The Effortless Swimming Podcast

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#26: The One About Swimming In Ironman (with John and Bevan from IMTalk) Nov 13, 2013

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In this podcast episode, I will talk to John and Bevan from IMTalk.me. The reason why I want to have them on is because majority of the listeners of this podcast are triathletes and a number of people I have spoken to who have listened to their podcast said they are outstanding so I thought I have got to check them out. They are 2 New Zealand guys talking about Ironman. Really just having a good time talking about triathlon and Ironman.

#25: The One About Going Natural (with Renee Trost) Oct 18, 2013

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In this episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast, we have Renee Trost who is Naturopath here in Melbourne. Renee has a background in field hockey. She was an Australian team member for a number of years. She played in World Cups, World Champs, Champions Trophy and was also in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.

#24: The One About Fixing Swimming Injuries (with Helen Walker) Oct 15, 2013

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In this podcast, our guest is Helen Walker who is a Physio for Athletes. The reason I wanted to get Helen on the podcast today is because she's been doing screenings for the number of my swimmers because they want to get checked up if they're inflexible in any areas or if they need to strengthen any parts of their body to make them a more well rounded and complete swimmer so that they not only swim better but avoid injuries.

#23: The One About Run Mechanics For Swimmers (with Bobby McGee) Oct 15, 2013

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In this episode I would like to talk about some of the things that Bobby McGee says when he gets people who have started out as swimmers and have gone to running. Some of the common traits or common flaws that he sees in swimmers going into running and how as a swimmer, how you can change them and start to look like a runner. Also, how you can improve your times and results.

#22: Fixing Injured Shoulders (with Luke Van Every) Sep 24, 2013

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Swimmers clock up 1,000′s of laps in the pool every year. Our shoulders cop a lot of the brunt of this. Luke Van Every is known as 'The Shoulder Guy'. He's a physio from Queensland, Australia.

In this podcast I ask Luke about:

Common swimming shoulder injuries
How to avoid and treat shoulder injuries
Do's and dont's of stretching
What to be aware of if you're hitting the gym

#21: The One About Getting Lean (with Andy Anderson of Ultimate You) Sep 23, 2013

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In this episode I will interview Andy Anderson. Andy Anderson is the CEO of Ultimate You which is a gym here in Southbank, Melbourne. He is also the editor of Ultimate You Magazine. He is an entrepreneur, a strength and conditioning coach and a fitness expert.

In this episode, we will talk to him about losing weight, shedding kilos and trimming down. As a swimming coach, I see that a lot of swimmers and triathletes has a big opportunity to drop their times when they lose weight. If you lose a couple of kilos then that's a lot less weight that you'll be carrying in the water.

#20: Improving Your Technique (with Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion) Sep 19, 2013

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We chat with Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion. Terry has developed a method of improving your swimming that has helped hundreds of thousands of swimmers and triathletes worldwide to swim smoother. He's an expert at helping people fix the weaknesses in their stroke so they can move naturally through the water with grace and ease. In our chat with Terry he talks about:

How he improved the speed of swimmers in the 'slow lane' to being much closer to that of the 'fast lane' swimmers
Using the feel of the water to increase your speed rather than thinking technically about the stroke
The one thing you should focus on with your head position for more relaxed swimming

#19: Open Water Domination (with Oliver Wilkinson) Sep 19, 2013

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We take a look into the world of marathon swimming. What motivates distance swimmers to do the huge miles week in week out? How do they prepare for big races? We talk with the 45km Manhattan Island swim world record holder, Oliver Wilkinson about:

Training for distance events and the number of kilometers he does weekly leading up to a big race
What he eats the night before to 'carb load' and how he refuels during a race
Finding the right stroke rhythm quickly
Which aspects of his technique he focuses on in training
How hard he works his kick in long distance swims
Dealing with the mental challenges in cold water and endurance races

#18: Sprinting Power (with Olympic medallist Andrew Lauterstein) Sep 19, 2013

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In this episode we look inside the mindset and training regime of top level sprinters.

#17: Short Course Racing (with world record holder Peter Marshall) Sep 19, 2013

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Our first US guest is a current world record holder and backstroke champion. Peter Marshall reveals how he broke three world records in backstroke. Like a lot of age group swimmers, Peter started out doing lots of miles in the pool. He was a distance swimmer in his early years but converted to a sprinter after making some changes to his training. In the podcast he chats about what changed in his program and how his gym workouts shifted focus. We cover race routines, psychology and developing power in the water.

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