We posted all of the raw footage of Andy swimming inside of the 'Elite Swimmers' section inside the ES membership: effortlessswimming.com/training-and-membership-plans/

If there's a 'secret' to Andy's swimming it's this... 30km pw at high intensity, consistently, for years! Ther's no shortcuts to success

@dominickdaalhuizen1158

6 күн бұрын

And note that that is considered a low milage.

The 'pulling on jeans' trick for core engagement is the best tip I've ever heard for core engagement! Andy is awesome!

WOW: im in awe. I've probably watched ALL your videos by now, Brenton, but what this guy does is compress all of the knowledge in a few succinct, on point items. friggin phenomenal! thank you!

What a beast. Super impressive. I can't do 1:12/100m even once. Damn

@kennethsancho7446

27 күн бұрын

Bro I not even sure if I could do it running ☠️

@moulaye7534

27 күн бұрын

Is it one minute 12 seconds to swim 100m?

@kennethsancho7446

27 күн бұрын

@@moulaye7534 yes

I can hold 2:15/100m… for 4 Minutes

@shurrrig

29 күн бұрын

😅 its *something" 🤭

@bradthomas5050

29 күн бұрын

same

@pzboyz72

29 күн бұрын

The speed some of these guys attain is nuts. I need bigger hands.

@TASwimmer

27 күн бұрын

Cool story bro

@user-my8wf8qs1y

26 күн бұрын

Ha i can hold 1'30/100 during 800m freestyle, i'm not that bad after all...

I like his approach but I find at my age (77 ) that I don't want to pull as hard near the top or even mid stroke but rather accelerate from mid stroke thru to bottom of my stroke while dorsi flexing my wrist to lengthen my stroke and time my 2 beat kick right at the very end, elbow locked and wrist dorsi flexed. That gives me a nice rotation, plenty of glide and I feel relaxed. Cheers mate!

I follow Andy and always marvel at how smooth and (seemingly) intuitive his feel for the water is even in really harsh conditions. SUPERB swimmer. I imagined a completely different kind of training (more grind than fine tuned technique). This video has been super helpful. Now I get why he's so in sync with the water. THANKS Andy and Brent!

Thank you for sharing, this really helps. Currently 2:16/100 for 400m. A lot to improve... means more time in the pool!! yay !! :D

Its really cool to see how he almost does the catch up drill in his regular swimming. Focusing more or quality of each stroke then quantity.

And Scottish too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙌

Wow, his VO2 Max must be really high to maintain that pace for 4 hours, especially in rough, open water. Great video! 👍😎

whaooo his technique is amazing he looks so smooth!!

Saved this. Thank you. Such amazing advice. For someone who is an adult learned swimmer trying to reach her first marathon swim - these tips are amazing.

This is the most helpful video I’ve watched. My catch and pull and recovery really improved copying him. I make sure to flick water with my finger tips at the end of the stroke. It forces you to follow through.

Wow! A fantastic teacher and champion swimmer

Great point starting at 4:57 about a clean hand entry to avoid having air bubbles disrupt the connection between the water and the hand during the catch. In windsurfing we call this "cavitation" when the back fin loses water "traction" due to air bubbles and the stern slides sideways in the water. Thanks for all the video angles: side, front, top, in and out of the water!

Daymn...swimming is the sport where differences between professional athletes and amateurs are extremely apparent. I can't hold 1.55/100 m for more than 10 minutes. 🙂

@MillerMedeiros

25 күн бұрын

I guess all (endurance) sports are like this… amateur cyclists could never keep up with a pro for more than a few minutes… amateur runners can’t run a single kilometer at the same pace a pro marathon runner runs 42km… Besides the fact that they are likely more “talented”, pros are also training ~20 hours per week, while most amateurs train only for a few hours…

Andy is a legend. Such a nice guy too.

great interview and a very relatable guy

This channel is awesome. But this is probably the best description of swimming that I've ever seen. Thank you

Brilliant speaker, very enjoyable to listen and superbly Informative and transparent 🤝🤝✨

Always excellent content. This is an excellent vid. Thanks alot.

Wow 4 hours at that pace ..😅

Great video!! Excellent insights!! Thanks!!

Wow. It's hard to believe that this is possible. Great video!

Thanks for sharing valuable information..

Really informative video. Cheers!

Andys such a humble legend

Great interview and I relate a lot. Less kick, more focus on power (high elbow and propulsion) , keep core tight. But damn 60 strokes per minute! Got some work to do

@bartholomewlyons

25 күн бұрын

27-30 spm here and I am chuffed. 60 is insane. And the quality of those is also another level

@orkar9994

12 күн бұрын

@@bartholomewlyons I actually don’t think you’re too far off. He mentioned that he likes to keep low stroke rates, so I’m thinking he actually meant 30 spm (i.e., he counts every time a hand hits not when a full cycle is completed). I would be dumbfounded if not, primarily because 60 spm is the recommended SR for the 50 free. alexander popov, one of the great 50 freestylers of history, only had a 54 stroke rate. I’d give my car to see a person who could keep that up for even an hour, much less four, while still pulling water

Interesting and in part surprising answers indeed. Always learned to accerate until the end of the stroke whereas Andy says he reaches the peak in the middle, which makes perfect sense to me. Obviously there are less dogmas in swimming than you'd think, there's a lot of aspects where you have to find out on your own what works best for you and suits your style. Beautiful and impressing technique anyway!

