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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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All Episodes

09:54

#46: 4 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Workouts

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/07/23

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

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03:25

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

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/07/16

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.

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39:04

#44: English Channel and Cook Strait Legend Philip Rush

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/04/29

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.

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39:27

#43: Focus On What Matters with Sports...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/04/29

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.

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23:38

#42: How Triathlon Can Change Your Life with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/04/21

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 year

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01:13:50

#41: How To Develop Speed, Strength and Power with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/04/08

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.

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22:30

#40: First Out Of The Water with Clayton Fettell

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/03/03

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.

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01:28:01

#39: The Complete Athlete with Andrew Read

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/02/28

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.

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01:07:03

#38: Triathletes In Motion with Marc Evans

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/01/20

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 could improve your performance without logging the extra distance in the water or on the road? That’s what

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46:20

#37: Superhero Swimming with Eney Jones

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2015/01/05

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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20:44

#36: How To Take 15 seconds off Your 100m Pace with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/10/04

In this episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast, we have a good friend of mine - Master Swimmer Paul Bailey. He will talk about how consistent training and continual focus on technique has helped him improve his time.

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01:10:24

#35: Brenton Ford On The Triathlon Research Podcast

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/09/22

This podcast is my interview for the Triathlon research Podcast interview with Sam Cook. Here, we will go into more details of the triathlon, the psychology, training and the effort that goes into it. If you’re a triathlete, I’m sure you’ll have some great takeaways from this podcast!

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22:45

#34: How To Win A Double Ironman Event with Rait...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/08/11

Our guest for this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is a member of Swimprove - our swim coaching community - Rait Ratasepp. He just completed the Double Ultra World Cup in Hungary. What that is, is a double ironman. So think of ironman and double the distance. He did extremely well and ended up winning this event by about 3 hours. In this podcast, we will cover his training, the things he focused on for his swim and what are some of the workouts that he did.

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24:18

#33: The Zen Of Swimming with Jon Muller

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/07/11

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I am going to interview my friend, Jon Muller. In the last couple of weeks, he finished writing a book about swimming which explains and describes it in a way that hits the nail on the head. Jon explained how most swimmers and triathletes feel when they get in the water. So in this podcast, Jon will explain how he came about in writing his book - The Zen of Swimming...

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19:44

#32: How To Get Started In English Channel Swimming...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/06/18

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Chloe McCardel. She is a 6-times solo English Channel swimmer. I would like to talk about how you can get started in channel swimming because unless you know someone who has done it before, it is very hard to get started and know what to do.

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47:56

#31: How To Unlock Extra Speed Using Your Mind with...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/05/28

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I am talking to Julie Robinson. She is an elite level swimmer and today we will talk about mind training for swimming and how it fits into swimming puzzle.

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21:28

#30: The One About Why Carb Loading Is B.S with Steph...

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/04/09

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, my guest for the third time is Steph Lowe - The Natural Nutritionist. We will talk about the truth about carbohydrate loading before your race week.

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40:33

#29: The One About Yoga and Mindset with Mark Breadner

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/03/18

In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, our guest is Mark Breadner. Mark has done a lot of work with the Australian team in relation to some strength and conditioning work, some mindset training. Mark is going to talk about that and how you can implement it into your own swimming and triathlon training to help improve your performance.

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26:21

#28: The One About Swimming Holidays with Aaron Davis

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/01/24

In this podcast, my guest is Aaron Davis from Venture. Aaron runs an adventure travel company . He is the one running behind the scenes stuff for The Great Ocean Road Trip in February 2014. The reason why I am running this trip with Aaron is because I want to be able to focus on the coaching aspect of things with the swimming holidays that we are starting this year. This will allow me to focus more on the people that come with me on to the trips and the coaching aspect of it.

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38:36

#27: Ultra Short Race Pace Training with Wayne Goldsmith

The Effortless Swimming Podcast ·

2014/01/23

In this podcast episode, we are getting Wayne Goldsmith back. We will be talking about Ultra Short Race Pace Training which is something that is starting to take off these days. I came across an article about a young swimmer in the States called Michael Andrew who is breaking some age group records, swimming very quick time for a 14-year-old and he is focusing on just ultra short race pace training.

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