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Mar 4, 2021 • 46min
#140 Sarah Sjöström
Swedish superstar Sarah Sjöström is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Women's 100 Butterfly.
00:00 Introduction
01:30 How's the elbow?
04:55 "It was devastating."
07:20 Recovery Timeline
07:55 Mental Approach
11:20 Ben Wildman-Tobriner
14:05 Sarah's Swimming Journey
16:20 Olympic Success 3rd Time Around
17:35 Sweden's 1st Olympic Gold Medal Female Swimmer
17:55 Handling Pressure with a Psychologist
22:10 Breaking the World Record in the Olympic Final
22:54 YAHTZEE! 24:20 What are you thinking behind the blocks?
25:00 100 Fly Race Strategy
30:00 Timing in Butterfly
31:00 Building Speed & Power vs. Endurance in Fly
31:45 Get Straight Into The Catch (50 Fly stroke)
33:00 Sprint Kicking Almost Every Practice
33:45 How can you hold 6 World Records in 2 Strokes?
37:00 How do you go under 52?
41:00 Being an Ambassador for the ILS
42:30 Swimming is my Job
43:45 James Gibson & Energy Standard
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Artwork photo courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu. Follow her on Instagram.
Also, watch her interview with Brett! Episode 134! She can rip down a mountain on skis or a snowboard...Turkish national champion!

Mar 1, 2021 • 52min
#139 Dr. Gary Hall Sr.
Dr. Gary Hall Sr. won 3 Olympic medals (2 Silvers, 1 Bronze) in 3 different individual events (400 IM, 200 Fly, 100 Fly) at 3 consecutive Olympics (1968, 1972, 1976). A retired ophthalmologist, Dr. Hall founded The Race Club with his son, Gary Hall Jr.. They've been teaching people to swim faster with camps, content, and more since 2003.
"I love teaching I've always loved teaching and I want to I want to take this further but I want to try to do it in a way that that I'd like to do it which is more science based and really kind of bring the science into the sport and that's what we've tried to do." - Gary Hall Sr.
00:00 Sponsors
01:13 Intro Episode 139 Dr. Gary Hall Sr.
03:13 History of the Race Club
07:30 Gary Hall Jr.
11:00 JUST HAVE FUN
11:30 Garden Grove, Sammy Lee
13:40 Jon Urbanchek
15:00 Flip Darr, 400 IM
16:40 Holding Bob Webster's gold medal
18:00 Mexico City
21:30 Indiana University & Doc Counsilman
24:45 Marge Counsilman
26:20 Mark Spitz
31:55 200 Fly World Record
34:10 Mark Spitz 100 Fly Get Out Swim
36:30 Gary Jr. Pan-Pacs 1995
38:05 400 IM to 200 Fly to 100 Fly
40:45 1976 USA Men's Olympic Swimming Team
41:05 Why the science of swimming?
42:40 Technology in Swimming
49:00 Work with The Race Club
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Feb 25, 2021 • 1h 2min
#138 Chris Fydler
Chris Fydler is a 20x Australian National Champion, 3x Olympian, and Olympic Champion. He was one of the four Australians strumming guitars after beating Team USA's 4x100 Free Relay at the 2000 Sydney Games. That victory, in front of the home crowd, snapped 36 years of American dominance in the event. The same relay that Ian Thorpe nearly missed because he ripped two suits...
Currently, Chris is the Managing Director of Sydney based software company, Tambla. He also serves as President on the Board of Directors of New South Wales Swimming.
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Feb 22, 2021 • 47min
#137 Trevor Freeland
Trevor Freeland grew up in Philadelphia swimming for Jim Ellis and PDR (the Philadelphia Department of Recreation or Pride, Determination, Resilience). He helped the University of Virginia win their first ACC Championship in 1987. Trevor has had an incredible business career with Deutsche Bank. In this episode, he explains to Brett how swimming, his mother, Jim Ellis, and Mark Bernardino shaped him into the businessman he is today.
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Feb 18, 2021 • 42min
#136 Ray Looze
Ray Looze is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at Indiana University. He's been a mainstay on Team USA's coaching staffs as of late: 2017 & 2019 World Championship Coach, 2018 Pan Pacific Head Coach, and 2016 Olympic Assistant Coach.
Brett and Ray discuss...
Do you still coach? How do you stay a coach rather than becoming a manager?
Blake Pieroni. Zach Apple.
Getting 3rd at Olympic Trials.
Blake not making the A Final at Olympic Trials in the 200 Free. "What are you going to do now Blake?"
Cody Miller talking to Michael Phelps at Olympic Trials.
Having one of your athlete's win Olympic gold.
Lily King, Yulia Efimova, and doping.
How does Indiana win an NCAA team title?
Are NCAA Championships going to happen? How about the Tokyo Olympics?
2021 USA Swimming Olympic Trials are going to be very different. How do you swim fast at Olympic Trials?
And more!
