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Kristen Murslack is an Assistant Coach at the University of Florida for both the Men's and Women's programs. Prior to UF, she spent two years coaching at the University of Pittsburgh after swimming all four years at Auburn.    In this conversation, Kristen talks about women in coaching, finding her own identity, and if the Gators can win NCAA's. She also provides an update on Caeleb Dres...

Brett, Sonny, and Nate talk about this week's Short Course World Championship meet being held in Melbourne, Australia.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and mo...

João Mescolote is the Grad Assistant Coach at Ball State University. A 3x Brazilian Olympic Trial qualifier, Joao swam for Louisiana State University from 2014-2018.    Joao is extremely active on social media. A former Marketing Manager for Swimming World, he is consistently making swimming content on TikTok and Instagram . Check out his SWIM BETTER YouTube channel.     B...

Ryan Moss is a charismatic award winning photographer and filmmaker with a one-track mind to inspire the world by sharing his passion and love of nature through the images he creates. Some of his clients include National Geographic, Red Bull, and Outside Magazine (just to name a few).  A self-educated visual artist, he draws his inspiration from the ocean, mountains, people, and travel that p...

Craig Beardsley is a former World Record holder in the 200 Fly. He qualified for the 1980 Olympics but didn't get to compete due to President Jimmy Carter's boycott.  Beardsley set the World Record of 1:58.21 in the 200- meter butterfly on July 30, 1980, one week after the Olympic Games—a time that was over a second faster than Soviet swimmer Sergey Fesenko‘s gold medal time in the 1980 Olymp...

John Sinclair is the programming officer for Institute of Motion (IoM), where he designs programs and solutions for the largest companies in the industry, including Nike, Zumba, 24 Hour Fitness and Equinox. He also travels globally, representing the top vendors in the fitness industry: ViPR PRO, Power Plate North America, Hyperwear, Pavigym and Technogym.  John is the Founder of Authentic Hea...

Atiba Wade is a swimming/fitness/nutrition coach, a stunt performer, and the creator of H2GO Fitness .  Atiba grew up swimming for Jim Ellis at PDR and was actually a swimming double in the movie, Pride. He went on to swam for Jack Bauerle at the University of Georgia. Today, Atiba is still fast, popping off a 21.5 50 SCY Freestyle at 42 years old! He is a SAG-AFTRA stunt performer. Most rece...

Matthew Broussard is a 3x Team Manager for the women's swim team at Rice University.    After graduating college, Matthew spent most of his time ferociously writing jokes while moonlighting as a Financial Analyst.    Today, Matthew is a stand-up comedian opening up for the likes of Bert Kreischer. He's also a burgeoning actor, most recently seen in Amazon's smash hit, "The...

Becoming a famous comedian is a lot like becoming a great swimmer - you gotta put in the work.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim...

What was it like swimming and coaching in the super suit era? Brett and Sonny sit down and talk all about the evolution of the competitive swimsuit. 00:00 Bratter PA Immigration Law 00:05 Hello Sonny Trigg 01:00 Becoming The Swimsuit Guy 03:15 The Speedo Aquablade 06:15 The Speedo Fastskin 09:00 Brett's personalized Aquablade 10:56 Bill Pilczuk's suit 12:26 Mark Foster zipper on the front 14:48 Br...

Brett sits down with Rachel Klinker, Eloise Riley, Ayla Spitz, and Mia Motekaitis of Cal Women's Swimming. The University of California's Women's Swimming & Diving team has seen major changes over the last 12 months. Coach Dave Durden is now the "Acting Director of Swimming & Diving". David Marsh has gone from special Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach. Plus, the Golden Bears brought...

Coach Adrian Radulescu shares a 200 Free race pace set that they do 6 weeks leading up to a big competition. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions w...

