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together. Together. Hey folks, welcome to an exciting edition of the Triedout podcast.

Everyone, go grab your goggles, grab your flippers, grab your pool buoys, because today we are talking about swim training.

And you're going to need every pool toy in your arsenal to keep up with our first expert joining us today.

I'm honored to be sitting with Team USA's Brendan Hansen. Brendan is the director of

team services for USA swimming. A three-time Olympian winning three gold, one silver, and two

Olympic bronze medals. Brendan captains five international team USA teams throughout his career.

He swam collegially at the University of Texas and was inducted into

the men's athletics Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2015. He has held managerial and coaching positions

with multiple top-level swim clubs and is a former world record holder in the 100-200-meter

brush stroke. Brendan, thanks for coming on the podcast.

Yeah, it's good to be here. Thanks.

Every time somebody talks about me that much, I tend to forget.

So it's nice to, it's nice this morning to hear this stuff.

Do you enjoy hearing yourself talked about like that,

or does it make you a little uncomfortable to hear people brag about your accomplishments?

No, sometimes I'm just like, oh, man, where are all those medals that he just talked about?

Because my house now is completely converted to kids' stuff.

But, you know, it's just sometimes life moves so fast, you kind of forget about the past.

So it's nice to go back a little bit. Yeah, you look back on, because that was, you know, 2012 Olympics, 2008, 2004.

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