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#447 : How To Break The One Pace "Gray Zone" with Brenton Ford

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#446 : How to Stop Goggles from Fogging Up (Permanently) with Brenton Ford

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#445 : Add Speed To Swim A Faster 1500m with Kelly Palace

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#444 : How To Rebuild Your Swimming From Zero with Brenton Ford

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#443 : If You Want Your Swimming To 'Click', Do This with Brenton Ford

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#442 : Why Your Shoulder Hurts After Swimming with Brenton Ford

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#441 : Deep Dive Into Freestyle Technique Mechanics with Jan Prins

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#440 : Can Red Light Therapy Help Your Swimming? with Taryn Richardson

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#439 : Why You're (Likely) Under-Fuelling And Under-Performing with Eliza Kelly

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#438 : How To Swim Freestyle With (Almost) Zero Effort with Brenton Ford

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#437 : Understanding Arm Recovery and Connection In Freestyle with Tracey Baumann

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#436 : How to Master Open Water Pacing, Swim Anxiety, and Stroke Mechanics with Brenton Ford

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#435 : Lessons From 250 English Channel Crossings with Tim Denyer

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#434 : 7 Rules From 10 Years Coaching Pro Triathletes with Brenton Ford

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#433 : Chasing the Chill: Understanding the Attraction Of Cold Water with Chris Ballard

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#432 : 2:30/100m to the 1:40's with Sandra Surkamp with Sandra Surkamp

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#431 : He Quit His Job & Is Now Chasing His Father's World Record with Adam Wilkie

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#430 : This Video Will Find You Right Before Your Next Breakthrough with Brenton Ford

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#429 : The Science and Art of Open Water Swimming

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#428 : Swim Technique Hierarchy of Needs

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#427 : It Sucks, But It Will Make Swimming Feel Easy

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#426 : Once You Ignore Your Watch, You'll Get Faster

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#425 : Secrets To Fast Freestyle with Steph Clutterbuck

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#424 : How To Conquer The English Channel When You Live In The Desert with Brendan Cullen

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#423 : Why You've Been Taught To Over-Rotate with Brenton Ford

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#422 : Why You're Not Faster After Working On Your Catch with Brenton Ford

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#421 : How This Swimmer Got Faster, Without Working Harder with Brenton Ford

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#420 : The Real Reason You Are Out Of Breathe with Brenton Ford

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#419 : Only 6 Swimmers In History Have Done This with Sam Short

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#418 : I'm Now 8 Seconds Quicker Per 100m with Brenton Ford

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#417 : If Your Arm Collapses When You Breathe, Do This with Brenton Ford

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#416 : Don't Be Prey: The 10-Year Battle to Reclaim a Life with Mark Sowerby

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#415 : The Catch Timing Secret Olympians Use with Brenton Ford

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#414 : The Breathing Fix That Dropped My Time 12 Seconds with Brenton Ford

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#413 : How I qualified for the Nationals (at 38 years old) with Brenton Ford

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#412 : The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#5 - Find Your Rhythm And Timing) with Brenton Ford

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#411 : The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#4 - Develop An Effective Catch And Pull) with Brenton Ford

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#410 : The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#3-Rock, Return And Align) with Brenton Ford

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#409 : The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#2 Find Your Balance) with Brenton Ford

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#408 : The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#1 Breathe Deep And Relax) with Brenton Ford

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#407 : 10 Ways To Increase Your Swim Speed with Brenton Ford

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#406 : What does 1:05/100m for 2 hours look like? with Nick Sloman

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#405 : Why Most Swimmers Run Out Of Air In Flip Turns with Brenton Ford

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#404 : Why Your Arm Drops When You Breathe with Brenton Ford

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#403 : 5 Freestyle Fixes That Actually Work with Brenton Ford

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#402 : Reduce Your Stroke Count From 50 To 40 Strokes with Brenton Ford

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#401 : Which Freestyle Kick Is Best? with Brenton Ford

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#400 : How Much Can Your Swimming Improve In 2 Years? with Brian Hans

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#399 : 12 (unusual) lessons from Michael Phelps' coach

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#398 : Exhausted A One Lap? 5 Ways To Swim Forever with Brenton Ford

