Send us Fan Mail Swimmers spend hours in the pool, yet many still aren’t eating enough to support the work they’re doing. Alicia Glass, Sport Dietitian for USA Swimming, joins to explain why swimmers need to think more like endurance athletes—and what happens when training volume and fueling fall out of alignment. We discuss early-morning practices without breakfast, why sugar and sports drinks can be valuable performance tools, and the practical barriers that keep exhausted athletes from eat...

2024 Olympian and recent Pan Pacs silver medalist in the 200 Breast Josh Matheny has announced he's leaving Indiana University in search of a new training home. In June, after having a rough first season as a pro swimmer and not performing how he'd hoped at the Pro Swim in Indianapolis, Matheny decided he needed a change. He asked USA Swimming National Team Director Greg Meehan if he could train at the Olympic Training Center until Pan Pacs, to which Meehan agreed. After discussing this change with

Hungary's Hubi Kos had a triple-crown performance in Paris at the European Championships. Winning the 200 Back and 200 IM individually, Kos also swam on Hungary's winning 4x100 free relay. Kos' Hungarian teammate, fellow superstar swimmer Kristof Milak, anchored that relay in a historically fast split, 46.2.Before the meet, Kos had publicly voiced his frustrations about Milak sitting out of the relays in the past. Kos wanted to earn a medal for Hungary in a relay badly and knew that Milak would be

In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson fill in for Katie Hoff, a week from having her baby girl, and sit down with Team USA breaststroker McKenzie Siroky right before the Pan Pacific Championships. She's coming off a personal best in the 100 breast at nationals, capping two hard months when her stroke feel vanished. She tracks nearly every metric of her training. So how does one of the most data driven swimmers on the team find her way back by feeling instead...

Passione Triathlon n° 375Francesca Crestaniprotagonista della nuova puntata di Passione Triathlon, intervista condotta da Dario Daddo Nardone.In questa puntata di Passione Triathlon, Dario 'Daddo' Nardone ospita la triatleta professionista Francesca Crestani, reduce da un fantastico secondo posto assoluto all'Ironman 70.3 di Cracovia. Francesca racconta il suo 2026 di grandi cambiamenti e la scelta, condivisa con il coach Davide Gomiero, di focalizzarsi interamente sulle lunghe distanze no-draft

Episode 313 of The Social Kick Podcast features Indiana University sprint coach John Long! Fresh off a historic season where the IU men scored massive points at NCAAs and the women shattered relay records, Coach Long joins Bryan Lundquist and Dr. John Mullen. From transitioning through the legendary coaching trees of Auburn (Marsh, Quick, Hawke) to implementing ultra-low volume sprint blocks, experimenting with Kaatsu training, underwater cameras, and the upcoming College Swim League (CSL)

Jack Alexy joins this GMM takeover of the SwimSwam Podcast to break down his Pan Pacific Championships performance and where those swims place him in a very elite, very crowded global sprint field. Alexy won the 100 freestyle in a Pan Pac Championship Record of 47.14, took silver in the 50 free in 21.42, and delivered a pair of sub-47 relay anchors for Team USA. He split 46.78 on the winning 4x100 freestyle relay and 46.97 on the winning 4x100 medley relay. And, of course, Alexy owns the 100 free

In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson fill in for Katie Hoff, about a week out from giving birth, and sit down with Olympic medalist Katharine Berkoff right before the Pan Pacific Championships. She's coming off a hard lesson in Singapore last year: getting sick and having to trust her training instead of her control. The 100 back is the race she says has her heart. So what does it take to let go of what you can't control and still call it a successful meet?...

2x Olympic medalist Carson Foster returned to the SwimSwam Podcast to debrief the recent Pan Pacific Championships and the 2025-26 season. At Pan Pacs, Foster hauled in 3 silver medals, taking 2nd in the 200 Fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM. He was notably left off of USA's 4x200 free relay, a relay he's been a big part of for Team USA for the last 4 years. He isn't shy about his desire to be on the relay, but also defends Team USA's decision. Foster also speaks on tapering with Bob Bowman and what the mood

This week we discuss the European Championships (PART 1)From our top European performances, our relays and we have the pleasure to Luke Guy joining the podcast too.

In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson fill in for Katie Hoff, about a week out from giving birth to her daughter, and sit down with Emma Weyant ahead of the Pan Pacific Championships. It has been a strange year for her: a full training block with no Olympic Trials to break it up, and one of the hardest, most rewarding stretches of her career. So what does it take to trust a year of work you haven't gotten to prove yet? Emma walks through the overhaul that h...

