Paul Newsome | EP#389

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Paul Newsome is a swim coach with a wealth of experience in helping triathletes and open water swimmers get faster in the water. He is well-known as the founder of Swim Smooth, through which he has been providing coaching and education to athletes around the world for nearly twenty years. He recently worked directly with Chelsea Sodaro to improve her swim ahead of her Ironman World Championship victory in 2022. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How Paul helped improve Chelsea Sodaro's swimming in the lead-up towards her Kona win in 2022 -A look into the structure of Chelsea's swim training -Red Mist endurance training -The hierarchy of stroke correction -Cause and effect issues in swim technique (treat the root cause not the symptom) -Using swim toys as an aid in technique assessment -Finding the right stroke rate SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts389/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes perform at their best through their online tools, patented Sweat Test and range of electrolytes and fueling products. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner and receive a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake. If you want further help, book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan. Listen out for the code in today's show to get 15% off your first order of PF&H electrolytes and fueling products. If you missed the code, just email hello@pfandh.com. FORM Smart Swim Goggles give you unprecedented real-time feedback in your swim training through a display on the goggle lens. See every split to stay on pace, track your stroke rate and don't let it drop, use heart rate to become more scientific and precise with your training (through integration with Polar HR monitors) and analyse more in-depth metrics post-swim in the app. You can also use a vast library of workouts or training plans, or build your own guided workouts. Get 15% off the goggles with the code TTS15. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Paul's Instagram, Swim Smooth website, Swim Smooth Guru, and Swim Smooth Instagram Swim Types and Fault Fixers with Swim Smooth’s Paul Newsome | EP#188 Swim training structure the Swim Smooth way with Paul Newsome (part 1) | EP#132 Swim training structure the Swim Smooth way with Paul Newsome (part 2) | EP#133 Video of Chelsea's swimming before and after working with Paul RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 289.
0:05.3	Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:19.6	Welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.
0:22.8	The podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.
0:26.4	I'm Elvis Michael and on today's episode, I interview Paul Newsom.
0:29.7	Paul is a swim coach from the UK based in Perth, Australia for many years now.
0:33.6	He's well known as the founder of Swimsmov, a business where him and his network of coaches
0:39.2	have been providing coaching and education to athletes around the world for many, many years
0:44.1	at this point. I'm not sure exactly how many, but a couple of decades around about, I would
0:47.8	say. And one of the really interesting things that Paul has been up to since his previous
0:52.4	appearances on this podcast a few years ago
0:54.9	is that he was working directly with Chelsea Sodaro ahead of Kona 2022, where she, of course, won the race.
1:01.1	So we will talk about what they did and how that all came about and how it went down, obviously,
1:07.5	very well, along with lots of discussion on swim technique improvements with
1:12.0	actionable and practical takeaways not just technique also the training aspect of things so
1:16.1	there's lots of just really good swim education in this episode but before we get into
1:22.6	the interview big thanks to our sponsors precision fuel and hydration that help athletes perform at their best with electrolyte and fueling products and with free online tools, education and a patented sweat test. You can use the free fuel and hydration planner on their website to get a personalized plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake, and you can also book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan with the athlete support team.
1:44.8	You can get 15% off your first order by using the code TTS23 on precision fuel and hydration.com.
1:50.6	And thank you to Form.
1:51.8	The Form smart swim goggles give you real-time feedback in your swim training through a display on the goggle lens.
1:56.8	You can see every split and you can see live stroke rate and heart rate if you use polar heart rate monitors.
2:02.4	And all of this will help you execute your swims better, better control of your pacing and your overall intensity.
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