Awsome. He can actually explain feeling to an adult learning swimmer

Beautiful stroke.

Thanks to the great footage I can determine that he is extremely flat in the water and very minimal movement. BUT I learned that I am way not so flexible like pro swimmers. Your channel helped me a lot in breaking culprits down. It’s funny when You realize that You swim a lot faster than others but You are totally relaxed and oxygenated and not out of breath. Because Your legs are up 🆙 I don’t try to compare myself a lot but it feels rewarding especially to be able to somewhat “swim” and not *hurt* or *strain* Your body. I very much liked his saying: ~is it worth it to think about improving something or just relax and leave it the way it is. Maybe the worst You can do is to ‘think’ ? 😂 Better is, train, try, feel a difference - and just build awareness. And leave the *sinking* out of the pool 😜

What a swimmer!

great video. and i agree, the weekly yardage was surprisingly low (though 30km isn't "low")

What a great interview. So candid and many helpful insights from a world class swimmer. So surprised that his head is looking forward and not downward. In the interview he emphasized the importance of his hand entering clean in the water. Wondering if his head is forward in order to look at his hands/entry? Any insights about this would be appreciated as I might consider switching to this technique.

@taidaniela4311

29 күн бұрын

Open Water higher head can help sighting to control direction or minimize impact of choppy water. Could also be where he feels comfortable.

@drewklein8716

29 күн бұрын

@@taidaniela4311 Thanks for replying. All 3 of your reasons make so much sense. Appreciate it.

@hugoapresname

28 күн бұрын

@@taidaniela4311in open water there is no line for orientation 😅

@drewklein8716

25 күн бұрын

@@hugoapresname Makes sense since he swims solo in open water. I wouldn't dare so I just follow the crowd.

Definitely tide assisted

Thanks for a great detailed interview. Very interesting on his view on the catch @ 8:50 and where to apply maximum power Makes logical sense.

Omg you nailed it.....I was waiting for him to speak about stroke rate and was deligthed to hear your last question....now what I would like he says he uses a 2bk for distance swimming yet all his videos are using a very high stroke rate and a 6bk in OWS.....maybe distance swimming for him is 20km? and 3km he uses just a 6bk for all the meet ?

@EffortlessSwimming

25 күн бұрын

yes here he uses a 6 beat but when swimming longer and easier in the open water it's 2 beat

Nice style made.me.remember van hazel

Unfair. He is very tall! 6feet++

His first quadrant swimming is very prominent.

@hugoapresname

28 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

One small question: could you maybe clarify what he means by "band only" training to get a more efficient stroke? I understand it as using a band for the legs so as not to kick at all, but i'm not sure?

@shurrrig

29 күн бұрын

(minute 08:03)

@EffortlessSwimming

29 күн бұрын

Putting a band around your ankles so you can’t kick. Can also use an old bicycle tube as a band

That pace for that long is like Ultra-marathons run at 800 metre pace. Simply WoW 👌👌👌 🏊🏊🏊❤️❤️❤️🏊🏊🏊

@logohigh1

22 күн бұрын

yeah,....im always staggered at the pace a 15 minute park runner streams past when im marshalling . then I contemplate kipchoge keeps this up for 2 hours just mind boggling

Are we not account for current with this? His stroke is extremely efficient, especially his glide into a near perfect high elbow catch that grabs so much water, but his legs/kick look more powerful to me for some reason

@faustobrusamolino6345

28 күн бұрын

Currents and favourable well planned window of time. There's a podcast somewhere out there where he talks a lot about that. Incredible athlete and technique don't get me wrong, but planning is also a big part.

What is the band drill that he refers to? Is this binding your legs and only using your arms?

@williamward7801

29 күн бұрын

Exactly. Brutal if you have a slower stroke rate.

So valuable interview! Thanks a lot !!! Andy also seems to be a great great person no only a top swimmer ! Thanks to Australia we swim faster in France !! Ha ha ha !

Crazy strong kick to maintain for four hours. Looks a lot more like a 6-beat than a 2-beat!

@lgdneuro9586

29 күн бұрын

Yeah I was wondering the same he in all his videos he seems to have a really strong 6 beat kick maybe his 2bk is for extremely long distance? only place I saw him using 2bk was at that ocean swimming with the bad weather....his style reminds me of Ferry Weertman....extremely low stroke rate yet a killer 6bk.....and strong pulls

@hugoapresname

28 күн бұрын

I believe he said two kicks per stroke for the highest efficiency?

@lgdneuro9586

28 күн бұрын

@@hugoapresname Well he said 2 beat kicks, then later said 2 kicks per stroke and those are not the same so I think he refers to stroke cycles. Because a 4 beat kick isnt 2 kicks per stroke either. 4 beat is 3 kicks in one stroke then 1 kick on the other stroke.

