Effortless Swimming

My guest today is Chris Natterer from Ultraworking. He is a Lead Product Manager at Ultraworking.com. In this episode, Chris will talk about what we can do to be more productive to make sure we stick to habits and also to talk about nutrition as well. All of these things tie in really well in […]

My guest today is Aidan Booth who is over at New Zealand. Aidan mentioned in one of his emails that he hit a PB on his hundred freestyle after going through the 8-week Faster Freestyle Course. Listen as Aidan shares his experience and how he broke the 1:15 Barrier. 00:51 Goal3:11 Power Diamond4:33 Stroke Rate6:38 […]

My guest today is Michael Riber. I contacted him a couple of weeks ago because I would love to have him on the podcast to talk about his improvement after finishing the 5-Day Catch Challenge. Enjoy 00:54 Swimming Background09:37 Swimming Injuries10:56 Accept What You Are And Do Something About It16:17 Sky Diving And Swimming18:09 Improvement […]

My Guest today is Zac Turner, he is a physio at Kieser Australia. I have met Zac through a clinic that I was running in Melbourne, he invited me to try Kieser Gym that he worked at. I have been going there for a couple of months now, I have really enjoyed it, got a […]

Marquest joins us in this podcast episode to talk about his early struggles when he started swimming. From barely finishing 50 yards to completing 1000 yards without stopping. Marquest shares his experiences, what he’s been through to achieve this. Enjoy 01:02 Swimming Background9:00 Doing Half Ironman09:30 I Gotta Start With Something16:52 But Swimming25:53 Signing Up […]

My guest today is Ari Klau and he is a professional triathlete who started only at the beginning of this year. He essentially came from no swimming background at all and he is gotten to a point now where he swimming very well for someone who doesn’t have a background in swimming. His background is […]

My guest today is David Tilbury-Davis. You might know him, you might not. He is the former coach of Lionel Sanders, he coaches a number of professional triathletes, he is one of the most highly successful, highly experienced triathlon coaches out there at the moment. He has been coaching for the last 26 years, he […]

My guest today is Phil Clayton. Phil was a professional Ironman, Surf Ironman Competitor from 1992 to 2004. In 2000, he won the World Ironman Championships. He has a lot of experience as a Surf Ironman Coach and as a swim coach. His main thing is helping people get comfortable, get experience to become open […]

My guest today is a fellow coach, a competitor, a triasthlete who has done a huge amount of racing. He has done one of the longer distance triathlon that there is, the Ultraman. 01:50 Competition/ Coaching Background03:58 Training From Ironman To Ultraman06:37 Not Too Much Running07:28 Swim Training08:33Swim Techniques09:59 Open Water Swimming Skills15:07 Coaching Triathletes17:45 […]

My guest today is an elite athlete who won an incredible 5 World Championships is paddle boarding and holds the course record for the Molokai to Ohau race in Hawaii. Won his first full Ironman series in 2018 and the Coolangatta Gold Ironman in 2019. Join us as Matt talks about his training sessions, visions […]

My guest today is Alex from AB Physiology. Take a listen as Alex talks about the importance of breathing, share some breathing exercises and how we should prioritize exhale. 04:32 Strategies Used To Help People Stay Calm06:44 Level OF Awareness Towards Breathing09:39 Breathing Exercise14:28 Breathing In A Highly Stressed Situation16:16 Prioritize Your Exhale19:40 CO2 Tolerance29:59 […]

My guest is Olympian Tristan Hollard. I wanted to get him into the podcast to talk about his experience in qualifying, his training and racing at the Olympics. 01:42 Holy Hollard!!05:36 Reaching The Potential04:01 Developing Discipline And Routine07:56 It’s Not Easy09:43 It Changed My Life Completely11:51 Is This What’s Best For Me?14:14 Changing The Attitude […]

My guest today is Irene Cats from Swimfitforlife based up in far north Queensland. I find a lot of similarities between me and Irene as a coach, we normally coach adults, and a lot of adults that haven’t got any swimming backgrounds or adults who just learned how to swim. In this podcast, I want […]

Seeing some incredible improvement with his swimming time, I want to get Chris into the podcast to get his take on what’s made the difference for him and with experiences like this, a lot of listeners will surely have a lot of takeaways that could help them in their swimming journey. 01:36 Swimming Background04:14 Training […]

I have been working with Chris for a little bit over a year and recently had a good result in his Ironman swim. I thought it would really good to get him into the podcast to talk about what he has done to improve his swimming. 01:09 Swimming Background02:40 Swimming In The Dark04:18 Reluctant To […]