

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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Jul 11, 2014 • 24min
#33: The Zen Of Swimming with Jon Muller
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I am going to interview my friend, Jon Muller. In the last couple of weeks, he finished writing a book about swimming which explains and describes it in a way that hits the nail on the head. Jon explained how most swimmers and triathletes feel when they get in the water. So in this podcast, Jon will explain how he came about in writing his book - The Zen of Swimming...

Jun 18, 2014 • 20min
#32: How To Get Started In English Channel Swimming with Chloe McCardel
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Chloe McCardel. She is a 6-times solo English Channel swimmer. I would like to talk about how you can get started in channel swimming because unless you know someone who has done it before, it is very hard to get started and know what to do.

May 28, 2014 • 48min
#31: How To Unlock Extra Speed Using Your Mind with Julie Robinson
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, I am talking to Julie Robinson. She is an elite level swimmer and today we will talk about mind training for swimming and how it fits into swimming puzzle.

Apr 9, 2014 • 21min
#30: The One About Why Carb Loading Is B.S with Steph Lowe
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, my guest for the third time is Steph Lowe - The Natural Nutritionist. We will talk about the truth about carbohydrate loading before your race week.

Mar 18, 2014 • 41min
#29: The One About Yoga and Mindset with Mark Breadner
In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, our guest is Mark Breadner. Mark has done a lot of work with the Australian team in relation to some strength and conditioning work, some mindset training. Mark is going to talk about that and how you can implement it into your own swimming and triathlon training to help improve your performance.

Jan 24, 2014 • 26min
#28: The One About Swimming Holidays with Aaron Davis
In this podcast, my guest is Aaron Davis from Venture. Aaron runs an adventure travel company . He is the one running behind the scenes stuff for The Great Ocean Road Trip in February 2014. The reason why I am running this trip with Aaron is because I want to be able to focus on the coaching aspect of things with the swimming holidays that we are starting this year. This will allow me to focus more on the people that come with me on to the trips and the coaching aspect of it.

Jan 23, 2014 • 39min
#27: Ultra Short Race Pace Training with Wayne Goldsmith
In this podcast episode, we are getting Wayne Goldsmith back. We will be talking about Ultra Short Race Pace Training which is something that is starting to take off these days. I came across an article about a young swimmer in the States called Michael Andrew who is breaking some age group records, swimming very quick time for a 14-year-old and he is focusing on just ultra short race pace training.

Nov 13, 2013 • 35min
#26: The One About Swimming In Ironman (with John and Bevan from IMTalk)
In this podcast episode, I will talk to John and Bevan from IMTalk.me. The reason why I want to have them on is because majority of the listeners of this podcast are triathletes and a number of people I have spoken to who have listened to their podcast said they are outstanding so I thought I have got to check them out. They are 2 New Zealand guys talking about Ironman. Really just having a good time talking about triathlon and Ironman.

Oct 18, 2013 • 34min
#25: The One About Going Natural (with Renee Trost)
In this episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast, we have Renee Trost who is Naturopath here in Melbourne. Renee has a background in field hockey. She was an Australian team member for a number of years. She played in World Cups, World Champs, Champions Trophy and was also in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.

Oct 15, 2013 • 23min
#24: The One About Fixing Swimming Injuries (with Helen Walker)
In this podcast, our guest is Helen Walker who is a Physio for Athletes. The reason I wanted to get Helen on the podcast today is because she's been doing screenings for the number of my swimmers because they want to get checked up if they're inflexible in any areas or if they need to strengthen any parts of their body to make them a more well rounded and complete swimmer so that they not only swim better but avoid injuries.


