Effortless Swimming

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.     The post GRIT appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

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 December 14, 2017, 9:00 am Melbourne time. The post One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

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 […] The post Should You Wear A Watch To Track Your Swimming? appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

  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 […] The post The Best of 2017 Podcasts appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

A quick update on why we haven’t recorded many podcasts lately.     The post Update: Where we’ve been appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

Last year Elise Butler (center) was swimming 20 mins for her 1km time trial. Over the past 18 months she’s made big improvements, now swimming well under 17 minutes. Elise joined us last year for our Hell Week swim camp and has joined us again for this year’s camp in Thailand. In this podcast, she […] The post Breaking through the Elusive 2 Minutes per 100m Barrier with Elise Butler appeared first...

In this podcast, we will talk about when to be ‘In the moment’ and when to be ‘Out of the moment’ in swimming and how this balance can help you as an athlete. This is in addition to our previous topics about focus, technique and delivers practice in order to change your habits and improve […] The post Being ‘Out of the moment’ appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

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. To know more about our membership click here The post 66 Days and 18 Months appeared first on Effortless Swimming .

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 […] The post How To Swim The Rottnest Channel appeared first on Eff...

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 […] The post How To Change Your Technique From An Olympic Coaches’ Perspective appeared first on E...

Jeff Grace is a yoga instructor and therapist from Vancouver, Canada. His specialty is swimming-specific yoga having worked with and studied under a number of Olympic coaches and swimmers. He’s also developed a program to help swimmers improve their swimming mobility and strength through yoga. In this podcast, we discussed the benefits of yoga, improvements […] The post Swim-Specific Yoga with Jef...

This podcast episode is about having a breakthrough swim, whether it’s in a triathlon or an open water swim. Our guest today is Paul Speed a coach and a recently turned pro triathlete. With Paul, he changed his technique and training to make that second pack and come out with the water with the faster […] The post How to have a breakthrough swim with Paul Speed appeared first on Effortless Swimmin...

In this podcast, we welcome back Eney Jones who is a successful Master’s swimmer, open water swimmer and 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 […] The post The Latest Research On Swimming Fast In Open Water with Eney Jones appeared...

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 […] The post The Mental Edge with Peter ‘Robbo’ Robertson appeared...

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 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, […] The post 20 Seconds Faster With Tabitha Jones appeared first on Effortless Swimm...

Swimming coach Brian Ford has been Head Coach of the Traralgon Swimming Club since 1997. More importantly, he is my dad! Not only is he an accomplished swimmer and coach who has had athletes go on to make Olympic and National teams, he is one of the best developers of people, culture and discipline. If […] The post The Importance Of High Standards In Coaching And Life with Brian Ford appeared firs...

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 […] The post Mastering Your Mind Games with Meighan Julbert appeare...

  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 swimmers and triathletes. 01:00 – Skills, Functional Movement, Elasticity, Power and Mechanics of The Sports 02:15 – Athletes’ Underdeveloped Skills […] The post How To Develop Explosive Speed with Ranel...

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 […] The post Becoming A Lean Athlete with Andre Obradovic appeared first on Ef...

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 […] The post The Best Places to Swim with Simon Griffit...

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. […] The post The Psyc...

  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 […] The post Race Pace Training with Garrett McCaffrey and Chris Ritter appeared first on Effortless Sw...

I’m a big believer in aiming for the minimum effective dose (MED) when training. This means doing the least amount of training for best possible result, where anything extra is wasteful. Think of it like water boiling once it reaches 100 celsius – it doesn’t get more boiled over this temperature. The reason we aim for […] The post How To Train Less And Swim Faster with Luke McIlroy appeared first...

David Samuelsohn is coach and founder of Westchester Masters Club in Larchmont, New York. David wrote a great article called Lose the Limp for a More Powerful Freestyle and 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 […] The post Losing the Limp with David Samuelsohn appeared firs...

Eric Neilsen is a multisport coach and consultant who works with athletes of all abilities from novice to professional, by providing personalised services that empower clients to achieve their full athletic potential. Eric shares how he quit his corporate career to become a full-time coach and how he uses the ABC’s of optimal health and training to change […] The post The ABC’s of Optimal Health a...