The Effortless Swimming Podcast

This podcast episode is about having a breakthrough swim, whether it’s in a triathlon or an open water swim. Our guest today is Paul Speed a coach a recently turned pro triathlete. With Paul, he changed his technique and training to make that second pack and come out with the water with the faster group so he can have a better chance of keeping up in the bike and setting himself up for a good race.

In this podcast, we welcome back Eney Jones who is a successful Master’s swimmer, open water swimmer, and an accomplished triathlete. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado and has worked with many of the top triathletes to help them improve their swimming. She is also the creator of the Eney Bouy. She was on the podcast many times before talking about technique, posture, tempo, catch and pull, open water racing tips and awareness in the open water. In this episode, we talked about her latest research On Swimming Fast in Open Water. This episode is one you shouldn’t miss!

Tabitha Jones is a previous Hell Week camp attendee. Since coming to Thailand with us last year, she's take more than 20 seconds off per 100m pace over a half ironman distance swim. An impressive achievement in 8 months! Tabitha shares  with us the things that have helped her do this from changes to technique, workouts, how she approaches races and the different attitude she takes towards her swimming.

Swimming Coach, Brian Ford is the Head Coach of the Traralgon Swimming Club since 1997. He was a National Age swimmer in the 1970s. He is a firm believer in discipline and strong communication. If you want to learn about the importance of discipline, enthusiasm and being a people person, listen in as my dad shares his life lessons and expertise as a seasoned swimming coach. 04:58 - Meet Brian Ford 07:50 - Why reputation is important. 08:55 - When to Draw The Line Between Being a Coach and Being a Parent 16:00 - Micromanaging vs Delegating 22:41 - Basic Principles in Dealing with People 30:45 - On Being Careful with Who You Hang Out With 33:30 - "Every opportunity is an opportunity to give as much as you can." 35:30 - This is the way I am as a coach... 38:17 - Why It's Okay to Coach with a Lot of Enthusiasm 40:20 - To Care or Not to Care?

Meighan Julbert is a Mental Skills Consultant for The MindSide - a sports and psychology center located in Alabama. She has worked with a number of athletes from different sports like softball, golf, swimming, soccer, and others. This podcast is perfect for those who has performance anxiety and to those who feels like their mental state has let them down during competition. 01:53 - What's going on in your head? 07:16 - How To Build The Mindset of Confidence 10:40 - The Importance of Not Looking for What's Missing 12:12 - The Strategies to Help You Focus on The Right Things 15:28 - Everyday you have a choice. 25:13 - Michael Phelps: Epitome of An Athlete with a Strong Mental Game 26:00 - Everybody has a panic moment. 30:13 - Why You Need to Identify Upfront Something That Went Well 33:19 - Truth: The Athlete is His Own Expert 39:14 - "I want to conquer the world." To learn more about Meighan and her work, visit http://www.themindside.com/meighan-julbert/

Ranell Hobson is the Coaching Director at The Academy of Sports Speed. She will share her experience in working with athletes at The Academy of Sports Speed and how their teachings cross over to all types of athletes. 01:00 - Skills, Functional Movement, Elasticity, Power and Mechanics of The Sports 02:15 - Athletes' Underdeveloped Skills 03:19 - The Bad Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle to Athletes 11:50 - Explosiveness of The Blocks 17:01 - The Shift to Being Leaner 18:50 - The Forward Propulsion in Running 19:53 - Restriction in The Hips = Decrease in Running Performance 27:20 - Survey Says... 33:00 - Drills? Some more drills? 36:01 - The Importance of Individual Training

Meredith Atwood is the creator of Swim Bike Mom a website dedicated to give motivation to women across the globe to women who are doing triathlon and those who are looking to get into triathlon. 01:00 - Take Us Back To 2010 03:28 - Today is the first day of your life. What are you going to do with it? 04:12 - Meeting An Alien 06:00 - Me Love Cookies! 11:22 - From off The Couch to Ironman 15:40 - The Purpose. The Plan. The Process. 16:45 - Why Sense of Humor is Important 20:21 - Swim. Bike. Run. 22:40 - Do What You Want in The Body You Have 28:36 - The Bliss of Feeding Your Body With Good Food To learn more about Meredith and her work, visit her website www.swimbikerun.com

Andre Obradovic has been our guest before where he talked about how you can adjust your sleeping routines and habits so you can perform better in the pool. In this podcast, Andre and I discuss how he went from overweight white collar worker to lean athlete, by challenging his own beliefs about nutrition. 02:00 – Andre’s Journey to Weight Loss 03:00 – When Hunger Strikes 06:50 – The Food Diary Debunked 09:55 – 1 Minute Videos of What I’m Eating 15:05 – One of the guys lost 10 kilos! 19:05 – Why would we need chocolate drink? 19:34 – How To Create That Snowball of Feeling Better 20:09 – Eat this instead for breakfast. 21:19 – Have a salad for lunch. 27:01 – Shut up and take my money! To learn more about Andre and his work, visit his website www.loseyourbelly.com.au

Race Pace Training is about swimming at or quicker than your racing speed. It’s often done in short intervals (eg 25m or 50m) with enough rest between intervals to recover and hit race speed on the next one. On this podcast Garrett McCaffrey, coach at the Phoenix Swim Club, joins me as we chat about how to best include this type of training in your workouts (and if it’s relevant to you!). He’s just released a 12 week Race Pace Training program ideal for age group or Master’s swimmers and coaches. We’re also joined by Chris Ritter, a strength and conditioning coach to Olympic swimmers and a guest on one of the most well-received podcasts we’ve done – listen to it here. 03:30 – What is race pace training? 09:05 – When a Swimming Technique Drops Off 09:20 – The Muscle Memory 10:11 – Finding a Way To Keep The Speed 13:19 – How do you deal with change? 17:28 – The Correlation of Age and Speed 18:00 – Why Race Pace Training Makes Physiological Sense 22:14 – Race Pace Training & Vegetables 28:13 – The Importance of Structure in Directing The Work 30:48 – The Race Pace Training 2.0

Nam Baldwin is the owner and Director of Performance at the Equalize Training Company. Nam is an emotional and stress control & management specialist, the co-developer of internationally recognised B.E.T Training, mentor and motivational health coach. He has worked with a number of Olympic Gold medalists and several world champions including professional surfer, Mick Fanning. We talk about strategies he used with Mick Fanning to help him win the J-Bay Open after overcoming a shark attack at the same event in 2015, plus a whole lot more. 01:57 – One of The Most Impactful Talks I’ve Been To 02:14 – “Whatever happens to you, use it.” 02:28 – Working with Mick Fanning 08:15 – Breaking down the process… 15:18 – Step 1: Oxygenate 15:27 – Step 2: Hydrate 15:35 – Step 3: 3-Minute Workout with Music 15:59 – Step 4: Appreciate 16:01 – Step 5: Anticipate 25:58 – Just do this one thing… To learn more about Nam Baldwin and his work, visit www.equalize.com.au