#89: Swim-Specific Yoga with Jeff Grace

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#89: Swim-Specific Yoga with Jeff Grace

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Faster times and better technique aren't a guarantee when you train hard. What really makes a difference to your speed and efficiency in the water? The Effortless Swimming podcast helps make a complex sport really simple to better your swimming. We cover open water swimming, triathlon swimming and pool swimming. Hosted by Australian National swimmer and coach Brenton Ford.

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#41: How To Develop Speed, Strength and Power with Wayne Goldsmith: Speed, strength and power is crucial to high performance swimming. Wayne Goldsmith has worked with Swimming Australia and Triathlon Australia and shares his top strategies to generating more speed in your swimming. We also talk about different types... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#52: Front of the pack with Josh Amberger: Today’s guest is professional triathlete, Josh Amberger. In the last 12 months, he’s won a range of 70.3 distance events including Port Macquarie, Challenge Half Shepparton and Western Sydney 70.3. He’s first out of the water in most... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#49: Truths About Swimming Part 1: What has worked and not for athletes, swimmers and triathletes? In the first part of this series, I will share with you what has made athletes, swimmers and triathletes reach an elite level with their swimming so it can help anyone who may not be from... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#40: First Out Of The Water with Clayton Fettell: In this Podcast, Clayton Fettell talks about technique, strength training, some of his favorite workouts and how he sees swimmers being able to breakthrough their speed barrier and really take that next step with their swimming. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#42: How Triathlon Can Change Your Life with Christian Schwaerzler: Our guest in this episode is Christian Schwaerzler, a triathlete who attended our Melbourne Freestyle clinic. He is an author, corporate coach and a speaker. Christian weighed 135 kgs five years ago and he is now down to around 75 kgs. He lost... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#44: English Channel and Cook Strait Legend Philip Rush: In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast, our guest is open water swimming legend, Philip Rush. Philip Rush has completed ten crossings of the English Channel as well as triple crossing. He has the fastest record of two-way and three-way... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#39: The Complete Athlete with Andrew Read: In this Podcast, we are going to talk about how Andrew Read sees strength and conditioning playing a part of endurance sports, goals versus systems, the process to building strength up for someone who’s just beginning, the habits that have the... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#62: Escaping Sleep Deprivation with Andre Obradovic: This episode's guest is Andre Obradovic. Andre is a mindset, health and well-being coach. Andre specializes in sleep. He works with executives and athletes in helping them get more control of their sleeping habits. In this podcast, Andre will let us... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#47: How To Swim Fast When You're Not A Swimmer with Bevan Mckinnon: In this podcast, I'll interview Bevan McKinnon. Bevan is an elite level triathlete, a triathlon coach and co-host at Fitter Radio – a podcast that features professional triathletes and triathlon coaches. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#43: Focus On What Matters with Sports Physiotherapist Greg Dea: Our guest in this Effortless Swimming podcast episode is Greg Dea. He is a Performance Consultant and Sports Physiotherapist. He is currently serving at the Northern Territory Institute of Sport as a Sports Medicine Coordinator. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#54: Team Leadership with James O'Connor: Our guest in this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is James O’Connor. He is a success and leadership coach at Elite Team Leadership where he works with a wide range of sports and athletes to help them improve their results in their chosen... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#53: The Triple Crossing with Chloe McCardel: Today’s guest is ultra-marathon swimmer, Chloe McCardel. She has successfully completed a triple crossing of the English Channel. This is something that hasn’t been done by anyone for the last 25 years. She’s the fourth person in history to do... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#45: Why You Run Out of Breathe at The End of Your Lap: In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we'll find out why you run out of breath at the end of the lap and how you can change it so that you are swimming easier, you are more relaxed and you are not gasping for air every time you... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#46: 4 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Workouts: In this podcast, we'll be looking at mistakes to avoid when doing your workout... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#48: Straight Talk with Sara McLarty: In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Sara McLarty. She is a professional triathlete and a swimming coach based in Clermont, Florida. In December, I’ll be with Sara running the swim section at the Triathlon research Camp in... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#75: The ABC's of Optimal Health and Training with Eric Neilson: In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eric Neilsen. Eric Neilsen is a multisport coach and consultant who works with athletes of all abilities from novice to professional, by providing personalized services that empower clients... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#58: The Missing Ingredient with Nutritionist Steph Saullo: In this podcast, we have Steph Saullo. She is a nutritionist who will share with us how you can get better performance in your swimming or triathlon by fuelling yourself better. We'll cover: fundamentals in nutrition that every athlete should know... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#69: Faster Swimming Series with Eney Jones - Racing and Rhythm (Part 3 of 3): This is the 3rd episode in this 3-part series of interviews with Eney Jones. In this episode we’ll talk all about racing and rhythm - how to achieve better results in your swimming and races. Let’s get into it! by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#55: Why You Don't Need To Start Early with Travis Mahoney: In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Travis Mahoney, he is an Australian Swim Team member. In this podcast, we'll talk about: - How Travis started swimming at a later age. - What he does on his day-to-day training - His... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#59: Race Ready With Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26: In this episode, we have Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26. Tower 26 is a well-known swimming group in Santa Monica, United States where Gerry coaches a number of athletes (mostly triathletes). Listen in as Gerry discuss: the difference between training a... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#50: Truths About Swimming Part 2: Studies show that if you are training with someone, you push yourself up to 16% - 18% harder than you would if you are training by yourself. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#51: Truths About Swimming Part 3: Over the last couple of years, I’ve seen swimmers do really well and other swimmers who maybe have not reached their potential or have not quite gotten where they want to get to. These are some of the things I’ve noticed and taken account... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#73: Healing the Grump Athlete with Katee Pedicini: In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Katee Pedicini. Katee is the author of "Healing The Grumpy Athlete". We will talk about her background, health and wellness and how her book came to be. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#56: Strength Training For Masters Athletes with Chris Ritter: In this episode of the Effortless Swimming Podcast, our guest is Performance Coach Chris Ritter. He has worked with a wide range of athletes - youth, masters to Olympic gold medalists. He works closely with Cullen Jones - 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#61: From Broken Collarbone To Pro Triathlete In 3 Years with Kim Schwabenbauer: Our guest for this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast is fun, inspiring and motivating. Kim Schwabenbauer is a professional triathlete from the U.S. and a nutritionist. Kim will talk about: her experience when she broke a collarbone,... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#60: How to Swim Faster in Open Water by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#77: The Best Places to Swim with Simon Griffiths: Simon Griffiths is the founder and publisher of H2Open Magazine. H2Open Magazine is a magazine about open water swimming and everything that incorporates races and swims around the world. Simon will be sharing: his experience about open water... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#70: What I've Learnt From One Hundred Podcasts with Kevin Koskella from TriSwimCoach: In this podcast episode, we’ll talk to Kevin Koskella of TriSwimCoach about the key takeaways he’s had from interviewing guests in his own podcast and how it can help triathletes and swimmers improve their performance. by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#67: Faster Swimming Series with Eney Jones - Cues (Part 1 of 3): In this 3-part episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Eney Jones. In part 1, we’ll talk about cues and analogies for faster swimming. In the second podcast, we’ll talk about gear for faster swimming and the third podcast of this... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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#57: The Magic Of Six Weeks With Andy Anderson: In this episode of The Effortless Swimming Podcast, we have Andy Anderson. Andy is the Co-Founder of Ultimate You Change Centers. He is famous for his 9 to 6 program. A program that aims to help people lose 9 kilos in 6 weeks. This program has a... by The Effortless Swimming Podcast
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