Margaret Hoelzer is a 3x Olympic medalist, 6x World Champion, and former World Record holder. A proud graduate of Auburn University, she and training partner Kirsty Coventry went 1-2 in the 200 Back at the Beijing Olympics.  After the Olympics,  Margaret disclosed that she was sexually abused as a child. What she didn't expect was her disclosure turning into a career as an award-win...

Coach Ian Pope is considered a "master technician" when it comes to teaching stroke technique in swimming. This is what he looks for.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety,...

Scott Sehnert is in his 7th season as the Dallas Cowboys Director of Sports Performanc e. In his role, Scott works closely with the athletic trainers and strength and conditioning coaches in developing player-specific nutrition and recovery plans. 00:00 Bratter PA Immigration Law 00:05 Scott Sehnert background 05:40 Auburn's nutrition plan 11:20 Dietician vs. Nutritionist 13:00 Professional vs. Co...

Download the AnyQuestion app here to access more content like this. It's free. What should a recovery practice consist of? Expert answers about recovery from Kim Brackin, Eddie Reese ala Carson Foster, Sergio Lopez, Josh Watson, and Darian Townsend. One theme that is brought up a few times is how a recovery practice in swimming is also a mental recovery. Sergio Lopez incorporates meditation into h...

Jason Andrew is an award winning photographer and, of course, die hard swimmer. Growing up as a surfer, he was always in the open water but when COVID swept the world he really began to venture into open water swimming, completing the Catalina swim by himself. He used open water swimming as a form of therapy after losing his father to COVID. Through a mixture of personal and assignment work,...

Expert breaststroke technique advice from the best in the business: Sergio Lopez, Ray Looze, Beryl Gastaldello, Roland Schoeman, James Gibson, Annie Lazor, Michael Bohl, and Mel Marshall.   Download the AnyQuestion app here. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive...

Mary T. Meagher, Jesse Vassallo, Steve Lundquist, and Geoff Gaberino all made the 1980 Olympic team. We caught up with them at the 2022 International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to t...

Ian Pope is the Head Coach of the Melbourne Swimming Club . He is one of the most successful swimming coaches in the World having coached swimmers to over 70 medals at the Olympics, World Champs, and Commonwealth Games.  Including Matt Welsh, Michael Klim, Giaan Rooney, Grant Hackett, Marieke Guerher, Matthew Targett, Patrick Murphy, Koti Ngawati, Rachel Goh, Sam Mars...

Cullen Jones is a 2x Olympian and 4x Olympic medalist (2 G, 2 S). Individually, he captured Silver in the 50 Free behind Flo Manaudou in 2012. He was also part of THE relay -- the one where Lezak caught Bernard and touched him out at the 2008 Olympics. That World Record is still intact. Now a Senior Manager of Sports Marketing at Speedo, Cullen is enjoying retired life while raising his son alongs...

Has tapering evolved in swimming? Bob Bowman and Michael Bohl discuss. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader...

Adrian Radulescu is a swim coach for CS Dinamo Bucuresti and the Romanian Swimming Federation. He is to David Popovici what Bob Bowman is to Michael Phelps - his lifelong coach.  Adrian received his Masters degree and Phd. from the National University of Physical Education and Sport in Bucharest, Romania. His two thesis' were: "Study on physical effort zones in pubertal swimmers" and "Study o...

Three of the greatest swim coaches ever talk about training and writing swim workouts.  Bob Bowman, of course, coached Michael Phelps through his entire career. He's the Head Coach of Arizona State University with a loaded pro training group. Regan Smith, Simone Manuel, Ryan Held, Chase Kalisz, among others.   Vince Raleigh is currently the coach of Zac Stubbedtly-Cook (World Record hold...

Anders Holm swam for two years at the University of Wisconsin before being terminated after getting into a bar fight. Admittedly, he lost everything. But he stayed at UW Madison and poured his time, energy, and focus into his writing.    After graduating, he moved to LA where he met Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, and Kyle Newacheck. They created comedy sketches for years until they finally...