This an interesting interview with swim coach Don Swartz.  He gave a talk in the early 1980s at an ASCA conference titled, "Nonsense and the Beginner's Mind:  Looking for a Quantum Leap."  It was his challenge to the swim coaching community to look for a better way to train athletes.  It is as relevant then as it is now.  Enjoy.  

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Episode 27 - Don Swartz, The Quantum Leap

Great interview with the inventor of the Brick Kickboard, James Fike.  We spend a good deal of the time talking about his post collegiate swimming career and how even after swimming at the University of Texas he has been able to hit his best times 17 years later.  We also talk about the development of the Brick Kickboard and how he wants to grow Fike Swim going forward.  

Episode 26 - James Fike, Fike Swim

in this episode we talk with former NCAA Division I distance swimmer turned triathlete, Erin Sosdian.  Erin is an athlete I have coached for 5 years and the first athlete I coached in swim/bike/run.  We talk about the training that helped to qualify her for 70.3 Worlds and Kona and the process of mastering the skill of racing long distance triathlons.  

Special Episode 13 - Erin Sosdian, FOTW Kona

Bruce Beall is a long time rowing coach and former US Olympic Rower.  He started his coaching career on the East Coast in the 1970s.  In the early 1980s, he teamed up with Jon Kabat-Zinn on the application of mindfulness on competitive rowers while Beall was the rowing coach at Harvard.  In this episode we talk about that time and what he has learned over the years as coach and where mindfulness fits in.  

Episode 25 - Bruce Beall, Rowing Coach on Mindfulness

Special episode 12 is with Team Veranadra.  Vanessa, Dana, Fernanda and Sandra all came to me a couple years ago and said they wanted to compete in El Cruce - a 10k open water race in Mexico.  This is an interview with Vanessa, Fernanda and Sandra about their training and the race.  It's a fun time with great people who make up Magnolia Masters.  

Special Episode 12 - Team Vernandra, El Cruce 2019

Episode 24 is an interesting interview with a Alex Coates who is a former professional triathlete and currently working on her PhD in Exercise Physiology with an emphasis on overtraining in athletes.  We discuss some of the long held ideas in endurance training like Super Compensation on how there might be better ways to train.  We also talk about some of the early signs of overtraining or really under recovering and what they might be.  

Episode 24 - Alex Coates, Overtraining Researcher

A couple short, compact interviews with a few of the professional triathletes in attendance at the Magnolia Masters Pro Camp.  We talk about their careers, how and why they became a pro and what their goals are going forward.  

Special Episode 11 - Ginger, Lizzie and Alysha, Pro Camp 2020

A little trip down amnesia lane with long time professional triathlete Justin Daerr.  We talk about his career in triathlon and his ideas around training and racing.  

Special Episode 10 - Justin Daerr, Pro Camp 2020

A monthly in-depth interview with an innovative coach or professional that is bringing new ideas or novel training methods to their sport or profession. We will also talk about coffee, beer and dogs. This podcast is sponsored by Magnolia Masters.

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