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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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#46: 4 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Workouts Jul 23, 2015

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

#45: Why You Run Out of Breathe at The End of Your Lap Jul 16, 2015

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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.

#44: English Channel and Cook Strait Legend Philip Rush Apr 29, 2015

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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.

#43: Focus On What Matters with Sports Physiotherapist Greg Dea Apr 29, 2015

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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.

#42: How Triathlon Can Change Your Life with Christian Schwaerzler Apr 21, 2015

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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

#41: How To Develop Speed, Strength and Power with Wayne Goldsmith Apr 08, 2015

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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.

#40: First Out Of The Water with Clayton Fettell Mar 03, 2015

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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.

#39: The Complete Athlete with Andrew Read Feb 28, 2015

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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.

#38: Triathletes In Motion with Marc Evans Jan 20, 2015

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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 we'll cover in this episode!

#37: Superhero Swimming with Eney Jones Jan 05, 2015

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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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