Torpedo Swimtalk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest on the podcast is USMS Level 3 Swim Coach and Michigan Masters Swimmer - Kris Goodrich. Great to get Kris' perspective on coaching masters swimmers and what we need to do in the pool to be successful. We chatted about training, the importance of doing drills and balance work with training sessions and why she frames her team training to include open water a...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Canada, Australian citizen and now living in New Zealand, Ultra marathon swimmer Rob Hutchings shares his love of wild lake, river and ocean swimming with us on today's podcast. We chatted about Rob's background in swimming; how he found himself competing in triathlons and then why he made his way to wild swimming, and ultimately the 256km Clutha River Swim he co...

Send us Fan Mail Open Water Masters Swimmer and Strength and Swim Technique Coach Dan Daly joins us on this week's podcast to talk all things swimming. Great to have Dan's perspective on meshing swimming stroke movements on land in our strength training and mirroring these.  We discussed why functional strength training, as well as specific strength exercises, can help improve our power...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks podcast we chat to two time Olympian and now Masters Swimmer Mike Alexandrov, and his journey representing Bulgaria and then the US in swimming. As is often said, it is not the destination, but the journey that got us there that is the real triumph. Mike embodies that thought! We talked about how masters swimming has helped Mike fill the gap after retiring from profe...

Send us Fan Mail This week we caught up with US Masters Swimmer Geoff Wells, fresh from a terrific return to competition at the recent US Masters Nationals, where he bagged 5 National Titles and 5 lifetime best times! How is he doing lifetime PB's at 39? Ask and you will be told! What does Geoff do in his training to optimise his results in competition? How does he juggle training, family and...

Send us Fan Mail On today's podcast we chat to Canadian Cindy Mabee. She is a super fit, super fast masters swimmer based in Victoria, British Columbia.  Cindy has had some superb results at FINA World Titles and US Masters Nationals, and she credits much of her fitness and strength to cross fit. We chatted about the introduction of that into her training; what type of swimming sessions she d...

Send us Fan Mail Our Season 3 Premiere is here! Get excited because I had a wonderful chat with triple Olympic Medallist, WR holder and The Race Club co-founder - Gary Hall Snr. We talked about Gary's adventures at the Olympics, from naive kid in 1968 where he won a silver medal in the 400 IM, through to his bronze in the 100 fly in Montreal 12 years later.  He credits much of his success, an...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is British Masters Swimmer and Swim England Sports Psychologist - Helen Davis. We chatted about how sports psychologists can help athletes overcome things like anxiety and loss of confidence.  Many athletes have suffered during the pandemic with a loss of routine in training and life, and Helen had some sage advice for helping dealing with those  issues.  Do you...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest is a total immersion swim technique coach, with a passion for coaching swimmers in their open water and marathon swimming endeavours - masters swimmer Peter Hendricks. Open water swimming has exploded during world wide lockdowns, closing pools and pushing swimmers out to any other body of water they can find. Peter specialises in everything open water, f...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest is French-Canadian World Masters Games dual Gold Medallist - Nathalie Porlier. Nathalie and I met several years ago in Auckland at the World Masters Games,  and bonded over our love of swimming and have been long-distance friends ever since. Nathalie is an advocate for all things masters swimming and it was lovely connecting with her and discussing her a...

Send us Fan Mail Would you like to hear two swimming obsessed podcasters, chewing the fat on all things swimming? Well on this week's episode, Robby Cox from "Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast" and myself definitely gave it a go!!! How did we get started in podcasting? Who have we enjoyed interviewing? What have we learned about coaching, swimming, racing, training, the Olympics and m...

