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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.

Latest Episodes:

#101d: The Power of Individualized Coaching Feb 02, 2018

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In this podcast we share to you why generalized coaching style doesn't work for most swimmers.

#101c: Shock The System Jan 26, 2018

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When you train, do you feel like you only have one speed? In this podcast, we share to you on how you vary your pace in training, on how to shock the system.

#101b: The Catch Jan 25, 2018

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Most of the propulsion will come from the catch. We have worked with more than 1300 athletes and we have observed that most of them can improve their catch.

#101a: Before Training Routine Jan 19, 2018

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How long does it take you to warm up in training? We share our favourite pre-training routine to improve shoulder stability and reduce the chance of injury.

#102: How to Work on the Right Things with John Mullen from SwimmingScience.net Jan 16, 2018

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John Mullen grew up swimming his whole life. He studied Physical Therapy and received his Doctorate in Physcal Therapy at USC. He is a renowned expert in sports swimming and rehabilitation. Listen and learn as he and Brenton discuss about Needs Analysis, what to do if you don't have a sports psychologist and many more

#101: My Top 8 Ways to Swim Faster in 2018 Jan 11, 2018

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This podcast episode is from the audio of our Facebook Live and we talk about my consolidated thoughts on what most triathletes and open water swimmers can do to swim faster this 2018.

#100: The Domino Effect Dec 22, 2017

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We discuss how the concept of the domino effect can be helpful in the obstacles that you are facing. Listen and you will learn how identifying that initial or smaller dominoes can be beneficial in knocking over bigger dominoes.

#99: Grit Dec 15, 2017

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In this podcast episode we talk about few important points from Angela Duckworth's book GRIT and why people love swimming despite being difficult and challenging.

#98: One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward Dec 12, 2017

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In today's podcast, listen on how the principle of taking one step backward and taking two steps forward is applicable whenever you changing a habit or when you make changes in your stroke.

We're also announcing the opening of bookings for Hell Week 2018 which is on Thursday, December 14, 2017, 9:00 am Melbourne time.

#97: Should You Wear A Watch To Track Your Swimming? Dec 01, 2017

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For this episode, we talk about how wearing a watch in training affects focus and technique in swimming. If you are using a watch when swimming, a little experiment that we would like you to try is that for 2 weeks leave your watch in your bag or at home and see how you get to track your swimming with your focus, feel and technique, and perception.

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