She was on the podcast many times before talking about technique, posture, tempo, catch and pull, open water racing tips and awareness in the open water. In this episode, we talked about her latest research On Swimming Fast in Open Water. This episode is one you shouldn’t miss!

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Tabitha Jones is a previous Hell Week camp attendee. Since coming to Thailand with us last year, she's take more than 20 seconds off per 100m pace over a half ironman distance swim. An impressive achievement in 8 months! Tabitha shares  with us the things that have helped her do this from changes to technique, workouts, how she approaches races and the different attitude she takes towards her swimming.

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Swimming Coach, Brian Ford is the Head Coach of the Traralgon Swimming Club since 1997. He was a National Age swimmer in the 1970s. He is a firm believer in discipline and strong communication. If you want to learn about the importance of discipline, enthusiasm and being a people person, listen in as my dad shares his life lessons and expertise as a seasoned swimming coach.

04:58 - Meet Brian Ford

07:50 - Why reputation is important.

08:55 - When to Draw The Line Between Being a Coach and Being a Parent

16:00 - Micromanaging vs Delegating

22:41 - Basic Principles in Dealing with People

30:45 - On Being Careful with Who You Hang Out With

33:30 - "Every opportunity is an opportunity to give as much as you can."

35:30 - This is the way I am as a coach...

38:17 - Why It's Okay to Coach with a Lot of Enthusiasm

40:20 - To Care or Not to Care?

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Meighan Julbert is a Mental Skills Consultant for The MindSide - a sports and psychology center located in Alabama. She has worked with a number of athletes from different sports like softball, golf, swimming, soccer, and others.

This podcast is perfect for those who has performance anxiety and to those who feels like their mental state has let them down during competition.

01:53 - What's going on in your head?
07:16 - How To Build The Mindset of Confidence
10:40 - The Importance of Not Looking for What's Missing
12:12 - The Strategies to Help You Focus on The Right Things
15:28 - Everyday you have a choice.
25:13 - Michael Phelps: Epitome of An Athlete with a Strong Mental Game
26:00 - Everybody has a panic moment.
30:13 - Why You Need to Identify Upfront Something That Went Well
33:19 - Truth: The Athlete is His Own Expert
39:14 - "I want to conquer the world."

To learn more about Meighan and her work, visit http://www.themindside.com/meighan-julbert/

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Ranell Hobson is the Coaching Director at The Academy of Sports Speed. She will share her experience in working with athletes at The Academy of Sports Speed and how their teachings cross over to all types of athletes.

01:00 - Skills, Functional Movement, Elasticity, Power and Mechanics of The Sports
02:15 - Athletes' Underdeveloped Skills
03:19 - The Bad Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle to Athletes
11:50 - Explosiveness of The Blocks
17:01 - The Shift to Being Leaner
18:50 - The Forward Propulsion in Running
19:53 - Restriction in The Hips = Decrease in Running Performance
27:20 - Survey Says...
33:00 - Drills? Some more drills?
36:01 - The Importance of Individual Training

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Meredith Atwood is the creator of Swim Bike Mom a website dedicated to give motivation to women across the globe to women who are doing triathlon and those who are looking to get into triathlon.

01:00 - Take Us Back To 2010
03:28 - Today is the first day of your life. What are you going to do with it?
04:12 - Meeting An Alien
06:00 - Me Love Cookies!
11:22 - From off The Couch to Ironman
15:40 - The Purpose. The Plan. The Process.
16:45 - Why Sense of Humor is Important
20:21 - Swim. Bike. Run.
22:40 - Do What You Want in The Body You Have
28:36 - The Bliss of Feeding Your Body With Good Food

To learn more about Meredith and her work, visit her website www.swimbikerun.com

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Andre Obradovic has been our guest before where he talked about how you can adjust your sleeping routines and habits so you can perform better in the pool.
In this podcast, Andre and I discuss how he went from overweight white collar worker to lean athlete, by challenging his own beliefs about nutrition.


