How much can you really achieve in the gym if you only have 40 minutes a week? Strength and conditioning coach Nathan Oxford works with some of the best Masters swimmers in the world, helping them make their time in the gym count. In this episode, Nathan shares practical advice for fitting effective strength and conditioning around a busy schedule - from fundamental movement patterns and supersets to making training more specific to your events. We look at how a small, consi...

In this episode of The Science & Art of Open Water Swimming, I sit down with Ceinwen Roberts; marathon swimmer, coach, event organiser and one of the most influential contributors to open-water swimming in Western Australia.From her early days in the pool to becoming an Australian Hall of Fame marathon swimmer, Ceinwen reflects on a lifetime spent in and around the water. We explore her journey to 34 solo Rottnest Channel crossings, breaking the longstanding women's record, completing a

In this episode of Minnesota Some and Vibecast, host Mark Seguin interviews swimmer Lauren Maki, discussing her swimming journey, team dynamics, and personal goals. They explore the importance of resilience in sports, the excitement of competition, and the process of choosing a college for swimming.

Send us Fan Mail Tracy Slusser has coached three NCAA championship teams. She has also experienced a coaching culture that made having children feel incompatible with doing the job at the highest level. We talk about the expectations she absorbed early in her career, what happened when a fellow coach brought her child onto the deck at Nationals, and the changes Tracy wants to see—from emergency deck passes to better coverage when coaches take leave. Today, Tracy works with coaches on le...

Benoit (Ben) Lavigne is a Wellington swim coach. Through his company, Outpace Swimming, he offers private coaching, swim squads, video analysis, clinics, open water training, and swim camps. Ben is also the Head Coach at Tawa Swim Club and was selected as a coach for Swimming New Zealand's Under 19 Team at the 2026 Tri Series in Western Australia.In this episode, Ben talks about his coaching method, offers technique advice, and shares his own swim journey – from a small child in France who was

Baku Night 3 — That’s a Wrap 🇦🇿The first stop of the 2026 Swimming World Cup is complete, and Baku certainly delivered. Bobby wraps up the final night of racing and the standout performances that closed out an incredible opening stop on the Silk Road Tour.Egor Kornev keeps rolling after his world-record heroics, Luke Barr completes a breakout meet with another huge victory, and Marrit Steenbergen finishes a perfect four-from-four in Baku. Plus, Yu Yiting caps off an impressive week with another IM

Baku Night 2 — Kornev Has ArrivedNight two of the 2026 Swimming World Cup in Baku belonged to Egor Kornev. The 22-year-old Russian produced the first world record of his career, blasting 44.84 in the 100 freestyle to equal Kyle Chalmers’ world record — less than an hour after a 22.23 World Cup Record in the 50 backstroke. Bobby breaks down how Kornev did it, the developing rivalry with Cameron McEvoy, and why there could be plenty more to come.  Plus, Luke Barr continues his breakout World Cup with

In this GMM takeover of the SwimSwam podcast we have 3-time Pan Pacific Championships gold medalist, Katharine Berkoff. Berkoff is coming off a huge summer, sweeping her individual events at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships with gold in the 50 back and 100 back, then adding another gold as part of Team USA’s 4x100 medley relay. Her 50 back was the headline swim. Berkoff ripped a 26.90, lowering her own American Record. In the 100 back, she touched first in 57.93, beating a stacked field that

🛒 Elsmore Swim Shop — ElsmoreSwim.com | Code SOCIALKICK for 20% off👕 Tall Slim Tees — TallSlimTees.com | Code SOCIALKICK for 20% off Support the Podcast: https://socialkickswim.com/shop World-class butterflyer Ilya Kharun joins the Social Kick podcast to talk about his switch from Canada to Team USA, racing Caeleb Dressel at nationals, and going 19.4 in the 50 fly SCY in practice. We talk about chasing sub-50 in the 100 fly, his underwater speed, NCAA format changes, the College Swimming

The Glenorchy Memorial Pool closed three years ago, when the council ruled it was too dangerous. But the community fought back, launching a campaign to save it.The pool reopens on October 3, 2026 - after a $6.5m refurbishment. The Blue Room joined some community members for a 'soft' opening and a chat about what this pool means, and the value of communities fighting for what they want.Features:Anne Henderson/First Tasmanian to swim the English Channel.Helen Conway/Honouree, Australian