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Feb 15, 2021 • 49min
#135 Chris Plumb
Chris Plumb is the Head Coach of Carmel Swim Club & Carmel High School where they have won 35 straight girls state championships and 19 boys state championships. Coach Plumb is in his 15th year at Carmel.
Brett and Chris talk about...
Being a Learner
How do you be a better coach?
“It’s simple things over and over.” – Chris Plumb
How do you break up your training cycles for your high school swimmers?
“The Science of Winning”
5 great weeks and a deload week. 6 week blocks. Capacity (Gas Tank) & Power (MPG).
It’s like a faucet. Aerobic power. Aerobic capacity. Anaerobic power. Anaerobic capacity. Short Speed. You need all of them but it’s all about how much you turn on.
Developing the person.
Drylands. Vern Gambetta. How to move properly.
“You can create athletes.” – Chris Plumb
Using a pulley system, Destro Swim Towers (use coupon code "brett" at checkout to save $150 on a double swim tower!)
Recognizing the differences between coaching young men and women.
Having a working board vs. a governing board of parents.
And much, much more!
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Feb 11, 2021 • 47min
#134 Mine Kasapoglu
Mine Kasapoglu is a sports photographer from Turkey trying to capture moments that make your heart skip a beat. She's been to the last 9 Olympics!
You've definitely seen her swimming pictures before, as she has been working with the Gloria Sports Arena for a couple of years now, home to Energy Standard. She also shoots for Red Bull and is a SONY Alpha Europe Ambassador.
Mine is also quite the athlete herself, as she was on both the Turkish National Skiing and Snowboarding Team. It was once her goal to make an Olympic Team in Snowboard cross.
"I'm not an Olympian, but I've been to 9 Olympic Games." - Mine Kasapoglu
Mine has lent many pictures to the podcast -- THANK YOU!
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Special Thanks to World Champion Ukrainian Swimmer, Misha Romanchuk for this great pic we used in this episode's artwork. Check him out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misha_romanchuk/

Feb 8, 2021 • 45min
#133 Liliana Ibáñez
Liliana Ibáñez is a 2x Olympic swimmer from Mexico. She holds National Records in the 50/100/200 Free -- both in SCM and LCM. Lili is one of those people that naturally radiates positivity. You can hear her smiling when she talks.
Lili is currently training in Mexico City under Brett's guidance with the goal of making a 3rd Olympic Games.
They talk about...
*getting better at kicking; dropping down from swimming the 200 to focus on the 50 and 100
*Steve Bultman recruiting her to Texas A&M; her mother not wanting her to leave home; culture shock
*being amazed at the plentiful chocolate milk, unlimited steaks, and long showers
*how watching Ian Thorpe at the 2000 Olympic Games changed her life
*Cesar Cielo being a super hero in Latin America
*learning to sprint in practice without any air
*making history in Mexico; inspiring the next generation of young Mexican swimmers
And much more!
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Feb 4, 2021 • 30min
#132 Abbie Fish
Abbie Fish is the owner and founder of Swim Like A. Fish. Abbie is a virtual swim coach and stroke technique guru for swimmers all around the world. She cut her teeth working with some of the best: USA Swimming, the Race Club, and Ritter Sports Performance. As a swimmer, she swam at the University of Georgia and was an Olympic Trials qualifier. She's obsessed with improving your stroke technique.
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h 8min
#131 Eric Shanteau
Eric Shanteau is a 2x Olympian, World Champion swimmer, and cancer destroyer. He also holds the American Record for Most Times Getting 3rd at US Olympic Trials (5x) as well as the AR for Most Events Getting 3rd at OT's (4 events; 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast).
Shanteau grew up swimming for Swim Atlanta and Chris Davis and was one of the four Auburn Tigers (George Bovell (Episode #111), Doug Van Wie, and Kurt Cady) that went 32-4-4 in their NCAA swimming career. That's 32 dual meet wins (and 0 losses), 4 SEC Championships, and 4 NCAA Titles -- completely undefeated.
In the mid-2000's, while Shanteau grew into one of the world's best IM'ers, so did two other young Americans. Just so happens they turned out to be the two most decorated swimmers ever: Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.
At the 2004 Olympic Trials, Shanteau placed 3rd behind Phelps and Lochte. He also placed 3rd in the 400 IM behind Phelps and Erik Vendt.
The same thing happened at the 2008 Olympic Trials: 3rd in the 200 IM behind Phelps and Lochte. 3rd in the 100 Breast.
Finally, his opportunity came in the 200 Breast, qualifying for his first Olympics in 2008. Prior to the Games, Shanteau was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He opted to swim before going under the knife.
Shanteau popped off at World Championships in 2009. The famous Rome meet. He won a Bronze medal in the 200 IM and a Silver in the 200 Breast which was an American Record of 2:07.42.
In 2012, he qualified 2nd behind Brendan Hansen in the 100 Breast which led him to win an Olympic gold medal in the 400 Medley Relay by swimming on the morning relay. Also, at the 2012 Olympic Trials, he got -- you guessed it -- 3rd yet again -- this time in the 200 Breast.
Shanteau married another Auburn All-American, Jeri Moss.
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