02:00 – Andre’s Journey to Weight Loss
03:00 – When Hunger Strikes
06:50 – The Food Diary Debunked
09:55 – 1 Minute Videos of What I’m Eating
15:05 – One of the guys lost 10 kilos!
19:05 – Why would we need chocolate drink?
19:34 – How To Create That Snowball of Feeling Better
20:09 – Eat this instead for breakfast.
21:19 – Have a salad for lunch.
27:01 – Shut up and take my money!
To learn more about Andre and his work, visit his website

www.loseyourbelly.com.au

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Race Pace Training is about swimming at or quicker than your racing speed. It’s often done in short intervals (eg 25m or 50m) with enough rest between intervals to recover and hit race speed on the next one. On this podcast Garrett McCaffrey, coach at the Phoenix Swim Club, joins me as we chat about how to best include this type of training in your workouts (and if it’s relevant to you!).

He’s just released a 12 week Race Pace Training program ideal for age group or Master’s swimmers and coaches.
We’re also joined by Chris Ritter, a strength and conditioning coach to Olympic swimmers and a guest on one of the most well-received podcasts we’ve done – listen to it here.


03:30 – What is race pace training?
09:05 – When a Swimming Technique Drops Off
09:20 – The Muscle Memory
10:11 – Finding a Way To Keep The Speed
13:19 – How do you deal with change?
17:28 – The Correlation of Age and Speed
18:00 – Why Race Pace Training Makes Physiological Sense
22:14 – Race Pace Training & Vegetables
28:13 – The Importance of Structure in Directing The Work
30:48 – The Race Pace Training 2.0

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Nam Baldwin is the owner and Director of Performance at the Equalize Training Company. Nam is an emotional and stress control & management specialist, the co-developer of internationally recognised B.E.T Training, mentor and motivational health coach. He has worked with a number of Olympic Gold medalists and several world champions including professional surfer, Mick Fanning.


We talk about strategies he used with Mick Fanning to help him win the J-Bay Open after overcoming a shark attack at the same event in 2015, plus a whole lot more.


01:57 – One of The Most Impactful Talks I’ve Been To
02:14 – “Whatever happens to you, use it.”
02:28 – Working with Mick Fanning
08:15 – Breaking down the process…
15:18 – Step 1: Oxygenate
15:27 – Step 2: Hydrate
15:35 – Step 3: 3-Minute Workout with Music
15:59 – Step 4: Appreciate
16:01 – Step 5: Anticipate
25:58 – Just do this one thing…


To learn more about Nam Baldwin and his work, visit www.equalize.com.au

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Luke McIlroy is the Director of Sport Science at METS Performance Consulting. Luke helps athletes perform their VO2 Max test. Find out what their lactating flexion point and their resting metabolic rate.

Knowing these will help you train more scientifically and be more effective with the workouts you are doing. If you train 10 hours a week instead of 15, then, you'll have more time to spend with you family, rest and recover.

In this podcast, we talk about how you can avoid the grey zone and how you can be more effective with the time you spend training.

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Simon Griffiths is the founder and publisher of H2Open Magazine. H2Open Magazine is a magazine about open water swimming and everything that incorporates races and swims around the world.

Simon will be sharing:

  • his experience about open water swimming
  • his recommendations about the best places to swim around the world to do open water swimming and races
  • the rabbit hole in open water swimming
  • and where the sport is going
Direct download: Podcast_The_best_places_to_swim_with_Simon_Griffiths.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:57pm AEDT

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is David Samuelsohn. David is coach and founder of Westchester Masters Club in Larchmont, New York. David wrote an article Lose the Limp for a More Powerful Freestyle so in this podcast we'll talk about that and

  • how to make adjustments in your breathing and rotation to get more power from your stroke
  • the key principle he includes in every work out
  • common freestyle errors and how he corrects them
  • plus more...
Direct download: Podcast_of_David_Samuelsohn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:58pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eric Neilsen. Eric Neilsen is a multisport coach and consultant who works with athletes of all abilities from novice to professional, by providing personalized services that empower clients to achieve their full athletic potential.

Eric will be sharing about how he got started coaching, a few tips about triathlon training and the ABC's of optimal health and training.

Direct download: Podcast_of_Eric_Neilson.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:38pm AEDT

My guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast is Karlyn Pipes. She is one of the top 10 Master Swimmers of all time and a multiple record holder in all 4 strokes in Masters Competitions.

Direct download: Podcast_of_Karlyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:19pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Katee Pedicini. Katee is the author of "Healing The Grumpy Athlete". We will talk about her background, health and wellness and how her book came to be.