The 2026 Swimming World Cup is underway in Baku — and night one delivered straight away.Bobby breaks down all the action from the opening finals, led by an incredible men’s 50 freestyle battle between Cameron McEvoy and Egor Kornev, with McEvoy returning to short-course racing after 11 years and producing a huge 20.22. We unpack one of the finishes of the night in the men’s 100 IM, where Luke Barr, Shaine Casas and Pieter Coetze were separated by just three hundredths, plus a massive double from

Welcome to episode 352 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!The 2026 One Water Race is done, and we have been wanting to talk about it since the live stream ended. We obsess over this race, have zero interest in racing it, and love watching it unfold. Joining us is Chris Wright of Team USA France, who raced the inaugural edition in 2022 and finished this year on his third start, touching the Landsort lighthouse at 2:30 in the morning with the whole One Water crew still cheering.Chris takes us

Send us Fan Mail Emma Levy swam competitively as a child, and since then has continued swimming either in the pool or in open water, depending what’s available. This year it finally occurred to her that for the purposes of open water swimming she is an adaptive athlete, so she will tackle future swim challenges with new strategies. She is a SwimMastery High Performance Coach. She supported Tracey Baumann as a thinking partner in creating the book The SwimMastery Way. As an Improve...

The Swimming with Bobby podcast is back! In this 2026 World Cup Preview, Bobby Hurley is joined by fellow Aussie and commentary partner Will Rollo to break down everything to watch across the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup — three stops along the Silk Road in Baku, Tashkent and Astana. They dive into the biggest names, races and rivalries, the return of short-course racing, the new wildcard pathway to the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, and why this year’s tour could produce some

Luka Mijatovic is a newly minted Longhorn, American record holder in the 1000 free, seven-time gold medalist at this year's Junior Pan Pacs and the youngest male to win a national title other than Michael Phelps. The Northern California swimmer joins Katie Hoff Anderson to explain why he committed early to Texas to train under Bob Bowman, why he felt ready to leave his club team now, and how he is setting himself up to make the Olympic team in LA. Luka walks through the summer that got him h...

This week we go behind the scenes and on deck as we hear about the recent British team's attempt to take the channel world record.George Taplin world record holder, international athlete and all round nice guy makes his second appearance on the podcast.Away from the channel attempt we hear about George's incredible swims up in the Lake District and his take and knowledge on attempting to plan a challenge like this.Enjoy!Donate here:

In this episode, Jol Finck shares his extensive journey in coaching, highlighting the cultural differences between Australian and British swimming systems, the importance of managing change effectively, and crucially how to take people with you. He emphasises the significance of building a positive coaching culture and adapting training methods to suit individual athlete backgrounds. We delve into various aspects of coaching, including navigating career changes, the importance of collaboration and

Ten years ago, Lise Thorne turned up to her first swimming lesson able to do exactly one stroke, and desperate to avoid the other. Since then she's built Walking This Way into a community of 100,000 followers by talking honestly about midlife, reinvention and everything the brochures leave out, but front crawl was the one thing she'd quietly dodged for her entire adult life. In this episode of In At The Deep End, host and swim coach Salim Ahmed sits down with Lise to work out what changed:

Nick Parkes shares the remarkable story of his return to swimming after suffering a cardiac arrest at the National Open Water Championships in 2023. Clinically dead for around 20 minutes, Nick has since dedicated a series of fundraising challenges to the air ambulance service that helped save his life. Now he has taken on his biggest challenge yet: swimming the full 22.5 miles of Loch Ness. Nick completed the epic swim in the dark, cold waters of the loch with fellow Masters swimmer and docto...

The Rottnest Channel Swim is one of Western Australia's most iconic sporting events, attracting thousands of swimmers, paddlers, skippers, volunteers and supporters each year. But behind every successful crossing is a huge effort to balance tradition, participation and swimmer safety.In this episode, I speak with Will Rollo, President of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association, about his own journey in open water swimming and what it means to help steward one of the world's largest open water