The Physical Performance Show: Trent Grimsey – AUS Swim Team Member & World Record Fastest English Channel Crossing
Episode 52: Trent Grimsey – AUS Swim Team Member & World Record Fastest English Channel Crossing
Brad Beer recently sat down with Trent Grimsey – AUS Swim Team Member & World Record Fastest English Channel Crossing for Episode 52 of The Physical Performance Show podcast.
Brad has a fire-side chat with Trent who unpacks the world of pool swimming, missing out on 2008 Beijing Olympics, the hardest training session he has ever done and his passion for his swimming including how someone can swim for as long as he does.
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In this episode Trent shares:
- Scariest race that Trent has done
- Trent’s interest in breaking the English Channel record
- Training 100km a week leading into the Channel swim
- Unpacking the trials for the London Olympics
- Pace during the English Channel Crossing
- Feeds during the English Channel Crossing
- Starting a coaching business after swimming the Channel
- Performance Round Questions
- Having his brother as a training partner
- Best recovery tip
- Trent’s physical challenge – Swim 200m in the pool
To follow Trent Grimsey
To follow the Trent on social Facebook, @grimseysadultswimfit (Insta)
Grimsey’s Adult Swim Fit Website
Timeline
0:00 Start
9:47 Scariest race that Trent has done
14:00 Trent’s interest in breaking the English Channel record
20:00 Training 100km a week leading into the Channel swim
24:00 Unpacking the trials for the London Olympics
30:00 Pace during the English Channel Crossing
36:00 Feeds during the English Channel Crossing
41:30 Starting a coaching business after swimming the Channel
44:20 Performance Round Questions
46:15 Having his brother as a training partner
50:00 Best recovery tip
56:20 Trent’s physical challenge – Swim 200m in the pool
63:28 Finish
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