Direct download: Podcast_of_Katee_Pedicini.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:43pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I have two special guests: Chloe McCardel and Michael (Murph) Renford (son of legendary marathon swimmer, Des Renford).

Chloe is aiming to break Des' record of 19 English Channel crossings this season. In this podcast, we talk about the need for adventure and connection with the ocean that drives marathon swimmers.

Murph shares stories about his legendary dad like his record breaking swim from Sydney harbour to Wollongong (54 miles), his experience in swimming the English Channel and the happiness he gets from crewing for other swimmers.

Direct download: Podcast_Of_Chloe_and_Murph.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:33pm AEDT

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Sam Ashby. Sam is a part of the Australian Swim Team. He is coaching an age group squad in Melbourne. Today, Sam will be talking about his transition from being a swimmer to being a coach.

Direct download: Podcast_of_Sam_Ashby.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:56am AEDT

In this podcast episode, we’ll talk to Kevin Koskella of TriSwimCoach about the key takeaways he’s had from interviewing guests in his own podcast and how it can help triathletes and swimmers improve their performance.

Direct download: Podcast_of_kevinK.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:17pm AEDT

This is the 3rd episode in this 3-part series of interviews with Eney Jones. In this episode we’ll talk all about racing and rhythm - how to achieve better results in your swimming and races.

Let’s get into it!

Direct download: jones_podcast_part_3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25pm AEDT

This is part 2 of the 3-part podcast series that I’m doing with Eney Jones. In this episode, we’ll talk about gears that we can use to improve technique, rhythm and feel for the water.

Direct download: jones_podcastcast_part_2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:30pm AEDT

In this 3-part episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eney Jones. In part 1, we’ll talk about cues and analogies for faster swimming. In the second podcast, we’ll talk about gear for faster swimming and the third podcast of this series is about racing and rhythm and how you can put everything together to get a better result in your triathlon or swimming race.

 

Direct download: jones_podcast_part_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:09pm AEDT

In this episode, we have Level 3 triathlon coach and coach to many pros, Grant Giles. He works with a range of triathletes from Tim Van Berkel to Clayton Fettell. Grant specializes in the psychology of sports performance and how you can use mindfulness and other techniques to break through mental barriers.


If you enjoy the mental game of sport, this episode is for you!

Direct download: The_Psychology_Of_Performance_with_Grant_Giles.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:50pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Kim Schwabenbauer. We recently had her as a guest and since the last podcast we had with her, she is now pregnant! We talk about how it is to be a professional triathlete, to now being pregnant and what the future looks like for her.

We also talk about a few things she is studying from her Master’s degree:

  • immunity and diet
  • how athletes can avoid getting sick and keep themselves in top health
Direct download: Navigating_Big_Life_Change_with_Kim_Schwabenbauer.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:42pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Craig Percival. Craig is a very successful triathlete and a multi-sport athlete. He finished second over all in The Ultraman World Championships in 2014. He has completed 20 Ironman events, a 4-time Hawaii-finisher and now getting ready for his biggest challenge yet - 8 Iron distance events in 8 days in the 8 different state and territories in Australia in March. 

In this podcast, Craig will share with us:

  • how he is preparing for his biggest event yet
  • the challenges he has experienced along the way
  • how he is mentally managing his work, family life and training
  • how 8 in 8 in 8 came to be
  • what he teaches his athletes when he coaches them in the pool


To learn more about Craig, his work and how to help with his fundraising for 8 in 8 in 8, visit his website - www.nolimitsendurance.com.au

Direct download: Podcast_with_Craig_Percival.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:04pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Pete Robinson aka "Robbo". He is a 3-time world champion in Triathlon, qualified for the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, and a bronze medalist in the Commonwealth Games.

Pete has transition to a coach through his business - Elite Performing Minds.In this podcast, we'll talk about how Pete:

  • has had a great success in the last 2 decades of competition
  • used mental strategies to have the upper edge over his competitors
  • teaches all these as a mentor
Direct download: Podcast_with_Pete_Robertson.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:30pm AEDT

This episode's guest is Andre Obradovic. Andre is a mindset, health and well-being coach. Andre specializes in sleep. He works with executives and athletes in helping them get more control of their sleeping habits.

