The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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 I...

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 Competi...

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 Yo...

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 Chang...

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 b...

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 Swimm...

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 Ironm...

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 Stea...

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 D...

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 Conditio...

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 P...

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...

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 Triathl...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Noticin...

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 F...

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 wi...