The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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#56: Strength Training For Masters Athletes with Chris Ritter Oct 20, 2015

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In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is Performance Coach Chris Ritter. He has worked with a wide range of athletes - youth, masters to Olympic gold medalists. He works closely with Cullen Jones - 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and American World Record Holder. In this podcast we'll talk about: - specific exercises if you're a master swimmer or triathlete - how to improve your performance in the pool by using dry land training - how to progress through different exercises if you don't have a background in strength training - how strength training can add power without the muscle gain

#55: Why You Don't Need To Start Early with Travis Mahoney Oct 16, 2015

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In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Travis Mahoney, he is an Australian Swim Team member. In this podcast, we'll talk about: - How Travis started swimming at a later age. - What he does on his day-to-day training - His approach to mindset, diet, stretching, rest and how he incorporate all of that in full training load

#54: Team Leadership with James O'Connor Oct 13, 2015

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Our guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is James O'Connor. He is a success and leadership coach at Elite Team Leadership where he works with a wide range of sports and athletes to help them improve their results in their chosen field. He is also host of the JocX podcast.

#53: The Triple Crossing with Chloe McCardel Sep 15, 2015

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Today's guest is ultra-marathon swimmer, Chloe McCardel. She has successfully completed a triple crossing of the English Channel. This is something that hasn't been done by anyone for the last 25 years. She's the fourth person in history to do it. In this episode, we'll look at what she did differently this time in crossing the English Channel in comparison to her first 2 attempts her day-to-day life and how she brings herself up to the pool or ocean to swim what Chloe is doing now to get other swimmers swim across the English Channel

#52: Front of the pack with Josh Amberger Sep 07, 2015

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Today's guest is professional triathlete, Josh Amberger. In the last 12 months, he's won a range of 70.3 distance events including Port Macquarie, Challenge Half Shepparton and Western Sydney 70.3. He's first out of the water in most triathlons. We talk to Josh about how he became such a good swimmer and triathlete.

#51: Truths About Swimming Part 3 Aug 10, 2015

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Over the last couple of years, I've seen swimmers do really well and other swimmers who maybe have not reached their potential or have not quite gotten where they want to get to. These are some of the things I've noticed and taken account of.

#50: Truths About Swimming Part 2 Aug 10, 2015

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Studies show that if you are training with someone, you push yourself up to 16% - 18% harder than you would if you are training by yourself.

#49: Truths About Swimming Part 1 Aug 10, 2015

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What has worked and not for athletes, swimmers and triathletes? In the first part of this series, I will share with you what has made athletes, swimmers and triathletes reach an elite level with their swimming so it can help anyone who may not be from a swimming background.

#48: Straight Talk with Sara McLarty Aug 06, 2015

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In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Sara McLarty. She is a professional triathlete and a swimming coach based in Clermont, Florida. In December, I'll be with Sara running the swim section at the Triathlon research Camp in Florida with Gwen Jorgensen and her coach Jamie Turner.

#47: How To Swim Fast When You're Not A Swimmer with Bevan Mckinnon Jul 23, 2015

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In this podcast, I'll interview Bevan McKinnon. Bevan is an elite level triathlete, a triathlon coach and co-host at Fitter Radio – a podcast that features professional triathletes and triathlon coaches.

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