

The Effortless Swimming Podcast
Brenton Ford
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.
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Jan 26, 2016 • 44min
#63: The Mental Edge with Peter 'Robbo' Robertson
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Pete Robinson aka "Robbo". He is a 3-time world champion in Triathlon, qualified for the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, and a bronze medalist in the Commonwealth Games. Pete has transition to a coach through his business - Elite Performing Minds.In this podcast, we'll talk about how Pete: has had a great success in the last 2 decades of competition used mental strategies to have the upper edge over his competitors teaches all these as a mentor

Jan 25, 2016 • 49min
#62: Escaping Sleep Deprivation with Andre Obradovic
This episode's guest is Andre Obradovic. Andre is a mindset, health and well-being coach. Andre specializes in sleep. He works with executives and athletes in helping them get more control of their sleeping habits. In this podcast, Andre will let us know about: the importance of sleep how it can affect your performance in the pool or in triathlon how it can affect your decisions and effectiveness when it comes to work, family and sport how you can utilize a software that analyses your sleep data

Jan 11, 2016 • 1h 13min
#61: From Broken Collarbone To Pro Triathlete In 3 Years with Kim Schwabenbauer
Our guest for this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is fun, inspiring and motivating. Kim Schwabenbauer is a professional triathlete from the U.S. and a nutritionist. Kim will talk about: her experience when she broke a collarbone, thinking she would never be able to swim again and turning pro just three years later nutrition and training what she gets out of the sport reason for her motivation 01:33 - Breaking a Collarbone: Adversity or an Advantage? 03:50 - On coming out stronger... 05:45 - It's part of the journey. 09:22 - What do you get out of triathlon the most? 10:42 - Triathlon rewards consistency. 20:58 - Learn the basics and build the propulsion. 39:36 - Feeling like a kid in a candy store. 45:56 - Kim's Process in Evaluating Athlete's Nutrition 55:06 - "They've found the formula for success and they're not messing with it..." 01:08 - How much balance do you need in your life? To learn more about Kim and work visit her website www.fuelyourpassion.net

Dec 17, 2015 • 9min
#60: How to Swim Faster in Open Water

Dec 10, 2015 • 35min
#59: Race Ready With Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26
In this episode, we have Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26. Tower 26 is a well-known swimming group in Santa Monica, United States where Gerry coaches a number of athletes (mostly triathletes). Listen in as Gerry discuss: the difference between training a swimmer versus training a triathlete his philosophy in swimming approach in workouts how he structure his programs

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.


