A natural born swimmer, Julie Hoyle has been in and out of swimming for many years. But, when she turned 50, began to find consistency with the sport. Consistency then led to British records, European records and even a world record. Now retired from work and 60, Julie is enjoying her most consistent training period ever, and says she 'feels at home in the water'.

Strength and conditioning coach, Nathan Oxford is back to discuss how you can get stronger using just your bodyweight to reap the rewards in the water. He also shares his RAMP method for getting your body and mind firing on race day.

On this week's episode, coach of the Northampton Swimming Club masters squad, Matt Richmond - who is based out in the US studying for a physical therapy degree - talks about the perks and challenges of coaching remotely, why he chose to coach a masters squad and where he feels masters swimming sits in the eyes of the wider swimming world.

Having swam for many years, James Simpson of Trafford Metro has always enjoyed training and competing, without it ever getting serious. However, at the age of 27, James finds himself in a position where some major PBs have somewhat unexpectedly put him in a position where he is on the brink of big things. 2023 could be the year he goes a step further than masters competitions, and he reveals his own surprise at his situation in this episode.

A new year means opportunity to set yourself new goals in and out of the water. Beth Hogg, Kath Tunnicliffe, John Wood and Joe Malone discuss the process of setting goals and share some of their own goals for 2023.

In the final episode of 2022, Beth Hogg, Jamie McHale, Jonathan Saunders and host Joe Malone answer the questions you submitted on The Masters Swimming Podcast Facebook group. Find out who prefers Freddo's and who prefers Haribo's; what the toughest-ever set our panel have trained; what they think to Nick Santos winning the World Championships aged 42 and more. The Masters Swimming Podcast will be back with weekly episodes from 10 January, after a two-week break. See you soon.

In the latest episode of Through The Water With, former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Dean Milwain, says everything 'clicked into place' when he turned 11. However, by the age of 21, after winning gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he retired due to falling out of love with the sport. It took more than a decade for Dean to get the itch back for swimming, and one day during lockdown in 2020, he decided he would return to the pool as a masters swimmer. Dean now has hopes of claiming British masters records.

Beth Hogg, Kath Tunnicliffe and Kalon Veale join Joe Malone to round-up their recent successes in competitions and discuss what swimming-related gifts are on their Christmas wish lists. Helen Gorman also joins partway through to talk about being named Swim Wales' Aquatic Athlete of the Year.

Former Australian Olympian and Australian record holder in the 50m freestyle Brett Hawke, says a shift in his mindset took him to the top, and that his coaching career began earlier than expected.

Beth Hogg, John Wood and Joe Malone discuss the elements to consider when planning a training block.