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The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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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34:09

#86: 20 Seconds Faster with Tabitha Jones

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/05/26

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 pace 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, how she approaches races and the different attitude she takes towards her swimming.

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43:58

#85: The Importance Of High Standards In Coaching And...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/05/02

Swimming Coach, Brian Ford is the Head Coach of the Traralgon Swimming Club since 1997. He was a National Age swimmer in the 1970s. He is a firm believer in discipline and strong communication. If you want to learn about the importance of discipline, enthusiasm and being a people person, listen in as my dad shares his life lessons and expertise as a seasoned swimming coach. 04:58 - Meet Brian Ford 07:50 - Why reputation is important. 08:55 - When to Draw The Line Between Being a Coach and Being a

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44:44

#84: Mastering Your Mind Games with Meighan Julbert

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/04/12

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 state has let them down during competition. 01:53 - What's going on in your head? 07:16 - How To Build The Mindset of Confidence 10:40 - The Importance of Not Looking for

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41:03

#83: How To Develop Explosive Speed with Ranell Hobson

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/02/23

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 all types of athletes. 01:00 - Skills, Functional Movement, Elasticity, Power and Mechanics of The Sports 02:15 - Athletes' Underdeveloped Skills 03:19 - The Bad Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle to Athletes 11:50 - Explosiveness of The Blocks 17:01 - The Shift to Being Leaner 18:50 - The Forward Propulsion in

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33:03

#82: Learning How To Swim Bike Mom with Meredith Atwood

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/02/23

Meredith Atwood is the creator of Swim Bike Mom a website dedicated to give motivation to women across the globe to women who are doing triathlon and those who are looking to get into triathlon. 01:00 - Take Us Back To 2010 03:28 - Today is the first day of your life. What are you going to do with it? 04:12 - Meeting An Alien 06:00 - Me Love Cookies! 11:22 - From off The Couch to Ironman 15:40 - The Purpose. The Plan. The Process. 16:45 - Why Sense of Humor is Important 20:21 - Swim. Bike. Run

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32:26

#81: Becoming A Lean Athlete with Andre Obradovic

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2017/02/23

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 Journey to Weight Loss 03:00 – When Hunger Strikes 06:50 – The Food Diary Debunked 09:55 – 1 Minute Videos of What I’m Eating 15:05 – One of the guys lost 10 kilos! 19:05 – Why

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45:01

#80: Race Pace Training with Garrett McCaffrey and...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/12/08

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 about how to best include this type of training in your workouts (and if it’s relevant to you!). He’s just released a 12 week Race Pace Training program ideal for age group or Master’s swimmers and coaches

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44:39

#79: The Psychology of Performance with Nam Baldwin

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/12/07

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. We talk about strategies he used with Mick Fanning to help him win the J-Bay Open after overcoming a shark attack at the

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25:26

#78: How To Train Less And Swim Faster with Luke McIlroy

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/10/20

Luke McIlroy is the Director of Sport Science at METS Performance Consulting. Luke helps athletes perform their VO2 Max test. Find out what their lactating flexion point and their resting metabolic rate. Knowing these will help you train more scientifically and be more effective with the workouts you are doing. If you train 10 hours a week instead of 15, then, you'll have more time to spend with you family, rest and recover. In this podcast, we talk about how you can avoid the grey zone and how you

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27:10

#77: The Best Places to Swim with Simon Griffiths

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/10/12

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 and races the rabbit hole in open water swimming and where the sport is going

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28:42

#76: Losing the Limp with David Samuelsohn

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/09/19

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is David Samuelsohn. David is coach and founder of Westchester Masters Club in Larchmont, New York. David wrote an article Lose the Limp for a More Powerful Freestyle so 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 in every work out common freestyle errors and how he corrects them plus more...

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55:05

#75: The ABC's of Optimal Health and Training with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/09/02

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eric Neilsen. Eric Neilsen is a multisport coach and consultant who works with athletes of all abilities from novice to professional, by providing personalized services that empower clients to achieve their full athletic potential. Eric will be sharing about how he got started coaching, a few tips about triathlon training and the ABC's of optimal health and training.

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01:02:56

#74: From Addiction To Record Breaker with Karyln Pipes

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/08/11

My guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast is Karlyn Pipes. She is one of the top 10 Master Swimmers of all time and a multiple record holder in all 4 strokes in Masters Competitions.

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34:47

#73: Healing the Grump Athlete with Katee Pedicini

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/08/11

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Katee Pedicini. Katee is the author of "Healing The Grumpy Athlete". We will talk about her background, health and wellness and how her book came to be.

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25:39

#72: The Need For Adventure with Chloe McCardel and...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/08/11

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I have two special guests: Chloe McCardel and Michael (Murph) Renford (son of legendary marathon swimmer, Des Renford). Chloe is aiming to break Des' record of 19 English Channel crossings this season. In this podcast, we talk about the need for adventure and connection with the ocean that drives marathon swimmers. Murph shares stories about his legendary dad like his record breaking swim from Sydney harbour to Wollongong (54 miles), his

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34:39

#71: The Transition From Athlete to Coach with Sam Ashby

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/06/03

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Sam Ashby. Sam is a part of the Australian Swim Team. He is coaching an age group squad in Melbourne. Today, Sam will be talking about his transition from being a swimmer to being a coach.

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45:31

#70: What I've Learnt From One Hundred Podcasts with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/05/24

In this podcast episode, we’ll talk to Kevin Koskella of TriSwimCoach about the key takeaways he’s had from interviewing guests in his own podcast and how it can help triathletes and swimmers improve their performance.

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25:59

#69: Faster Swimming Series with Eney Jones - Racing...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/05/18

This is the 3rd episode in this 3-part series of interviews with Eney Jones. In this episode we’ll talk all about racing and rhythm - how to achieve better results in your swimming and races. Let’s get into it!

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26:00

#68: Faster Swimming Series with Eney Jones - Gear...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/05/18

This is part 2 of the 3-part podcast series that I’m doing with Eney Jones. In this episode, we’ll talk about gears that we can use to improve technique, rhythm and feel for the water.

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19:34

#67: Faster Swimming Series with Eney Jones - Cues...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2016/05/18

In this 3-part episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eney Jones. In part 1, we’ll talk about cues and analogies for faster swimming. In the second podcast, we’ll talk about gear for faster swimming and the third podcast of this series is about racing and rhythm and how you can put everything together to get a better result in your triathlon or swimming race.

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