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#397 : Transform Your Catch In 17 Minutes with Brenton Ford

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#396 : 12 Ways To Make Your Swimming Unrecognizable In The Next 12 Months with Brenton and Tas

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#395 : How To Look (And Feel) Effortless In The Water with Brenton Ford

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#394 : This Stroke Crushes In Open Water with Brenton Ford

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#393 : Navigating the Challenges of Marathon Swimming with Craig Lewin

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#392 : This Stroke Looks Calm...But Flies Past Everyone with Brenton Ford

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#391 : The Latest Swimming Analysis Tools Are Getting Wild with Jaimie Fuller

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#390 : How To Break 1:30/100m | Stroke Analysis with Brenton Ford

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#389 : Most Common Mistakes Adult Swimmers Make (And What To Do Instead) with Brenton Ford

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#388 : Why Your Kick Is Slowing You Down And How To Fix It with Brenton Ford

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#387 : Does 1960's swim technique still work? with Brenton Ford

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#386 : 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Swimming with Brenton Ford

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#385 : Most Swimmers Take Years To Learn This with Brenton Ford

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#384 : How To Go From 2:30 to 1:15/100m with Brenton Ford

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#383 : The Fastest (And Easiest Way) To Draft In Open Water

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#382 : Which Supplements Actually Help Your Swimming with Taryn Richardson

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#381 : How Triathletes Can Swim Minutes Faster with Brenton Ford

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#380 : Real-Life Strength: Building a Body That Serves You for Decades with Kate Galliett

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#379 : From Paddling to Powerful: Nurturing Swimming Skills Without the Pressure with Brenton Ford

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#378 : Translating Raw Power into Relaxed Efficiency with Rowing Legend Robin Williams

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#377 : How Actually 'Engage Your Core' When You Swim with Carl Reader

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#376 : How To Be Assertive And Kick A$$ In Open Water with Damien Wildes

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#375 : Unusual Strategies For Developing Your Swimming with Andrew Sheaff

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#374 : What You're Not Being Told Told About Sinking Legs with Brenton Ford

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#373 : Fast Comes Last: Mastering the Process Before the Performance with Frank Sole

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#372 : How to Improve Your Freestyle as an Adult – Olympian's Advice with Sharon Van Rouwendaal

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#371 : Lessons From The Fastest Swimmer In 70.3 with Greg Harper

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#370 : I Analyzed 8,000 Swimmers—Here's What Actually Makes You Faster with Brenton Ford

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#369 : How To Easily Break 2:00/100m And Make It Feel Easy with Fraser Hill

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#368 : You'll Never Improve If You Ignore This – An Olympic Swimmer's Advice with Brianna Throssell

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#367 : From 2:00/100m to A 29 Second 50m Freestyle with Alex Roman

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#366 : How Anyone Can Become A Great Swimmer with Brenton Ford

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#365 : The Art & Science Of Coaching Swimming with Nick Winkleman

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#364 : Lessons From An Olympic Coach with Bobby McGee

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#363 : The Game Of Racing with Dudley Duncan

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#362 : The Speed Equation with Tracey Baumann

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#361 : The Best Bits from 2024

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#360 : Everything I Know About Becoming A Strong Open Water Swimmer

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#359 : Strength Training So You Never Get Tired with Ryan Evernden

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#358 : How Pro Triathlete Kat Matthews Became A Front Pack Swimmer

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#357 : Try This Pro Triathletes Top 5 Swim Tips

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#356 : Everything I know About Freestyle

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#355 : How To Coordinate Your Freestyle Stroke with Tracey Baumann

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#354 : Olympian Reveals Her Freestyle Technique with Kiah Melverton

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#353 : Every Adult Swimmer Should Know These This

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#352 : How To Get Started In Marathon Swimming with Craig Lewin

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#351 : How to Generate Speed in Freestyle with Ash Delaney

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#350 : The Technology Behind The Men's 100m Freestyle World Record with Jaimie Fuller

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#349 : The Real Story Behind The Women's 10km Open Water At Paris with Sharon van Rouwendaal and Moesha Johnson

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#348 : How To Adapt Your Stroke For Triathlon Swimming with Bek Keat