After recently being awarded life membership to Trafford Metro, Helen Sadler took some time to reflect on her life in swimming, beginning as a primary school student when she joined Sale Swimming Club, which would later be renamed Trafford Metro. 

Listen to Helen's wonderful stories from her life in swimming, and how she's always finding ways to peak her enthusiasm for the sport.

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For all your pre-Nationals excitement, join me (Joe Malone), Beth Hogg, Kath Tunnicliffe and Kalon Veale as we discuss the weekend ahead and all the things we expect and hope to see across the three days at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

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It's now just 10 days before the Swim England Masters National Championships begin, so it's time to start planning what'll be in your lunchbox over the weekend. In this episode, nutrition coach Dr Judith Brand discusses what types of food to each at which parts of the day, and what to avoid.

A swimmer herself in Lanzarote, Judith has competed at the English nationals on many occasions in the past and understands the complexities of planning your nutrition over a three-day period while stuck in a hotel room with no ability to cook and prepare your own meals. Here, Judith gives her best practice advice on how to fuel properly for the weekend ahead.

You can contact Judith for nutrition advice by emailing her at [email protected]

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AP Race Innovation Director Kevin Pickard joins the podcast this week to discuss the upcoming AP Race Masters Grand Prix, which takes place over the final weekend of November at Moorways, Derby. Kevin also shares the wider plans AP Race has for the masters community.

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Cockermouth Swimming Club Head Coach, Sean Balmer, joins the podcast this week as we discuss what makes a great swimmer, from a technical, mental and ambassadorial point of view. Sean is a longstanding volunteer in the swimming community and has overseen the development of hundreds of swimmers, including Great Britain's Luke Greenbank. 

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Former GB artistic swimmer Sammy Wilson works as a movement and mobility coach and understands the daily aches and pains we experience as we age. Lifestyles such as desk-bound jobs don't help, but Sammy helps athletes incorporate small, daily habits into their lives to rid themselves of chronic pains. In this episode, Sammy explores some of the simple changes you can make to improve your mobility. 

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In today's episode, we discuss the power of swimming for the mind, but how it can also tip the other way and add stress to our lives. Jo Beardsworth, James Barwick, Beth Hogg and James Simpson all share their own experiences of how swimming has benefited and hindered their mental health.

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On Saturday 23 September, Derby Excel Masters Swimming Club is hosting its first ever Masters Development Day at Alfreton Leisure Centre in Derbyshire. The day will consist of two swim sessions, talks by a qualified physiotherapist and psychologist, as well as a guest appearance from a current Great Britain swimmer. Jamie Brown, the head coach for the masters squad at Derby Excel, joins the podcast to talk more about it.

There's still space to take part. Visit this link to find out more: https://uk.gomotionapp.com//team/derbyexcel/page/news/4283/masters-development-day---saturday-23rd-september-2023 

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This week swimmer and triathlon coach, John Wood, joins in the conversation around different methods of training and hi preferences. We also discuss when to use equipment - when to add resistance and when to use overspeed. 

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A year on from his second retirement from swimming, two-time Olympian Ross Murdoch has launched his own coaching programme, aimed at helping others to develop an athletes mindset. Murdoch Coaching will will help form healthy daily habits and put structures in place that make it easy to think, feel and perform like an athlete. In this conversation, Ross talks about his own mindset and how it helped him reach the top, and how he now wants to help others achieve their goals.

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