Send us Fan Mail I was delighted to sit down and talk to former Japanese National Swimmer and FINA Masters World Record Holder - Ryosuke Imai. Rio is a passionate and successful masters swimmer and an advocate for masters swimming in Japan.  He is also an inventor, a swim company owner, a marathon runner and newly announced ambassador for next years FINA World Masters in Fukuoka. It takes a pretty...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s podcast, we hear from highly credentialed Strength and Conditioning Coach Ryan Plavin. And among other things I asked him, what can we do on land to make ourselves faster in the water? Ryan has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science, specialising in S&C and works with high performance athletes across a number of different sports at Melbourne Fitness and Performance. H...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is one of the most decorated Masters Swimmers in the World with over 400+ WR's to her name - Californian Laura Val. Laura has received countless accolades for her superb swimming, among them inductee into both the International and Masters Halls of Fame. She is humble and matter of fact and as with many swimmers I speak too, loves the water, loves the train...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Triple Olympic medallist from the Beijing Olympics, Andrew Lauterstein. We discussed his swimming journey and how at 34 yrs of age and 10 years post retirement, he has been able to swim a near personal best in the 50 FRS at the recent Australian Nationals. Why did he get back in and race? How did he swim so fast?  What type of training has Andrew been doing t...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest on the podcast is Jess Corones, Performance Solutions Manager at Swimming Australia. I caught up with Jess while she was in quarantine on returning to Australia from Tokyo, and I wanted to talk about two things - her work as the Lead Sport Scientist assisting swimmers and coaches on the Australian Swimming Team, and to discuss her Poppa - George Corones - honora...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest was the oldest debutant swimmer at the recent Australian Olympics trials -  48 year old David Bale. David's story is one of inspiration. He was happily competing in Masters Swimming and going about his business, when he was struck done with a neurological condition similar to MS.  It has effected his legs and arm, but swimming helped his condition i...

Send us Fan Mail It was an honour to sit down and discuss swimming with 6x Paralympic Swimming Gold Medallist - Ellie Cole OAM, for today's podcast. At nearly 30 yrs of age, Ellie is about to head to Tokyo for her fourth Paralympic Games, and it was so refreshing to hear about why she still loves swimming so much; how her training has needed to change and adapt since her two shoulder reconstr...

Send us Fan Mail Today I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Masters WR holder - John Cocks. John is such a humble and unassuming man, who before discovering Masters Swimming in his late 60's, represented Australia for the Wallabies in Rugby Union and pioneered laparoscopic abdominal surgery in Australia.  He parlayed that determination and drive into Masters Swimming and has n...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest is former US National Swimmer and Masters International Hall of Fame Inductee - Clay Britt. We chatted about Clay's time swimming NCAA's at the University of Texas and the joy and excitement of being part of such a top notch team. We spoke about how he got started in masters swimming in 1988 and why his focus has changed from competition in the...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest is FINA Masters WR holder and experienced coach - Cecilia Stanford. Based in Cape Town, we talked about Cecilia's experience with masters swimming in South Africa; her joy of travelling around the world to attend different competitions and the way she visualises succeeding in her event before she swims it. It is always interesting hearing about they...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast guest is Masters Swimming Australia Mental Health Ambassador - New South Welshman Paul Bailey.  We talked about how Paul discovered masters swimming as a form of self therapy to recover from depression, alcohol and Xanax addiction. Having that daily commitment to swimming and exercise, and surrounding himself in the wonderful masters community all contributed...

Send us Fan Mail On today's podcast, I sat down with ultra marathon swimmer and athlete - John Van Wisse. We discussed how he prepared his body for a swim like the double crossing of the English Channel and the race around Manhattan Island. We chatted about the training involved; nutrition during the race, and how John continually pushes his body to new limits in ultra marathon events.  Ultra...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is marathon swimmer and Pacific Open Water Swim Company Co-Owner and Boat Pilot - Sylvia Lacock. It was really interesting getting Sylvia's perspective on how marathon swimmers can be assisted in their epic adventures with the right Boat Pilot and the correct knowledge.  She leaves nothing to chance in her quest to give swimmers the best experience they can...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is vibrant British Swimmer Jo Corben.  She is a three time Masters World Record holder and owns many British and European records as well. I was really interested in chatting about what motivates Jo to continue racing and producing world class swims over a nearly 20 year career in masters swimming.  We talked about what type of training she does; her great worki...