The Effortless Swimming Podcast

Shawn is an Ironman triathlete based in Nova Scotia, Canada. A year ago, he started some changes in his stroke and in the course over the last year, he has effectively gone from a 2:25 per hundred pace down to 1:31 per hundred. Shawn will share how he has done that, what changes he's made to his stroke and how might incorporate this changes to your own stroke. 00:56 Impressive Improvements 03:49 Everyting Was Wrong With What I Was Trying To Do 04:56 Increasing Your Stroke Rate 06:44 Finding The Sweet Spot For Stroke Rate 11:33 Timing Your Kick With The Rest Of The Stroke 12:32 What Are You Thinking About When You're Swimming In Terms Of Technique 14:08 Swimming From The Inside Out 16:42 Keeping The Videos Simple

Melissa Urie is the first woman to complete 895km Uberman Ultra-Triathlon. In this podcast episode, she shares her experience during the race, doing training, and getting through the race with the use of mental strategies to survive the tough times. 5:22 Training For Uberman 10:23 The Power of A Positive Mindset 12:43 Proving Yourself That You Can Do It 13:51 Building Your Confidence 17:29 Giving Up Is Not An Option! 19:15 Post Race: Mental And Physical Recovery 25:24 Moving Forward By Going Back To Basics 29:18 Finding Identity Outside Of Sports Is Important Too 31:47 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 40:52 Training Session Management 43.24 Combat Decision Fatigue With Better Mental Habits 46:48 How To Trick Yourself Into Doing The Hard Things 55:00 What Keeps You Going?

Welcome back to another podcast episode! Today, I'll be sharing my top tips for making your open water swimming enjoyable and more challenging. Listen on in! 00:27 What Are the Drills You Can Do? 1:47 How to Break Down Or Structure An Open Water Swim 3:37 Don't Overthink It! 3:56 Overcome Open Water Swim Anxiety 5:55 Progressively Make Your Swimming More Challenging 6:39 Dynamic Breathing

Welcome Back! Here in Australia, there are a couple of pools that have started to open, you can book individual lanes for a certain amount of time. So I thought of doing a podcast talking about the best ways to get back to training once your pool has opened. 00:55 Time Frame 01:54 How Many Sessions? 02:52 What Will You Experience? 04:19 What Type Of Training Should You Be Doing? 08:39 Warm Up With Fins 09:41 Therebands 10:19 Time Trial

In today's episode, we sat down with the author of the book Your New Prime, and promoter of men's health and wellness, Craig Cooper! We talked about the active approach to maintaining your physical and mental health as you age, how to get out of complacency, and how to start thriving and making steady forward progress in life. 3:40 Passion For Health 7:06 Adjusting Your Fitness As You Age 11:40 Cultivate The Friendships In Your Life 17:58 Break Free From Complacency 21:55 The Element Of Uncertainty 23:20 Live In The Moment 25:08 Good Friendships Are Key To Positive Mental Health 28:55 Life Is Challenging For Everyone 30:03 Get Together 33:45 What's Next for Craig Cooper

In today's episode, we are joined by a lifelong trainer and athlete Andrew Read as he talks about his program 28-day Challenge. Andrew talks through how important going back to the basics is and some of the necessary skills to influence your success at living a healthy lifestyle. 4:19 Creating A Mindset Component 5:32 Going Back To The Basics Matters 12:40 Understand How You Learn Best. 15:32 Cut To The Chase 17:35 Your Body Is Built For Walking. 20:59 Consistency Makes The Biggest Difference. 23:53 Starting From Scratch 25:02 Give It Time 28:10 Carrot And Stick Approach 31:46 Identify What Triggers Your Bad Habits And Make A Plan 35:35: Change Starts With You 37:22 Asking the Right Questions

We are joined by Dr. Greg Wells who is the author of the book Rest, Refocus, Recharge. We discussed some of the things that are discussed in his book. He shares some strategies on why doing less will actually achieve more, how to stop reacting to things and be more deliberate, taking full control of your love, refocusing your attention and how you can stop being a slave to busyness. 02:05 Slowing Down 04:05 Sleeping As A Tool Tool To Recharge 07:29 Doing Less To Achieve More In A Day To Day Life 08:51 Pump The Breaks, Open More Space and Have More Control 11:29 You Don't Need To Do What Other People Expect Of You 13:39 From External Validation To Intrinsic Motivation 14:26 Stop Reacting And Start Being Deliberate With What You're Doing 17:08 Metacognition 21:41 Reaction versus Response 24:50 Helping Kids With Cystic Fibrosis 26:53 Pay Attention To What We Have 29:59 Multitasking Can Lead To Distractions 37:22 Get Away From Your Device - "123 Practice" 39:28 The Psychology Of Being In The Water 43:17 Bring Your Attention Right Back Into The Present Moment 48:00 It's Process Not Outcome

Marc Evans joins us in this episode to talk about the possible things you can do at your home during these times. In this episode, Marc discussed maintaining the feel of the water, the importance of mobility, stability, and flexibility. 00:38 Triathletes In Motion 02:40 It's Not The Strongest Athlete That Wins The Gold Medals 06:19 Functional Strength 06:58 Most Of The Triathletes Underswim In Volume 08:01 Having A High Elbow Catch 08:40 Sculling Your Hands In A Tub Of Water 10:10 Mobility Test 11:30 Technique Is Related To Mobility And Stability 12:43 Put Your Heart Monitors And GPS Aside 17:24 Using Therabands 18:55 If You Can Get It Right Out Of The Water, You Can Get It Right In The Water 19:18 Fingertip Wall Slide 22:42 Q Swim App 23:09 Swimm Specific Yoga 23:48 Cold Showers

Tim Ballantine is a full-time endurance coach and the owner of Koa Sports. In this episode, he shares about being a coach, finding your passion, not having all the answers and intensity in training. 02:56 Coaching Philosophy 05:30 "You've Got To Find What Works For You" 06:17 You Can't Be All Things To All People 07:01 "It's Not The Words, It's How You Say Them" 09:25 "If You Don't Like It, You're Not Going To Last Very Long" 10:31 There Is No Cookie Cutter Here 14:48 Swimming As A Barrier To Entry In Triathlon 19:02 Coaching Remotely 20:18 "Don't Be Afraid To Say That You Don't Have All The Answers" 24:20 Injecting Intensity In Swimming 31:19 There's Always Something To Work On

Dan Smith joins us in this episode as he talks about his swimming, drug addiction, building character and his road to redemption. 01:28 Swimming Life As A Youngster 03:41 Burnt Out At The Age Of 14 04:46 It Was More Of An Escape For Me 05:44 What Would I Pass On To My Kids 08:38 I Am Not Defined What I Used To Be Or What I Should Be 09:53 2016 Rio Olympics 12:18 Dealing With Emotions After The Olympics 15:52 Rebuilding Your Stroke 20:11 You Got To Be Patient In Unlearning Bad Habits So That You Can Learn New Habits 26:21 Cues Used On Strokes 28:01 I Had To Go Backwards To Go Forwards 30:33 "I Am Not Worried About The Clock" 31:52 Be Realistic About The Bad Days 32:53 Tracking Your Training 34:54 Distractions Around Training