The Effortless Swimming Podcast

In this episode I would like to talk about some of the things that Bobby McGee says when he gets people who have started out as swimmers and have gone to running. Some of the common traits or common flaws that he sees in swimmers going into running and how as a swimmer, how you can change them and start to look like a runner. Also, how you can improve your times and results.

Swimmers clock up 1,000′s of laps in the pool every year. Our shoulders cop a lot of the brunt of this. Luke Van Every is known as 'The Shoulder Guy'. He's a physio from Queensland, Australia. In this podcast I ask Luke about: Common swimming shoulder injuries How to avoid and treat shoulder injuries Do's and dont's of stretching What to be aware of if you're hitting the gym

In this episode I will interview Andy Anderson. Andy Anderson is the CEO of Ultimate You which is a gym here in Southbank, Melbourne. He is also the editor of Ultimate You Magazine. He is an entrepreneur, a strength and conditioning coach and a fitness expert. In this episode, we will talk to him about losing weight, shedding kilos and trimming down. As a swimming coach, I see that a lot of swimmers and triathletes has a big opportunity to drop their times when they lose weight. If you lose a couple of kilos then that's a lot less weight that you'll be carrying in the water.

We chat with Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion. Terry has developed a method of improving your swimming that has helped hundreds of thousands of swimmers and triathletes worldwide to swim smoother. He's an expert at helping people fix the weaknesses in their stroke so they can move naturally through the water with grace and ease. In our chat with Terry he talks about: How he improved the speed of swimmers in the 'slow lane' to being much closer to that of the 'fast lane' swimmers Using the feel of the water to increase your speed rather than thinking technically about the stroke The one thing you should focus on with your head position for more relaxed swimming

We take a look into the world of marathon swimming. What motivates distance swimmers to do the huge miles week in week out? How do they prepare for big races? We talk with the 45km Manhattan Island swim world record holder, Oliver Wilkinson about: Training for distance events and the number of kilometers he does weekly leading up to a big race What he eats the night before to 'carb load' and how he refuels during a race Finding the right stroke rhythm quickly Which aspects of his technique he focuses on in training How hard he works his kick in long distance swims Dealing with the mental challenges in cold water and endurance races

In this episode we look inside the mindset and training regime of top level sprinters.

Our first US guest is a current world record holder and backstroke champion. Peter Marshall reveals how he broke three world records in backstroke. Like a lot of age group swimmers, Peter started out doing lots of miles in the pool. He was a distance swimmer in his early years but converted to a sprinter after making some changes to his training. In the podcast he chats about what changed in his program and how his gym workouts shifted focus. We cover race routines, psychology and developing power in the water.

Wowza, what an episode! We managed to pry former world record holder and Olympic champion Michael Klim away from his busy schedule for an insight into his comeback. After a number of years out of the pool Michael decided to pull on the speedo's for another crack at the Olympics, training for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

As you train more often you realise that injuries are common if you don't do something to prevent them. Sports physio Justin McEvoy has been away with the Australian swim team treating elite swimmers such as Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Michael Phelps, Roland Schoeman plus dozens of other high profile athletes.

Being the second female and second Australian to complete a double crossing of the English Channel, Chloe McCardel is one of Australia's best marathon swimmers. She's won the prestigious 46km Manhattan Island race and is now gearing up for a triple-crossing of the English Channel.