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Junior Excellence swim clinic for Swimming Australia
I love working with kids and demonstrating swimming technique along with general health and fitness as it is so much fun being around them and I enjoy all their positive energy. In the past month I have done a couple of swimming clinics, one with my coach Bohly and the other...Posted on Thursday, 08 Nov 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation – Thoughts on London 2012
I left Brisbane on 28th of June with Bohly & the SPW squad for the first stage of our Olympic preparation. It is important to keep our level of training at a high intensity but during the winter months this can become challenging as we train in an outdoor pool, hence...Posted on Friday, 13 Jul 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation – Training camp in USA
I am in California, USA at the moment on a training camp with Bohly & my SPW Olympians and we are all enjoying the warm weather. We travelled to Hawaii first and spent 5 days there in a training camp. It was hard to focus on the training because our location...Posted on Wednesday, 30 May 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation – Pre-Race meal
I enjoy eating a clean and healthy diet and try to eat organic whenever possible. My diet consists of a lot of salad and vegetables with good sources of protein including fish, chicken and tofu, diary and low GI carbohydrates such as rice, porridge and starchy vegetables, I prefer sweet potatoes....Posted on Sunday, 13 May 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation – London Calling
I am so relieved that I swam as well as I did last week at the Olympic Trials in Adelaide and the times I posted have given me a great boost of confidence. As you are all aware the last 4 months has been very challenging due to the torn tendon...Posted on Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation – Dryland Training
Swimming training is only one aspect of the fitness work that I do. I like to cross train with some running, bike riding and yoga along with weight training and dryland training. It is important, not just to me but to all swimmers to achieve overall body strength and stability through...Posted on Friday, 10 Feb 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation
My preparation over the last 6 weeks have been challenging due to the minor surgery to my right shoulder. I first noticed some pain in my shoulder during stretching and swam with this for a couple of days before I had a scan which revealed a small tear in the tendon....Posted on Monday, 23 Jan 2012
Olympic Preparation - How I prepare for a race
Preparing for a racing meet is an involved process from packing your food for the day to ensuring you have enough racing suits in reserve. Different races usually require different suits as does the warm up, the race itself and the cool down swim. I have a routine that I follow...Posted on Friday, 18 Nov 2011
2011 Olympic Preparation - Goal Setting
I often get asked a question relating to setting goals and achieving them so I am going to focus a little on this subject as it pertains to all aspects of life not just swimming. It is important to set goals for yourself in all areas so that as a person...Posted on Thursday, 20 Oct 2011
2011 Olympic Preparation
Over the coming months I am going to talk about my training preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games which is now 10 months away. This is a long preparation and it is important for the coach to mix up the training so it doesn’t become boring. Bohly & his assistant...Posted on Friday, 07 Oct 2011