In this podcast, Andre will let us know about:

  • the importance of sleep
  • how it can affect your performance in the pool or in triathlon
  • how it can affect your decisions and effectiveness when it comes to work, family and sport
  • how you can utilize a software that analyses your sleep data
Direct download: Escaping_Sleep_Deprivation_with_Andre_Obradovic.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:15pm AEDT

Our guest for this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is fun, inspiring and motivating. Kim Schwabenbauer is a professional triathlete from the U.S. and a nutritionist.

Kim will talk about:

  • her experience when she broke a collarbone, thinking she would never be
  • able to swim again and turning pro just three years later
  • nutrition and training
  • what she gets out of the sport
  • reason for her motivation

01:33 - Breaking a Collarbone: Adversity or an Advantage?
03:50 - On coming out stronger...
05:45 - It's part of the journey.
09:22 - What do you get out of triathlon the most?
10:42 - Triathlon rewards consistency.
20:58 - Learn the basics and build the propulsion.
39:36 - Feeling like a kid in a candy store.
45:56 - Kim's Process in Evaluating Athlete's Nutrition
55:06 - "They've found the formula for success and they're not messing with it..."
01:08 - How much balance do you need in your life?

To learn more about Kim and work visit her website www.fuelyourpassion.net

Direct download: Podcast_with_Kim-s.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:16pm AEDT

Direct download: How_to_swim_faster_in_open_water.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:37am AEDT

In this episode, we have Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26. Tower 26 is a well-known swimming group in Santa Monica, United States where Gerry coaches a number of athletes (mostly triathletes).

Listen in as Gerry discuss:

  • the difference between training a swimmer versus training a triathlete
  • his philosophy in swimming
  • approach in workouts
  • how he structure his programs
Direct download: Race_Ready_With_Gerry_Rodrigues_of_Tower_26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:46pm AEDT

In this podcast, we have Steph Saullo. She is a nutritionist who will share with us how you can get better performance in your swimming or triathlon by fuelling yourself better.

We'll cover:

  • fundamentals in nutrition that every athlete should know
  • common misconceptions about food and nutrition
  • case studies of athletes that Steph has worked with
  • what types of athletes should get a personal plan from their nutritionist and why they should do it
  • supplements and what type of athletes should take them
Direct download: The_Missing_Ingredient_with_Nutritionist_Steph_Saullo.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:25pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Andy Anderson. Andy is the Co-Founder of Ultimate You Change Centers.

He is famous for his 9 to 6 program. A program that aims to help people lose 9 kilos in 6 weeks. This program has a 90-95% success rate with his clients that do the program.

In this podcast, we'll talk about the Magic of Six Weeks:

  • how he gets people to follow through with his 9 to 6 program
  • what tools he use in his coaching programs
  • what mindset strategies he uses with his clients
Direct download: The_Magic_Of_Six_Weeks_With_Andy_Anderson.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:03pm AEDT

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is Performance Coach Chris Ritter.

He has worked with a wide range of athletes - youth, masters to Olympic gold medalists. He works closely with Cullen Jones - 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and American World Record Holder.

In this podcast we'll talk about:

- specific exercises if you're a master swimmer or triathlete
- how to improve your performance in the pool by using dry land training
- how to progress through different exercises if you don't have a background in strength training
- how strength training can add power without the muscle gain

Direct download: Strength_Training_For_Masters_Athletes_with_Chris_Ritter.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:22pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Travis Mahoney, he is an Australian Swim Team member.

In this podcast, we'll talk about:

- How Travis started swimming at a later age.
- What he does on his day-to-day training
- His approach to mindset, diet, stretching, rest and how he incorporate all of that in full training load

Direct download: Podcast_with_Travis_Mahoney.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:45pm AEDT

Our guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is James O’Connor. He is a success and leadership coach at Elite Team Leadership where he works with a wide range of sports and athletes to help them improve their results in their chosen field. He is also host of the JocX podcast.

Direct download: Podcast_With_James_Oconnor.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:39pm AEDT

Today’s guest is ultra-marathon swimmer, Chloe McCardel. She has successfully completed a triple crossing of the English Channel. This is something that hasn’t been done by anyone for the last 25 years. She’s the fourth person in history to do it.

