EP 399: 12 (unusual) lessons from Michael Phelps' coach

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Bob Bowman — the legendary coach behind Michael Phelps and Leon Marchand — was recently on the Exponential Athlete Podcast, and listening to that episode completely changed the way I think about swimming. In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you 12 powerful ideas I learned from that conversation — insights that can help you take your swimming to the next level.

00:53 Consistency Beats Perfection
01:40 Practice Performing Under Pressure
02:43 Process Over Outcome
03:35 Relax And Focus Under Pressure
04:02 The Power Of Underwaters
05:08 Different Approaches Can Work For Different People
06:97 Training Volume And Breaks
08:04 Visualization
11:52 Making Deposits To Your Swimming Bank Account
13:04 Creating An Environment Where Success Is Inevitable
14:09 Always Be Willing To Experiment
15:20 Importance Of Feedback And Data

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Brenton and Mitch were great to work with at the clinic, Good to get video analysis to work on straight away, practice some new drills and go home knowing what you need to work on.

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