@lgdneuro9586

28 күн бұрын

also it is known in swimming 2 BK refers to 1 kick per single stroke....and I am pretty sure this dude who is a multi record holder knows that.

I don't want to take away from this swimmers majestic world breaking super hero legendary swim status. He's one of the best on the planet. However i wanted to add some realism to the hype. 1:16/100m was the pace of the swim across the Cook Straight, 22km in 4:33:50. = 1:16.8/100m. I'm wondering how much of that is to currents, wind and wetsuits. I'm just trying to suggest that novices like myself don't jump in the pool, struggle to hit 1:16 pace even for 25 meters and make direct comparisons. Andy is a world class swimmer but probably also a very smart guy with a strategy to picking the optimum and fastest way to swim the Cook Straight.

Cool

how tall is he?

7:28 - no wonder he’s so good, he turns into a fuck1ng mermaid 😂

Does his hand point up on entry?

@yerahmlee730

29 күн бұрын

I sort of do a similar movement because it feels like I’m almost getting some lift

My 100m pb is 1:09 lol

Wow

how tall is he ???

As awesome as his technique in the pool is, his monster fitness is the real magic here. There's no way you can swim 'normally' in that OWS chop like at 11:26 - his head HAS to come clear out of the water and he has to modify his stroke some. Of course, you need an amazing baseline pool stroke so not discounting that, but this guy would swim CRAZY fast even with amateurish swim strokes that 'normal' people have.

at 3:02 he seems to have rotated 90 degrees.

Love to know strokes per LC 50m free holding 1.12.

Best time I ever did was 1:24 / 100 for 1500m. And that was a while ago!

@svensvrgen6336

11 күн бұрын

That's pretty darn good

I can hold 1:45 per 100 for 1.5km but im 15 and only been training for 1 year, im a triathlete

Of course it helps that he is built like a tank. His out of pool weight training must be intense. Huge shoulders, arms, back, etc. Being very young probably helps too.

@asdfxyz_randomname2133

28 күн бұрын

If you have the right genes and nutrition, you get a build like that from swimming alone.

what's his stroke rate?

@wd161

29 күн бұрын

He says target 60 spm.. 😱

Were there tides involved in this long swim …!?!

i mean 60 strokes per minute is still a high rate. i am triathlete and i do swim in around 48 strokes per minute in open water and like 44 in a swimming pool.

I like his Scottish accent.

Looks very much like catch-up free.

you could surf the wake this bro leaves behind

sorry ---why is your hand gliding up toward the surface??

Worth watching a dozen times! Unfortunately, at 68 and one 'marginal' shoulder I'm unable to get 1:12 anymore. However the core recommendation and his beautiful front-quadrant-à la-Ian-Thorpe must not go unnoticed! His 50m stroke count would have been helpful. He's almost crossing the midline; those of us less-accomplished need to be quite wary of this!

Hey, Michael Phelps? What's your answer? Can you swim 1:12/100m for 4 hours?

Just for an idea cook straight isnt smooth glassy sea.. its rough.. which is y this is all thr more impressive

it works for him, but I could never glide that much using such a slow stroke rate

@EffortlessSwimming

29 күн бұрын

Different strokes for different folks

@robgduff

26 күн бұрын

60 is slow?!

can someone PLEASE evaluate these folks speed by isolating their kick from their stroke to see how much contribution from each. We're focusing so much on the upper body, arms, head, etc. I don't think enough attention is being given to the difference kicking makes between swimmers. Also, i'm not seeing anyone considering swimmers weight and body composition (body fat).

@MadnessMahn

29 күн бұрын

The kick is just for stabilisation in endurance swimming. Vast majority of the propulsion is coming from the stroke and rotation.

@Julianw132

28 күн бұрын

Practicly nothing from the legs in suvh a long distance

60 stokes per minute? wow, I can barely muster 30spm 😆

@EffortlessSwimming

25 күн бұрын

30spm on your Garmin is the same as 60spm. Garmin counts stroke cycles (2 strokes) not individual strokes

@carolineboyd5050

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for clarifying @effortlessswimming . My husband and I were trying to figure that out! Such an awesome video with great tips!

@limeezabit7280

6 күн бұрын

@@EffortlessSwimming oh cool to know, I never thought trying to count my strokes manually, it's too much going in my head anyways with the coordination of all the moving parts.

60 stroke per minute 💀

He couldn’t hold this pace in the Seine river at the Olympics. 😅

0 bubbles 😅

Bro breath on just one side too hard that even his mouth still memorize it, he must practice a lots.

I can probably hold 1m12/100m, on a good day, for exactly 1min and 12s… 😅

Many long distance swimmers have a poor technique and are slow, so they spend hours in the water; he is different and a good exemple.

I'm a newer triathlete. I can't even swim 1:12/100m for a single 100... This is absurd...

Can’t make that pace for a 100 😂

60 strokes per minute.....🥴

I'll get there...

i can hold 1:35/100m for 1:35minutes 🥲

It wasn’t that hard. There is no secret. Just practicing