In this episode, we’ll look at what she did differently this time in crossing the English Channel in comparison to her first 2 attempts her day-to-day life and how she brings herself up to the pool or ocean to swim what Chloe is doing now to get other swimmers swim across the English Channel

Direct download: podcast_chloe_mc.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:10am AEDT

Today’s guest is professional triathlete, Josh Amberger. In the last 12 months, he’s won a range of 70.3 distance events including Port Macquarie, Challenge Half Shepparton and Western Sydney 70.3. He’s first out of the water in most triathlons. We talk to Josh about how he became such a good swimmer and triathlete.

Direct download: Front_of_the_pack_with_Josh_Amberger.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:17pm AEDT

Over the last couple of years, I’ve seen swimmers do really well and other swimmers who maybe have not reached their potential or have not quite gotten where they want to get to. These are some of the things I’ve noticed and taken account of.   

Direct download: Podcast_Truths_About_Swimming_Part_3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:55pm AEDT

Studies show that if you are training with someone, you push yourself up to 16% - 18% harder than you would if you are training by yourself.

Direct download: Podcast_Truths_About_Swimming_Part_2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:08pm AEDT

What has worked and not for athletes, swimmers and triathletes? In the first part of this series, I will share with you what has made athletes, swimmers and triathletes reach an elite level with their swimming so it can help anyone who may not be from a swimming background.  

Direct download: Podcast_Truths_AboutSwimming_Part_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:38pm AEDT

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Sara McLarty. She is a professional triathlete and a swimming coach based in Clermont, Florida. In December, I’ll be with Sara running the swim section at the Triathlon research Camp in Florida with Gwen Jorgensen and her coach Jamie Turner.  

Direct download: PodCast_with_Sara_McLarty.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:47am AEDT

In this podcast, I'll interview Bevan McKinnon. Bevan is an elite level triathlete, a triathlon coach and co-host at Fitter Radio – a podcast that features professional triathletes and triathlon coaches.

Direct download: How_To_Swim_Fast_When_Youre_Not_A_Swimmer_with_Bevan_Mckinnon.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:53pm AEDT

In this podcast, we'll be looking at mistakes to avoid when doing your workout...

Direct download: 4_Mistakes_To_Avoid_In_Your_Workouts.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:03pm AEDT

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, our guest is open water swimming legend, Philip Rush. Philip Rush has completed ten crossings of the English Channel as well as triple crossing. He has the fastest record of two-way and three-way crossings of the English Channel. He has also done the Cook Strait eight times. He’s one of two people to complete a double crossing of the Cook Strait.

Direct download: English_Channel_and_Cook_Strait_Legend_Philip_Rush.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:25am AEDT

Our guest in this Effortless Swimming podcast episode is Greg Dea. He is a Performance Consultant and Sports Physiotherapist. He is currently serving at the Northern Territory Institute of Sport as a Sports Medicine Coordinator.

Direct download: Focus_On_What_Matters_with_Sports_Physiotherapist_Greg_Dea.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:43pm AEDT

Our guest in this episode is Christian Schwaerzler, a triathlete who attended our Melbourne Freestyle clinic. He is an author, corporate coach and a speaker.

Christian weighed 135 kgs five years ago and he is now down to around 75 kgs. He lost 60 kgs as a result of changing his lifestyle, diet and exercise. He finished the Melbourne Ironman recently and training for another race in Zurich this year


Speed, strength and power is crucial to high performance swimming.

Wayne Goldsmith has worked with Swimming Australia and Triathlon Australia and shares his top strategies to generating more speed in your swimming. We also talk about different types of training methods, different tools you can use in your workouts.

Direct download: podcast_with_wayne_goldsmith.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:05pm AEDT

Marc Evans recently finished his book “Triathletes in Motion”.

In his book, he’s covered having better movement patterns and better stability through your hips and core and improving your posture.

Traditionally, the focus of swimming and triathlon is volume, intensity, training periodization and doing a particular work out the right months or weeks leading up to a race.

But, what if you could improve your performance without logging the extra distance in the water or on the road?

That’s what we’ll cover in this episode!

Direct download: Marc-Evans-Triathletes-In-Motion.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:47pm AEDT

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast, we have a good friend of mine - Master Swimmer Paul Bailey. He will talk about how consistent training and continual focus on technique has helped him improve his time.

Direct download: How_To_Take_15_seconds_off_Your_100m_Pace_with_Paul_Bailey.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:09pm AEDT