Brenton Ford

The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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Faster times and better technique aren't a guarantee when you train hard. What really makes a difference to your speed and efficiency in the water? The Effortless Swimming podcast helps make a complex sport really simple to better your swimming. We cover open water swimming, triathlon swimming and pool swimming. Hosted by Australian National swimmer and coach Brenton Ford.

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Brenton Ford

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effortlessswimming.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

#61: From Broken Collarbone To Pro Triathlete In 3 Years with Kim Schwabenbauer 11.01.2016

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 mot...

#60: How to Swim Faster in Open Water 17.12.2015
#59: Race Ready With Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26 10.12.2015

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

#58: The Missing Ingredient with Nutritionist Steph Saullo 17.11.2015

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 fro...

#57: The Magic Of Six Weeks With Andy Anderson 23.10.2015

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 w...

#56: Strength Training For Masters Athletes with Chris Ritter 20.10.2015

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 yo...

#55: Why You Don't Need To Start Early with Travis Mahoney 16.10.2015

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

#54: Team Leadership with James O'Connor 13.10.2015

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.

#53: The Triple Crossing with Chloe McCardel 15.09.2015

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 l...

#52: Front of the pack with Josh Amberger 07.09.2015

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.

#51: Truths About Swimming Part 3 10.08.2015

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.   

#50: Truths About Swimming Part 2 10.08.2015

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.

#49: Truths About Swimming Part 1 10.08.2015

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.  

#48: Straight Talk with Sara McLarty 06.08.2015

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.  

#47: How To Swim Fast When You're Not A Swimmer with Bevan Mckinnon 23.07.2015

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.

#46: 4 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Workouts 23.07.2015

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

#45: Why You Run Out of Breathe at The End of Your Lap 16.07.2015

  In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we'll find out why you run out of breath at the end of the lap and how you can change it so that you are swimming easier, you are more relaxed and you are not gasping for air every time you touch the wall.

#44: English Channel and Cook Strait Legend Philip Rush 29.04.2015

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.

#43: Focus On What Matters with Sports Physiotherapist Greg Dea 29.04.2015

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.

#42: How Triathlon Can Change Your Life with Christian Schwaerzler 21.04.2015

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 yea...

#41: How To Develop Speed, Strength and Power with Wayne Goldsmith 08.04.2015

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.

#40: First Out Of The Water with Clayton Fettell 03.03.2015

In this Podcast, Clayton Fettell talks about technique, strength training, some of his favorite workouts and how he sees swimmers being able to breakthrough their speed barrier and really take that next step with their swimming.

#39: The Complete Athlete with Andrew Read 28.02.2015

In this Podcast, we are going to talk about how Andrew Read sees strength and conditioning playing a part of endurance sports, goals versus systems, the process to building strength up for someone who's just beginning, the habits that have the biggest impact on health and the right approach to health, fitness and well-being.

#38: Triathletes In Motion with Marc Evans 20.01.2015

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 cou...

#37: Superhero Swimming with Eney Jones 05.01.2015

Eney Jones 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. We talk with Eney about technique, posture, tempo, catch and pull, open water racing tips and awareness in the open water. This episode is one you shouldn't miss!

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