Karibik? Bali? Muss nicht sein.In dieser Folge nimmt dich Caro gemeinsam mit Meeresbiologin Katja mit an einen Ort, den viele unterschätzen: die Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Denn hier wartet ein echtes Abenteuer – mit unzähligen Seen, überraschenden Sichtverhältnissen, spannenden Unterwasserlandschaften und jeder Menge Freiheit. Katja erzählt aus erster Hand, warum Tauchen in Mecklenburg so besonders ist, welche Herausforderungen dich erwarten können (Stichwort: Nullsicht 😄) und welche

US Masters swimmer and distance swimming World Record holder Kelly Palace joins Helen to share her fascinating journey through swimming - from coaching NCAA Division I athletes and writing books to hosting more than 300 episodes of the Champions Mojo Podcast, where she has interviewed over 50 Olympians. Kelly and Helen compare the Masters swimming scenes in the US and UK, exploring what makes them different, what they can learn from each other, and why Masters swimming continues to thrive. Th...

What does it mean to age successfully as an athlete?In this episode, I sit down with Professor Peter Reaburn, one of Australia's leading experts on masters athletes and someone who has spent a lifetime bridging the gap between sport science and real-world athletic performance. Peter's journey spans competitive swimming, surf lifesaving, triathlon, academia and masters sport. From winning one of Queensland's earliest triathlons and achieving his goal of racing the Ironman World Championship in

Die deutschen Meisterschaften sind Geschichte und viele Rennen haben uns den Atem geraubt und waren spannend bis zum Anschlag! Es gab zum Teil große Leistungssprünge, einige Enttäuschungen und zu jeder Leistung eine (Entstehungs-)Geschichte. Diesen widmen sich heute Joshua Neuloh und André und nehmen euch mit auf eine Reise ins Becken der SSE und die für sie attraktivsten Rennen.----- Episodenbild: FISU Musik: www.zapsplat.com

Send us Fan Mail Swimming has spent decades asking coaches to become more professional. But has the profession done enough to support them in return? Doug Cornish is a former swim coach, financial planner, and the creator of the 2025 Swim Coaches Compensation Survey. His findings expose how precarious coaching has become: 38% of respondents reported working without a current contract, while 80% had no cost-of-living adjustment built into their agreements. Doug and I discuss why coaches contin...

Passione Triathlon n° 374Andrea Magginiprotagonista della nuova puntata di Passione Triathlon, intervista condotta da Dario Daddo Nardone.In questa puntata di Passione Triathlon, Dario 'Daddo' Nardone intervista Andrea Maggini, figura poliedrica dello sport toscano e nazionale: podista da oltre 35 maratone (tra cui 15 partecipazioni a New York e la qualifica a Boston), triatleta, storico responsabile marketing di Brooks Running per dieci anni, consigliere comunale a Pisa e fondatore del Pisa Road

Passione Triathlon n° 373Tiziana Buscaroliprotagonista della nuova puntata di Passione Triathlon, intervista condotta da Dario Daddo Nardone.In questa puntata di Passione Triathlon, Dario 'Daddo' Nardone intervista Tiziana Buscaroli, runner e triatleta emiliano-romagnola che ha scoperto la bellezza dell'endurance da adulta. Partita da zero dopo un passato non agonistico e senza tabelle rigide, Tiziana ha collezionato oltre 70 mezze maratone, 9 maratone (tra cui 5 delle 6 World Marathon Majors: New

Are you worried that your best performances are behind you? Do you ever step up to the blocks—or walk into a room—and feel entirely underestimated because of your age or size? Or worry that your time out of the water will prevent you from success? This week on Champion's Mojo, we are sitting down with a true generational talent who is completely rewriting the rules of super agers and performance in athletics. Jeannette Brits, a 65-year-old Australian powerhouse, recently did the unthinkable: ...

Episode 312 of The Social Kick Podcast features rising swimming sensation Rowan Cox! Fresh off an incredible performance at US Nationals where he dropped two seconds in the 100 fly to clock a blistering 50.6—finishing third behind Caleb Dressel and Ilya Kharun and breaking Thomas Heilman's National Age Group (NAG) record—Rowan joins Dr. John Mullen and Bryan Lundquist.From adjusting to Bob Bowman’s intense training groups at UT (including surviving the infamous lifeguard-warning underwater sets),