SwimSwam Podcast: Emma Weyant on What it Takes to be on the Jr National Team
Emma explained what it took for her to make the jr national team and ultimately compete on the international stage for USA at the 2018 Jr Pan Pacific Champs
SwimSwam Podcast: Ous Mellouli on Winning 15 Gold Medals, $150K at 1 Meet
We dove deep into a piece of trivia you may not know about: Mellouli’s performance at the inaugural Pan Arab Games in 2011.
SwimSwam Podcast: Felix Aubock on 4-Nations Meet, Training Better Than Ever
Aubock mentions that he’s training with their high-performance group, and he’s doing things in practice that he’s never done before.
SwimSwam Podcast: Ben Gingher Talks Being on a Swim Team That Gets Cut… Twice
Having to transfer schools because the swim team got cut is emotional and difficult; Ben Gingher is doing it for the second time in his NCAA career.
SwimSwam Podcast: Rebecca Soni on Finding Your Rhythm as a Breaststroker
Soni goes deep into what is essential for being consistent with your training in breaststroke, even when it’s feeling out of rhythm.
SwimSwam Podcast: Bob Bowman Responds to SwimSwam’s ASU Redshirt Comments
Bowman was open and honest about his reasonings and was happy to answer a lot of the major questions that commenters had.
SwimSwam Podcast: Lea Maurer on Why Eating Dessert Wins World Titles
Lea made the world champs team and during the meet, teammate Jenny Thompson ate a waffle sundae before her individual swim, the 100 free.
SwimSwam Podcast: Milo Cavic on How Aaron Peirsol Pushed Him to go for Gold
As Cavic walks to the ready room, he sees his childhood friend, Aaron Peirsol, who won a gold medal in the 100 back earlier in the meet…
SwimSwam Podcast: Jessica Hardy on World Records in Practice w/ Soni, Efimova
Hardy claims to have never been beaten in practice by her USC breaststroke contemporaries and training partners: Rebecca Soni and Yulia Efimova.
SwimSwam Podcast: Justin Wright on Following The Path of the Warrior
He was also very candid with us about his struggles through quarantine, and how he’d found inspiration from watching anime shows
SwimSwam Podcast: Jason Pullano on How to Gamify Swimming
In this podcast, Jason turns a swim workout into a game of Super Mario Kart. He has an entire spreadsheet for how it works
SwimSwam Podcast: Bobby Guntoro on Memories at NC State, Chasing Dreams at UNCW
With a combined team of 58 strong and a nice beach town to recruit from, it’s looking like part two of Guntoro’s American dream.
SwimSwam Podcast: James Guy Talks British Relay Secret Sauce
Guy breaks down how the British team has built a culture of relay performance and putting an emphasis on medaling in as many as they can.
SwimSwam Podcast: How Does Katie Hoff Build Swim Strength on Dry Land?
Not only has the world champ’s TikTok game been on point during quarantine, but she has also started a new swim-specific dryland program, Synergy Dryland.
SwimSwam Podcast: Matt Grevers on Why Quarantine Will Benefit Older Swimmers
And as a fun tidbit, Grevers threw in the race that he thought felt the best over his entire career, which may surprise you.