Steph Smith

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon: 💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year. What are the generation-defining stats of today? I'll post a few to kick things off...

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@_dhrooov Heck yeah!

@stephsmithio 2026 is the year I will be learning to swim!

I took swimming lessons growing up but am an objectively bad swimmer. Decided 2026 is the year I become a good swimmer. Specific goal is to be able to calmly swim for 30 mins like running in Z2. Anyone else done something similar? Any tips or resources?

@bentossell Ben, who knew!! This is amazing. Also yes I will absolutely take you up on late April sess!

i used to swim for wales, my coach was the olympic coach and friends went to the olympics - head as still as possible - waterline at your forehead - should turn your head like 30 degrees max, the wake of your head/momentum creates space for you to breathe to the side in a 'little pocket' - let your legs naturally kick first before trying to get them to propel you anywhere - roll your shoulders - long stretching strokes forward - your arms should glide, pull, lift, place back in the water - try and 'catch' the water - paddles are good practice for this - in freestyle, when you pull the water back, 'pick' up your elbow to then take it forward - imagine a border down the centre of your body, its your pivot point for your upperbody/shoulders and your arms should never cross it take less strokes than you think you need, glide i'll be in sf end of april if you want a session!

@freeconlon @code_musings Amazing! Does it work as audiobook or would you recommend physical?

@code_musings @stephsmithio I can second this. Total Immersion is a great path to relaxing in the water and learning how to glide.

@johntgiuffre 🙌

@stephsmithio youtube.com/watch?v=Et1AUL… This 20 min episode shows exactly how to accomplish this in 1-2 weeks of training.

@rlacombe Thank you!

@stephsmithio Book: Total immersion Online: Effortless swimming

@lodgins Thank you!

@stephsmithio Front crawl. Two things. First, Roll side to side, 180 degrees. It'll bring your body to the surface and reduce drag. Second, pull and glide instead of pull, pull, pull. It's an easier cadence for longer swims and the rhythm will allow for a really enjoyable ride. Good luck

@louisnicholls_ Omg! I will be in Lisbon end of month!!

@stephsmithio If you’re ever in Lisbon I can fix that in 30min with a set of drills that will make swimming as easy as walking for you. (in a previous life I coached a bunch of olympians, then figured out why “bad-swimmers” struggle so much and how to fix)

@chaodoze @calvin_rosser ha, hopefully the puking is not in your future (or mine!) 😆

I didn't think a sport where whether you would puke or not would be that appealing - but congrats to @stephsmithio and @calvin_rosser for making it so in my fave indie podcast overcast.fm/+ABTY0btmvic

@ShenJiabin0303 Specific topics I want to understand

@stephsmithio wait do you just talk to it about random topics while running or do you go in with like a specific thing you want to learn about.. been thinking about trying this but i always end up just listening to music lol

New level unlocked: long runs with chatGPT voice model. The amount you can learn is >>>

Normalize stretching in social settings!

Aaaaand over a year later, we're back with season 7 (!!) What we've been up to 👇 keeplearning.buzzsprout.com/987811/episode…

There are two types of ppl: - those who get stressed when they’re working - those who get stressed when they’re *not* working

Starlink is awesome. Great bandwidth and low latency anywhere on Earth. And soon off Earth.

The difference between standard in-flight wifi and Starlink is insane. Surprises me every time that it just *works* Our kids are going to think it’s crazy we ever couldn’t connect in the skies

My toxic trait of thinking I can do just about anything maxes out during the Olympics

@IanAndrewsDC Hahah fair. Also can do a 12 min Cooper test for free and get pretty close!

@stephsmithio I’ve done one VO2 Max test. Can’t say that I’ll never do one again but there isn’t a world where I’d ever want to do it bi-monthly 🤮

There’s a gym in Toronto that focuses on the Norwegian 4x4 and comes with heart rate testing, plus bimonthly VO2 max tests. A friend who trained there said his VO2 max went from 40 -> 54 in a year. Genius business model you could replicate anywhere.