The Effortless Swimming Podcast

In today's episode, we're looking at Core Principle Number 2. This principle is all about minimizing drag. Here are the three things that we covered on this principle. 01:46 Proud Posture 05:06 Taut Core 9:00 Effective Kick The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle: https://effortlessswimming.com/5-core-principles-of-fast-freestyle/

In this week's episode, I want to cover the foundation on how we teach technique and the structure that we follow when we analyze stroke which is the 5 Core Principles of Fast Freestyle. 01:45 Use Your Diaphragm 02:29 Breathing Exercises Out Of The Water 03:42 Box Breathing 04:04 Relax Your Chest And Upper Back 05:38 Having The Right Posture 06:52 Letting Go When You Exhale The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle: https://effortlessswimming.com/5-core-principles-of-fast-freestyle/

My guest today is Frank Sole who is a fellow coach from Arizona and the author of "The Five 'B' To A Succesful Triathlon Swim. Reading through his book, I found so many similarities about how we coach. I want to get him to the podcast because I think there will some good discussion about it and I would love to learn from other coaches. 01:14 Coaching Approach 03:16 Working With Masters And Triathletes 04:31 When Do You Expect To See Results 08:34 The Ability To Relax 15:11 Teaching The Right Posture 20:14 It's Always About The Swim But It's Not Always About The Water 24:57 Either You Got Or You Don't? 34:53 Multitasking 40:58 SR X SL=Velocity 52:41 More Mentally Tired Than Physically Tired 56:39 Opportunity To Improve 1:01Even Out Of Chaos Comes A Blessing

My guest today is Simon Hearn, a professional triathlete whom I've known for a couple of years now. He turned pro in the last two years and I want to get him in the podcast to talk about that journey and a little bit about his journey in swimming. 01:49 Start Of Triathlon Journey 03:35 Turning Pro 05:54 Impostor Syndrome 08:16 Placing 4th On A Full Distance Ironman 09:27 Swimming Background 14:16 Training Surges 16:42 Prescribed Pace 18:23 The Gap Between Effort Levels - Developing Gears In Between 26:02 As A Physio 30:44 Mobility And Stability Work 37:37 Being Conscious In The Water 39:29 Motivation 41:35 Begin To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

My guest today is Nic Owens who is based in Sydney. Nic mentioned that he has been stuck with his time for over a year and now recently has made a significant improvement with his time. I want to get him into the podcast so that he can share what he did to achieve this huge improvement 01:14 Reaching 17 Minutes Per Kilometer 03:21 Does It Feel Different? 04:34 Needing To Stretch Time Between Each Stroke 05:48 It Made A Lot Of Sense 08:33 Take-Aways From The 5 Day Catch Challenge 10:57 Enjoyment In Swimming 13:25 Technique and Consistency 15:37 Room For Improvement

My guest today is Brett Hawke. Brett is a former Australian swimmer, two-time Olympian, and Commonwealth Games, medalist. He has competed and coached at the elite level and has a number of athletes who did very well at the recent Olympics. In this episode, Brett talks about his coaching, as well as some of the methods he likes to use and how likes to train sprinters. 01:42 Significant Race in 2020 Tokyo Olympics 03:58 Bruno Fratus Winning His First Medal 05:14 From Elite Swimmer To Coaching 07:38 Sometimes You Need To Stop And Let It Go 08:52 Talents In The Australian Team 13:09 Fundamentals Of Sprinting 15:51 Beating World Records 18:08 We Tend To Put Limits With Ourselves 19:29 Favorite Things About Coaching 21:36 Psychology Of Sports 27:48 Coaching Style

My guest today is Kiah Melverton who has just returned from Tokyo. She recently placed 6th in the 800m and the 1500m Freestyle. Join us as she talks about her experience during the trial, leading up to the Olympics and the Olympics. 1:33 Racing With No Crowd 4:31 Leading To Trials 5:40 5 Weeks Between Trials And Olympics 6:59 Is It Harder To Hit PBs in the Olympics? 7:50 First Race 9:02 Making The Finals 9:57 Fake Crowd Noises? 10:41 Sleeping At Night Before The Finals 11:40 Olympics Being Postponed For A Year 12:28 The Australian Team 15:55 Leadership Group 17:16 Watching It Live 19:32 Typical Week Of Training 21:30 Being A Distance Swimmer 24:54 Technique And Drills 28:24 Tension Is The Enemy Of Fast Swimming

Joining us again is Carl Reader. He has a background in Exercise Physiology and Pilatesbut primarily working in Functional Movement. We recently created a course together which is Functional Movement for swimmers. in this course, Carl teaches you how to do some of the primary movements correctly that is going to help you as a swimmer. 3:47 Scientific But Not Functional 5:04 Injuries are Caused By Movements That Are Not Functional 6:16 Serape Effect 8:35 Shoulder Issues 10:07 How Much Does It Take For Someone To Make The Change 14:55 Core Strength And Squatting 18:24 Squatting Is The Body's Power Position 20:02 Swimmers And Squatting https://www.effortlessswimming.coach/functional-movement/ https://carlreadercoaching.com/

Joining us in this podcast is Brad Beer who is an APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist, Founder of POGO Physio, best-selling author of 'You CAN Run Pain-Free!', podcast host of The Physical Performance Show, and also an experienced runner and triathlete. 1:08 Working with Elite Athletes 2:28 Common Trend in Injuries Among Athletes 5:05 Avoiding Injuries When you are Coming From Off-Season 7:57 Strength Versus Mobility 10:49 The Importance Of Fueling 16:37 Swimming Background 20:45 Why Does Under Fueling Leads To Bone-Stress Injuries 24:50 Swimmers With Shoulder Injuries 30:06 Injury Rehabilitation And Recovery 32:48 Capacity Testing

Amy recently did the Cairns Ironman. She had a pretty big PB. She went from 1:18 down to 1:09. I invited her to the podcast to chat about what she did to make such a big improvement on her swimming speed. 01:05 What Inspired You To Work On Your Swimming 02:26 Take Away From The Effortless Swimming Clinic 03:08 It Takes Patience 04:20 Making Changes Permanent 05:46 Clinic Expectations 07:59 Noticing Changes On The Stroke 08:44 Keeping Those Changes In The Openwater 11:00 Few Things At A Time