

Inside with Brett Hawke
Brett Hawke
Take an intimate look inside the minds of swimming's highest achievers with one of the world's best swim coaches, Brett Hawke.
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Jan 2, 2023 • 1h 3min
THE BEST SWIMS OF 2022!
Brett & Sonny talk about the best swims of 2022. And, Erica Beine of Beine Wellness stops by to discuss genetic sports performance and nutrition!
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INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
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Dec 31, 2022 • 7min
1 Power Tower Set + 1 Speed Set
Building power in swimming involves improving your technique and increasing your strength and endurance.
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BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
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Dec 27, 2022 • 8min
Building the perfect 50 Freestyle
Are you looking to swim the 50 free faster? Here is how 2 Olympic swim coaches break down the 50 Free and how you should think about swimming the 50 Free.
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BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
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Dec 23, 2022 • 41min
Australian Phenom, Isaac Cooper
Isaac Cooper is one of Australia's top sprint talents. He just captured Silver in the Men's 50 Backstroke at the 2022 Fina Swimming World Championships. He holds the World Junior Record in the 50m Backstroke.
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BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
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Dec 22, 2022 • 31min
Jeroen Lecoutere on the creation of swimming's #1 tracking device
Jeroen Lecoutere used his PhD in Electrical/Biomedical Engineering to create the smartest swim specific tracker ever. The Swimtraxx One device attaches to your goggles and sits on your temple. So small and sleek you don't even know it is there. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
"Swimtraxx One is a device like no other before. No system has ever been more comfortable, accurate or user-friendly in the sport of swimming."
Order a Swimtraxx One device here.
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
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Dec 19, 2022 • 1h 29min
#294 Sprint Swimming with James Gibson
James GIbson is regarded as one of the best swim coaches in the world and specifically for sprint swimming. He's coached the likes of Flo Manaudou, Ben Proud, Sarah Sjostrom, and anyone whoever swam for Energy Standard. The world's best swimmers travel to Turkey to train with him at the beautiful Gloria Sports Arena.
As a swimmer himself, James was a sprint specialist. In 2003, he became World Champion in the 50 LCM breast.
00:00 Welcome James Gibson 02:15 Misconception of Sprinter’s Training 03:55 Is Sprinting an Art of Science? 07:40 Sprint Development Individually versus Squad 09:23 Training Differences Between Flo Manaudou and Ben Proud 12:56 Sprint Training Periodization 20:13 22 Seconds in Women’s 50m Free 24:42 Paradigm Shift in Sprint Freestyle Technique 29:13 Brett Hawke Power and Speed Sets 36:00 James Gibson Speed Endurance Set 41:18 James Gibson’s + Brett’s Technical Advice for Sprint Freestyle 46:18 Building the Perfect 50 Freestyle 59:59 Changing Tactics to Throw Off the Opposition 62:21 Why the 50 Free is the Toughest Event in Swimming 68:18 How Have James’ Training Methods Changed Over the Years 72:15 How James Gibson Trained Flo Manaudou 73:50 How Brett Trained Cesar Cielo
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter.
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#swimming #sprinting #swimcoach

Dec 17, 2022 • 31min
LIVE from World Champs with BOBBY HURLEY!
Live from World Champs with Bobby Hurley! This is Bobby's 5th World Championships as a commentator. He's also been on the top of the podium at a World Championship as a swimmer in the 50 Back. He's the epitome of a swim nerd.
Brett & Bobby discuss Worlds Champs thus far, how he prepares for commentating, Chad Le Clos, Kyle Chalmers, Emma McKeon, the USA Swimming short course selection process, the Australian media, and the insanity of all these relays.
00:00 Hello Bobby Hurley! 00:10 SC World Champs Recap 01:00 Best announcer in the world 02:40 How do you prepare? 04:40 Mike McCann 07:35 How does this World Champs stack up? 08:25 USA Swimming selection process 10:30 Jordan Crooks 12:30 Australian swimming experience 14:23 Kyle Chalmers 18:30 4x50 Relays 21:20 Emma McKeon 26:00 Day 5 Finals 26:30 Chad Le Clos 27:15 French Team 28:06 Kate Douglass 28:40 Olympic commentary
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter.
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Dec 16, 2022 • 28min
#293 Mike Lewis on bringing dreams to life with SWIMPOSTERS.COM
Mike Lewis is one of swimming's top photographers. He's taken his photographs and turned them into posters to inspire the next generation of swimmers.
Get your swimmer a swim poster with Regan Smith, Lilly King, Caeleb Dressel, and more!
https://swimposters.com/
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter.
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Produced by: SWIMNERD

Dec 13, 2022 • 30min
Cody Simpson on going PB's, singing at the Melbourne Cup, & Tall Poppy Syndrome
Catching up with Cody Simpson. A few weeks ago he sang the National Anthem at the Melbourne Cup. Now he's going best times in the 100 Fly and 100 Free.
00:00 Hello Cody Simpson
01:10 How's Emma McKeon feeling?
01:30 PB's
04:00 13 years apart
05:20 What are you preparing for in 2023?
06:45 Creativity
09:00 Best way to describe Cody
13:00 Honing in on the 1%
14:45 Singing at the Melbourne Cup
16:45 Tall Poppy Syndrome
20:20 Athlete Mode vs Singer Mode
22:45 Advice to young kids
25:15 Top 20 in the World
28:00 David Marsh
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter.
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#swimming #codysimpson

Dec 12, 2022 • 37min
#292 Kristen Murslack talks coaching at Florida, Ledecky, & Dressel
Kristen Murslack is an Assistant Coach at the University of Florida for both the Men's and Women's programs. Prior to UF, she spent two years coaching at the University of Pittsburgh after swimming all four years at Auburn.
In this conversation, Kristen talks about women in coaching, finding her own identity, and if the Gators can win NCAA's. She also provides an update on Caeleb Dressel and explains how she's never heard a single complaint come out of Katie Ledecky's mouth.
Enjoy!
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SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
SWIMTRAXX: Swimtraxx One is the smartest swim specific tracker. Track your time, heart rate, and stroke rate all from the same device.
INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter.
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Produced by: SWIMNERD
6:07-7:24 - Transferring lessons learned in personal career to coaching athletes now
14:06-15:42 - Writing Workouts
15:43-17:17 - Making your own mark on the program - your own identity
20:21-21:28 - Will Florida win NCAAs?
23:01-23:19 - Bella Sims Red Shirt for Olympic Training Focus?
23:22-24:16 - Caeleb Dressel Update
24:17-26:54 - Katie Ledecky + Monster Sets
30:14-32:07 - Selling Points of UF