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2:25 To 2:10/100m In 2 Months with Quang Pham

brent@effortless-swimming.com — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:05:51 +0000

My guest today is Quang Pham who recently had a significant improvement with his swim time. I thought it would be useful to have him share what he has done to improve. Listen to this episode, you might pick a couple of things that you might implement on your own.

1:40 Benchmarks

04:29 What Made The Difference

5:48 Swimming Has Become Easier

7:18 What Works Best For Me

8:37 What Got Me Into The Pool

12:00 The Next Step

13:59 Having A Structure

15:52 Initializing The Catch With The Ring And Pinky Finger

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#175: “I Couldn’t Believe My Time When I Looked At My Watch” with Trey St. John

brent@effortless-swimming.com — Fri, 21 May 2021 06:59:15 +0000

Joining us in this episode is Trey St. John whom I have been working with for a couple of months. Trey recently joined a triathlon and couldn’t believe that he clocked in a sub-24 minute time. Join us as Trey talks about what he thinks contributed to this significant change.

00:47 Swimming Background
1:55 I Needed To Start Swimming
3:19 Watching Feedback Friday Videos
5:38 Fitness Is There But No Technique
6:03 I Really Wanted To Qualify
8:44 I Started Seeing Improvements
12:07 Using A Different Pair Goggles Right Before The Race
14:47 Consistency. Strength Work. Coaching
18:30 Using Bands
22:08 Providing Stroke Analysis Online
25:02 Awareness In The Water
25:22 Small Changes Can Make A Huge Impact
26:50 Preparing For Open Water Swimming
28:49 Open Water Sighting

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100km In The Bay with Hollie Buerckner

brent@effortless-swimming.com — Sun, 02 May 2021 21:37:42 +0000

My guest today is Hollie Buerckner who just completed a 100km around the bay, starting from Port Melbourne finishing in Sorrento. Join us in this podcast as Hollie shares her experience during that 5 day swim.

4:52 Having a great support system is important

7:27 Unlucky Weather

8:28 First To Last Day Experience

13:47 Struggles

21:59 Block Negative Thoughts

26:30 Swimming With Your Old Self

31:11 Everything Comes To An End

33:56 Expand your Comfort Zone

40:10 Post Swim

48:50 It’s Not About Winning, More on Improving Yourself

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1:45 to 1:30/100m in 12 Months with Chung-Haun Li

brent@effortless-swimming.com — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:56:18 +0000

My guest today is Chung-Haun Li who has been on our Stroke Analysis Membership for 12 months. I have asked Chung-Haun to guest in our podcast to share his story and improvement for the last 12 months because he’s had a pretty significant improvement with his time and technique.

01:14 12 Months Ago
02:29 I Didn’t Know What’s Wrong With My Stroke
05:03 ” The Only Thing That I Know Is That I Am Slow And I Didn’t Know What To DO”
08:19 Improving My Balance
11:55 Improving My Stroke Rate
15:42 Your Threshold Speed Is Just A Percentage OF Your Top Speed
19:41 Planned Work Out
20:51 Frustrations

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Swimming Between New Zealand’s North And South Island With Rebecca Hollingsworth

brent@effortless-swimming.com — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:20:59 +0000

Rebecca Hollingsworth recently swam across the Cook Straight. In this episode, she talks about how her preparation,
training, and experience on that swim.

00:40 It’s Supposed to be 23km
2:23 Training While Waiting For Another Window
5:00 Doing A Tandem Swim
8:42 Not Slowing Down
9:28 Cold Adaptation
11:08 Fuelling
14:35 After The Swim (Mental Toll)

Rebecca’s Write up