Inside with Brett Hawke: James Magnussen

Amazing!

I have a son who is a swimming competitor, he´s 14, I find these lives very interesting, especially the importance given to mental work. Thanks for sharing, Brett

The missile! My son, now 16, dreamed of being the missile every time he jumped in the pool. In fact at 6 he was called mini missile hahahaha !

So good. Tough 2012 loss

Great discussion. Shame he couldn’t stick around for long enough for ISL.

Great interview, we learn a lot from those former elite swimmers experiences, thank you

Is Nathan Adrian a worthy champion? Maybe I'm biased because I'm from the USA but this question was a little weird. James handled it well.

Easy speed! Love it. Quality over quantity! Swim smart to swim fast!

Question to Coach Hawke: Are these kind of sets done throughout a macrocycle preparing for a main race, or would one start off with 6-8 weeks of general preparation, and then more specific preparation of the kind Magnussen talks about? Thanks

I thought I’d watch for a few minutes and I’m still here 85 minutes later. Great stuff from start to finish from two very intelligent and articulate guys who happen to be among the greats in the sport. Thankful for this medium and your willingness to take advantage of it and share your experiences and wisdom. Cheers, mates!

When's Cesar Cielo and/or Fratus coming for an interview ?

I just watched the full one for the 2nd time, a lot to learn from James experience, thanks for sharing.

Would love to meet these blokes! Sound like ripper blokes!

Maggie is the best swim podcast guest ever. This podcast and the two he did with SwimSwam are absolute gold mines. He is not shy about talking sets and training. And he is super specific and articulate. Gotta love this guy.

I've watched all your pods. Loved this one and Bob Bowman's particularly. Thank you. James did so well on SAS Celebrity WDW too. He is definitely made of the right stuff.

REST! I was sleeping 6 hours a night through adolescence. Used to get scolded when I missed a morning. As if that was ever going to work.

Brett, I remember you starting to focus on the 50 in '93. Is that right? I noticed it at a grand prix meet at Maroubra and wondered why you were doing what no one else was.

Australia have had a rich history in the 100m mens free in recent Olympic games.

2004 - Thorpe bronze
2008 - Sullivan silver
2012 - Magnussen silver
2016 - Chalmers gold
2020 - Chalmers silver

Something we should be proud of in the blue riband event

Great interview guys, thanks a lot, and great insight on how to train for speed. It seems the polarized approach works, if the greats do it

Who loves him