#278 : Using Stroke Rate, DPS and Consistency To Transform Your Swimming with Brian Johns

My guest today is Brian Johns who is a three-time Olympian former world record holder in the 400 IM and, the head of coaching science at FORM. In this episode, we will talk about improving your technique using FORM goggles and how important reliability and consistency are to transform your swimming. 00:47 Best achievement: Coming back from injuries 03:52 Focus on the process and getting better every day 07:18 Get yourself in a squad environment 11:55 Understanding how DPS and SR lead to increase speed 17:34 How can you find the sweet spot with stroke rate and stroke length? 22:24 Applying progressive overload principles to Workouts 30:53 Applying race results to training and improvement 33:56 Changes to stroke rate and effort are very incremental 40:58 Has anything been interesting regarding the swim data that the FORM collected? 43:10 Knowing the fundamentals and the basics goes a very long way 44:06 Reliability/consistency are the key 45:25 Be mentally switched on

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Faster times and better technique aren't a guarantee when you train hard. What really makes a difference to your speed and efficiency in the water? The Effortless Swimming podcast helps make a complex sport really simple to better your swimming. We cover open water swimming, triathlon swimming and pool swimming. Hosted by Australian National swimmer and coach Brenton Ford.