
The Effortless Swimming Podcast
Faster times and better technique aren't a guarantee when you train hard. What really makes a difference to your speed and efficiency in the water? The Effortless Swimming podcast helps make a complex sport really simple to better your swimming. We cover open water swimming, triathlon swimming and pool swimming. Hosted by Australian National swimmer and coach Brenton Ford.
Latest episodes

Nov 17, 2015 • 33min
#58: The Missing Ingredient with Nutritionist Steph Saullo
In this podcast, we have Steph Saullo. She is a nutritionist who will share with us how you can get better performance in your swimming or triathlon by fuelling yourself better. We'll cover: fundamentals in nutrition that every athlete should know common misconceptions about food and nutrition case studies of athletes that Steph has worked with what types of athletes should get a personal plan from their nutritionist and why they should do it supplements and what type of athletes should take them

Oct 23, 2015 • 43min
#57: The Magic Of Six Weeks With Andy Anderson
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Andy Anderson. Andy is the Co-Founder of Ultimate You Change Centers. He is famous for his 9 to 6 program. A program that aims to help people lose 9 kilos in 6 weeks. This program has a 90-95% success rate with his clients that do the program. In this podcast, we'll talk about the Magic of Six Weeks: how he gets people to follow through with his 9 to 6 program what tools he use in his coaching programs what mindset strategies he uses with his clients

Oct 20, 2015 • 42min
#56: Strength Training For Masters Athletes with Chris Ritter
In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is Performance Coach Chris Ritter. He has worked with a wide range of athletes - youth, masters to Olympic gold medalists. He works closely with Cullen Jones - 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and American World Record Holder. In this podcast we'll talk about: - specific exercises if you're a master swimmer or triathlete - how to improve your performance in the pool by using dry land training - how to progress through different exercises if you don't have a background in strength training - how strength training can add power without the muscle gain

Oct 16, 2015 • 43min
#55: Why You Don't Need To Start Early with Travis Mahoney
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Travis Mahoney, he is an Australian Swim Team member. In this podcast, we'll talk about: - How Travis started swimming at a later age. - What he does on his day-to-day training - His approach to mindset, diet, stretching, rest and how he incorporate all of that in full training load

Oct 13, 2015 • 36min
#54: Team Leadership with James O'Connor
Our guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is James O’Connor. He is a success and leadership coach at Elite Team Leadership where he works with a wide range of sports and athletes to help them improve their results in their chosen field. He is also host of the JocX podcast.

Sep 15, 2015 • 34min
#53: The Triple Crossing with Chloe McCardel
Today’s guest is ultra-marathon swimmer, Chloe McCardel. She has successfully completed a triple crossing of the English Channel. This is something that hasn’t been done by anyone for the last 25 years. She’s the fourth person in history to do it. In this episode, we’ll look at what she did differently this time in crossing the English Channel in comparison to her first 2 attempts her day-to-day life and how she brings herself up to the pool or ocean to swim what Chloe is doing now to get other swimmers swim across the English Channel

Sep 7, 2015 • 30min
#52: Front of the pack with Josh Amberger
Today’s guest is professional triathlete, Josh Amberger. In the last 12 months, he’s won a range of 70.3 distance events including Port Macquarie, Challenge Half Shepparton and Western Sydney 70.3. He’s first out of the water in most triathlons. We talk to Josh about how he became such a good swimmer and triathlete.

Aug 10, 2015 • 8min
#51: Truths About Swimming Part 3
Over the last couple of years, I’ve seen swimmers do really well and other swimmers who maybe have not reached their potential or have not quite gotten where they want to get to. These are some of the things I’ve noticed and taken account of.

Aug 10, 2015 • 9min
#50: Truths About Swimming Part 2
Studies show that if you are training with someone, you push yourself up to 16% - 18% harder than you would if you are training by yourself.

Aug 10, 2015 • 10min
#49: Truths About Swimming Part 1
What has worked and not for athletes, swimmers and triathletes? In the first part of this series, I will share with you what has made athletes, swimmers and triathletes reach an elite level with their swimming so it can help anyone who may not be from a swimming background.