The Effortless Swimming Podcast

Carl Reader is coming back as our guest in today's podcast episode. We will talk about case studies of swimmers dealing with body pain and the best way to help them. 01:30 Neck and Shoulder Pain 04:56 Building That Core Strength 06:54 Body Awareness 09:27 Hamstring Injury 12:47 Rock And Roll Movement 14:33 Knee Injury 16:26 The Body Is Designed To Move 17:31 Lunge Exercises 20:16 The Beauty Of Functional Movements 22:41 Does Deep Tissue Massage Work?

In today's episode, I wanted to get Matthew Tones on the podcast to talk about how the 5-day catch challenge and 8-week faster freestyle course helped him get from 2:20 to 1:22 for 100 yards. 00:55 Swimming Background 03:10 Training Sessions 06:30 Started The 5 Day Catch Challenge 08:16 Immediate Results 10:15 Better Entry 11:02 Feel For The Water 12:05 Swimming With A Purpose 18:23 Training For A Triathlon 21.09 Gold Coast Open Water Swimming Club 21:54 8 Week Faster Freestyle Course 23:48 Swimming Knowledge 26:08 Power Diamond 32:27 What's Next?

In today's episode, I have a swimmer whom I worked with over the last few months. I have done some stroke analysis and coaching together for a while and he has been getting some good results I thought that's a good thing to talk about in the podcast. 01:18 Swimming Background 05:41 I Was Getting In-shape Aerobically But I wasn't Getting Faster 07:36 I Wanted To Be More Effortless 11:45 Spinning And Slipping 14:34 "Think Of It As Skating" 22:56 Awareness 28:12 Pulling Too Hard Too Fast 31:10 Catch and Pull, Comin Under The Body 35:13 There Are So Much More To Learn        

Today, my guest is Abbie Fish, who is the founder and technique coach at Swim like A. Fish. In this episode, we talked about coaching kids adults and some things that will help them become more successful and better swimmers later on. 01:20 Swimming Background 04:05 What I learned When I Began Coaching 06:27 Coaching Relationship is Important 11:04 Keeping It Simple As Possible 13:00 Starting With Your Bodyline 19:51 Breathing 26:10 Ironman Training 31:52 What Should A Beginner Swimmer Learn 38:51 Push Yourself 41:24 What's next?

I was recently a guest on Kieser’s Healthy to 100 podcasts to talk about exciting topics regarding training, swimming equipment, and much more. I hope you enjoy it! 01:59 Swimming Equipment Must-Haves 04:48 Get Yourself A Good Wetsuit 07:20 Buoyancy Shorts 10:37 Training Sessions: What You Need To Know! 19:43 Training Mistakes For Swimmers 23:20 Doing Drills 27:27 Breathing

In today's episode, I want to talk about five things that helped me break out of the swimming rut. For the last three months or so, since coming to the pool from our recent lockdowns, it's taking me ages to get back, much longer than what it had in the past. I want to share a couple of things that helped me finally get back down to the times that I was doing prior to the lockdowns. 01:06 Blow-Out Session 02:53 Sprint Session 04:00 Hard Massage 05:30 Kicking 06:29 Tune In To The Rhythm Of The Stroke

My guest today is Craig Bryan. A year ago, he attended our clinic, and recently, I had the chance to do another swim analysis with his swimming and saw a huge improvement. I got him on the podcast to talk about the improvement that he made and what he did to 18 seconds off his 2 km swim. 01:08 Swimming Background 04:34 Attending The Effortless Swimming Clinic 05:23 Difference In Swimming After The Clinic 07:04 Increasing The Stroke Rate 10:27 Using The Tempo Trainer 11:59 Swimming Goals 13:07 Training On Your Own 14:43 Main Drivers  

My guest today is the Queen Of English Channel, Chloe McCardel who has successfully swam across the English Channel for a record-breaking 44th time. Join us as Chloe talk about her experience in achieving this record-breaking feat. 01:47 Keeping Eye On The Price 02:45 Has It Got Any Easier? 04:28 Unsuccessful Crossing 06:15 More Channel Crossings? 08:04 Last Swim 13:43 92 km Relay Swim   https://chloemccardel.com/

On this episode, I was recently a guest on Kieser's Healthy to 100 podcasts. I was a guest there for two episodes. I thought it would be great to publish it in our own podcast because I think you will thoroughly enjoy the things we talked about in this podcast. It's pretty much going to basic with freestyle, with swimming and we looked at what really matters, what's worth knowing, what's worth doing when it comes to freestyle. I hope you enjoy this episode. 00:36 Background 02:13 Peak Of Swimming Career 04:35 Swimming Sessions 05:57 Training Sessions 06:52 Consistency 07:44 Load Management 08:27 Technique 10:02Common Technique Problems 13:26 Head Position in Pool And In Openwater 14:36 Alignment 17:13 Ripping the Band-Aid Off 20:53 Catch And Pull 21:35 High Elbow Catch 24:50 Shoulder Pain 32:43 Lower Back Pain

My guest today is Chris Natterer from Ultraworking. He is a Lead Product Manager at Ultraworking.com. In this episode, Chris will talk about what we can do to be more productive to make sure we stick to habits and also to talk about nutrition as well. All of these things tie in really well in what we do. my job is to help people be consistent with their swimming but also change their motor patterns and develop different muscle memories which really comes down to sticking to habits. So I thought this would be a good topic to talk about and why not get someone who is experienced in that area to chat about it. 01:05 Ultraworking Background 02:27 Implementing Best Practices (Work Cycle) 10:12 Debriefing 11:28 Reason Behind 30 minute Time Cycle 14:12 "Very Easy Not To Do Planning" 17:16 Consistency 23:15 Baseline and Stretch Goal 32:00 Joint Health 36:28 Nutrition https://www.ultraworking.com/swimming https://clockworknutrition.com/ Form Goggles https://www.formswim.com/?sscid=b1k5_hkrgn& Check out the Effortless Swimming membership for online coaching options: https://effortlessswimming.com/member/membership/ View our freestyle clinic schedule around Australia: https://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle-clinics Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/EffortlessSwimming Follow us on Social media: https://www.facebook.com/effortlessswimming/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/effortlessswimming/