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Freestyle Salad
I recently prepared one of my salad inventions for Channel 9, Today Show as part of my healthy lifestyle reporting segment and I have had many requests for a copy. So I thought I would share this on my Website....Posted on Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013
Being your best - Goal Setting
I recently commenced writing a Blog for the Sunday Telegraph and wanted to share this with my fans that might not get access to the newspaper....Posted on Friday, 21 Dec 2012
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 Facebook competition
I have just launched my latest Facebook competition on “The perfect team” – why do you and your best friend make the perfect team? I wanted to do something in this latest competition to celebrate best friends as one of my best friends is Australian swimmer Bronte Barratt who has been...Posted on Monday, 23 Jul 2012
2012 Olympic Preparation - My taper for London 2012
My taper for the 2012 London Olympics is very similar to all of my previous tapers for important national & international competition. Bohly and I have been working together as coach and swimmer for 10 years now and over the years we have changed it a little with small adjustments here...Posted on Thursday, 19 Jul 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