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Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
How would you feel if what you love to do most might be taken from you?
Christie Raleigh Crossley faced that potential when a traumatic brain injury changed her life forever. An accomplished swimmer with big goals, and a mom to boot, following her injury she returned to the pool with a different set of physical tools and abilities than she once had.
But the sport that shaped her life would prove to be foundational for Christie, as she found a new community, and immediate success, as a para swimmer. Now, her sights are set on the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, and so are ours.
Enjoy!
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Team USA distance swimmers Charlie Clark and David Johnston know each other well, having raced since juniors and now against the best in the world. Today they join us from Melbourne, Australia ahead of the Short Course World Championships, where they’ll team up and go for a USA 1-2 finish against the likes of Italy’s distance legend Gregorio Paltrinieri.
Both are coming off steady progressions to the elite level, Charlie having represented USA at the 2022 Long Course World’s, and David recently setting the American Record in the 800 SCM, good enough for 4th-fastest all-time. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to swim as fast as these guys do for as long as they do, listen.
Might make your head explode. Ours did.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
After winning so many crowns at the World Cup, Beata Nelson seems to have next year’s Halloween costume dialed. She’s also buying dinner after cashing giant checks worth $150k. But wait, there’s more. Her fiance locked it up with a proposal to cap the month of a lifetime for Beata Nelson, one of the best short course swimmers in the world, maybe in history. And with no more short course meets on the schedule, Beata Nelson turns her attention to long course, eyeing a spot on the US World Champs team next summer, but not before hanging out with us to share some laughs and the secret sauce behind the 200 back/200 IM double on day 3, for 3 weeks in a row, winning every race…. umm, what?
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Before Magic5, the biggest innovation in goggles was…. goggles.
Niklas Hedegaard is the co-founder of Magic5, the goggle brand featured on Shark Tank that is reimagining fit and performance by leveraging modern facial scanning technology and robotics to deliver personalized goggles custom molded to YOUR face! Finally! No more raccoon eyes or headaches, just comfort, so you can focus on the workout.
Niklas and his co-founder Rasmus Barfred are former international-level swimmers who know all too well how personal goggle choice is to a swimmer. Ever tried to borrow your friend’s goggles because your strap broke? Instant leaks and that dizzy feeling adjusting to the new view. They started Magic5 to solve this problem and create the perfect goggles.
Luke has been a fanboy of Magic5 for a while now and after learning World silver medalist Kasia Wasick (Ep. 113) wears Magic5 too, we had to, ahem, expand our view and learn more about this company.
Enjoy!
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Few have achieved success in so many different roles in the sport like Brett Hawke.
A 5x Olympian who ushered in an era of Australian sprinting prowess, Brett would have had his place in history when he hung up his suit and goggles as the Aussie record holder, Commonwealth medalist, and Olympic finalist.
But things were just beginning, as Brett would go on to coach the greatest sprint group of all time at Auburn and cement his legacy as an expert on world class speed.
Today, he hosts the wildly popular and insightful podcast, Inside with Brett Hawke. Enjoy!
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
For many people, “doing a 10k” is an achievement on foot accompanied by a race bib and a finisher t-shirt. For Joe and John Zemaitis, however, it’s a sometimes 3x daily open water swim that takes an average 3 hours to complete!
The Swim Brothers recently completed the “Ultimate Swim-a-thon” to raise awareness and money to promote water safety, drowning prevention and competitive and open water swimming. It was a double victory for the duo whose open water achievements include the English, North, and Catalina channel crossings to name just a few. The Brothers exceeded their fundraising target of $10,000 in partnership with the USA Swimming Foundation, and completed the monumental swim effort 5 days ahead of schedule by swimming an open water 10k in every US state in just 25 days!
If that doesn’t make you feel lazy, we want to hear your story!
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
He’s the Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, World Champion and now Commonwealth Champion.
Seems like the perfect mic drop moment for a 23 year old to swim like a frog off into the sunset.
But while we’ll never understand the stroke, this guy loves swimming fast breaststroke, and he’s keen to take the WR even lower. Somewhat surprisingly, it may be his freestyle training that gives him the fitness to close faster than anyone in the field. Also, why is freestyle the only stroke that has events longer than 200m?
Zac thinks he could be world champ at the 300m or even 400m BR. Sounds like a promoter needs to make this happen.
There’s the challenge. Any takers?
Enjoy our chat with Zac!
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Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
“Hey Matthew, where’s the fire?” Olympics. Check. World Cup wins. Check. NCAA champ. Check. Goes pro. Check.
Sure feels like Matthew Sates’ is on a mission to do it all quickly, and he pretty much has.
The past year has been a whirlwind. He’s had 5 different training squads, and now he’s touring more as he learns from the best and makes a plan for his build toward Paris 2024.
Why the moves? How fast does he think he could go in a 500yd free if he took it out? What’s his 400 free race plan for Commonwealth Games?
Listen and find out!
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
If we could go back and buy stock in Brooks Curry, we’d be rich.
Fewer swimmers have a hotter hand right now. Makes Olympic team (wins gold on relay). SEC champ (beats a Dressel meet record). Pulls the double at NCAAs 50/100 free. Earns individual swim at Worlds (makes final, 5th, goes 47).
He just keeps getting faster, and is proving time after time to have great swims when it matters most.
So, what’s the secret to Brooks’ success? Will LSU become a powerhouse? What inspired his infamous mullet?
Listen as we go into the mind of Brooks Curry.
Enjoy
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
The 50 free is the hardest race in swimming. Why? Details. No room for error.
To be the best in the world, training for the 50 means knowing how to truly go ALL OUT. Over and over. Sure, we are biased sprinters.
That’s why we asked Kasia Wasick what it takes to win a silver medal at Worlds at age 31 (after 4 Olympics and 1 retirement!).
Let’s also give some love to masters swimming for helping Kasia find the sport again after retirement, and the ISL for extending so many careers like Kasia’s.
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