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.
Watch Sun Jiajun Become China’s 3rd Fastest 100 Breast Swimmer Ever
Watch 2018 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Sun Jiajun hit a lifetime best in the men’s 100m breast at this week’s Chinese national team test meet.
Watch Zhang Yufei’s 56.47 100 Fly Lifetime Best
Check out what a 56.47 100m fly looks like, courtesy of 22-year-old Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei. She crushed that PB competing in time trials.
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.
Michael Phelps Shines Spotlight On Mental Health, Documentary On Today Show
American Olympic icon Michael Phelps was a special guest on NBC News’ TODAY, shining a light on his new documentary entitled The Weight of Gold.
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…
Former WR Holder Jesse Vassallo Demonstrates His Team’s Open Water Safety Plan
1984 Olympian and former world record holder Jesse Vassallo made a YouTube video highlighting how his team is training safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Caeleb Dressel’s 17.63 50 Free Dissect Is a Coach’s Dream on Stroke Mechanics
In “Stroke Dissect #2” Caeleb Dressel picks apart his 17.63 50 freestyle from 2018, telling us what he thinks is good and what he could have done better.
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
