Podcasts

SwimSwam Podcast: Dryland Training for Swimming with Chris Ritter of SURGE Strength

SURGE Strength is currently onboarding new swimmers and teams that are in need of custom Dryland Programs.

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Podcast: Olympic Champ Crissy Perham Swims To Raise Living Donor-Ship Awareness

Crissy Perham captured headlines when she answered the call to be a living donor for fellow Olympian Missy Franklin’s father.

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Caeleb Dressel Wants to Swim Through 2028 And Coach When He Retires

The 7x Olympic gold medalist spoke in-depth after a very long break from speaking to media. He’s back with clear sights set on the future.

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LEN U23 Champion Emma Sticklen on Breaking Through This Summer in the Long Course Pool

The Texas All-American walks us through what she gained from each competition as well as what has made the training environment so special in Austin this year

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Dissecting Kate Douglass’s 6-Medal Performance at the 2023 World Championships

Douglass reflects on her huge event lineup in Japan, including swimming the 200 breast and 100 free back-to-back through prelims, semis, and finals.

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How Jack Alexy Became America’s Top Male Sprinter

Alexy discusses the changes he made this season that led to improvement in his racing, including staying late to workouts to spend more time in the water

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Shayna Jack on World Records, Racing Katie Ledecky, & Partnership with Dean Boxall

Jack discusses what makes the training at St. Peters Western under Dean Boxall so electric and her strategy for racing Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.

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World Champion Hubi Kos Breaks Down “the Bowman Effect”

Kos describes how training in the training environment that Bowman has created in Tempe helped him get to the top of the podium in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Sam Short on Distance Training, Going Out Fast in Races, and Becoming a World Champion

Sam Short won a medal of every color at the 2023 World Champs in Fukuoka, earning gold in the 400 free, silver in the 800 free, and bronze in the 1500 free

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Full Debrief with Kyle Chalmers of the 2023 World Championships

We had a full sitdown with Kyle Chalmers, the 2023 world champion in the 100 free, 400 free relay, and mixed 400 free relay.

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How Moving to a Smaller Club Helped Matt Richards Become a World Champion

SwimSwam caught up with Matt Richards, the unexpected world champion in the 200 freestyle in Fukuoka.

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Outex Underwater Phone Case Unleashes The Power of Smartphones For Training & Fun

Outex is faster, easier, and cheaper than action cams like a GoPro, and is ideal for water sports athletes to analyze to analyze technique and performance.

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Getting to Know NBC Sports’ Sideline Reporter at the 2023 World Champs, Kira K. Dixon

Kira gives us her perspective on reporting for swimming vs golf (her normal day-to-day), winning Miss America, and the lifestyle of working in media

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DQs, 50s of Stroke, and Youth Movement at 2023 US Trials | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss the top stories from the 2023 US World Champ Trials, including selection priority, DQs, and the very young men’s and women’s teams

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Matt Bowe on “Dream come true” Hire as Head Coach of Michigan Swimming & Diving

Bowe, a native of Great Britain, coached in Michigan as his first coaching role in the United States and had fond memories of the area

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