Effortless Swimming

A mile is 64.4 lengths of a 25m pool, 32.2 of a 50m pool and 70.4 of a 25yd pool - plus what the swimmer's mile really is, and how to pace one. The post How Many Laps Is a Mile? Swim Mile Conversions for Every Pool...

Glasses, contact lenses, prescription goggles, an optical mask, or just swimming blurry - the four real options if you can't see without correction, and how to pick. The post Can You Swim With Contacts or Glasses? Your...

Effortless Swimming · Gear Guide By Brenton Ford · August 2026 TL;DR: If you wear glasses for distance and squint at the pace clock, prescription swim goggles are one of the cheapest upgrades in swimming. Off-the-shelf...

Effortless Swimming · Freestyle By Brenton Ford · August 2026 TL;DR: Five drills fix almost every freestyle breathing problem: exhale rhythm practice, the side kicking drill, the shark fin drill, kick-on-side switching...

Discover the nutrition secrets that could make or break your next long swim—are you fueling properly? Swimmers and endurance athletes often overlook crucial aspects of fueling, leading to fatigue, poor recovery, and...

How To Swim Freestyle With (Almost) Zero Effort Want to swim freestyle with less effort while moving faster through the water? In this episode, Brenton shares the three key principles that make freestyle feel smooth and...

Tracey Baumann is back! Learn how better arm recovery can improve your balance, protect your shoulders, and help you swim with less effort. Tracey explains the most common mistakes that lead to shoulder pain, dropped...

In this episode, I join the TriVelo Podcast to share my approach to swimming faster and more efficiently in open water. We discuss where to focus first when improving your stroke, the differences between galloping and...

Most marathon swimmers would overlook the critical role of mental resilience—until they’re fighting waves, exhaustion, and doubt in real time. Tim Denya, an elite coach with over 250 English Channel crossings, reveals...

What separates the fastest triathletes from everyone else in the water? In this episode, I share the seven biggest swimming lessons I’ve learned from coaching professional triathletes over the past decade. We dive...

Most people assume ice swimming is just for the crazy or extreme athletes — but what if it’s really a gateway to resilience, mental clarity, and community? In this episode, journalist and ice swimming champion Chris...

How do you break through a swimming plateau when it feels like you’ve already tried everything? In this episode, I sit down with Sandra Surkamp to discuss her incredible swimming journey—from struggling to swim 25...

Join Adam Wilkie as he embarks on a year-long challenge to honor his Olympic champion father by attempting to match his legendary 2:15 record in the 200-meter breaststroke. Despite limited swimming experience, Adam has...

Stuck at the same swimming speed? In this episode, we break down how to smash through your training plateaus by fixing the “bottlenecks” in your technique. Drawing from 19 years of coaching experience, we...

In this episode, I sit down with Grant to share what I’ve learned over nearly two decades of coaching and racing in both pool and open water environments, including qualifying for Open Water Nationals as an adult. We...