MYSWIM
by Michael Helps
MYSWIMBATICAL : The Lake defined by its winds - Lake Garda
About this podcast
Looking for your next aquatic challenge? Or do you have a love for water and the adventures, friendships and challenges it can bring and want to tell us about your individual MYSWIM so others can share the experience? Then the MYSWIM podcast is for you! MYSWIM is every person’s personal adventure in water. Whether it is learning to swim, wild swimming, channel swimming, winter swimming or another aquatic sport such as waterpolo, synchronised swimming, triathlon or something social with friends (the best kind!) and everything in between your happy place, your aquatic adventure, and together we can explore it! We really want to positively celebrate and promote all aspects of aquatics and particularly the mental health benefits that swimming brings and would love you to be part of it. Join the community, give us your feedback, follow and Tell us all about your individual “MYSWIM”
Episodes
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- MYSWIMBATICAL : The Lake defined by its winds - Lake Garda · 4 min · Season 4 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Lake Garda For this episode we continue further east from lake Como to Italys largest lake. We explore what’s it’s like to swim in a lake that is famed for its…
- MYSWIMBATICAL: Lake Como - The lake whose beauty demands attention. · 4 min · Season 4 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail This episode we are at Lake Como. A lake with so much beauty that it demands attention and the celebrities listen. We share footage of the lake and why it’s so…
- MYSWIMBATICAL: Lake Otra Vs Lake Maggiore · 6 min · Season 4 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail Lake Otra and Lake Maggiore are two beautiful northern italys alpine lakes. We explore there history and geography and what it’s like to swim in both. I then…
- MYSWIMBATICAL: "The Lake With Villages Beneath It" Lac De Vouglans · 6 min · Season 4 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail EPISODE 2— LAC DE VOUGLANS (ORGELET, FRANCE) “The Lake With Villages Beneath It” Welcome to MYSWIMBATICAL a slow journey through some of the most beautiful lakes…
- MYSWIMBATICAL : Introduction · 2 min · Season 4 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail An introduction to the Alpine Lakes SWIMBATICAL What is it? , where is it? And why now? I’ve always been someone who follows my curiosity — sometimes on impulse…
- MYSWIM: Japan with Michael Helps · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the MYSWIM podcast and Today we’re heading east to Japan ;a country where water isn’t just part of the landscape, it’s part of the culture, the…
- MYSWIM: Iceland with Michael Helps · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the MYSWIM Podcast, where we explore the world of swimming through culture, history, adventure, and the people who make the water feel like home…
- MYSWIM: Lake Malawi with Michael Helps (Africa series bonus) · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail This is a bonus episode in the Africa series and is my personal account of swimming one of the worlds greatest swim adventures. In this episode I go through the…
- MYSWIM: Lake Malawi with Howard James (part 4 of Africa series) · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail This is the fourth of a four part podcast Africa series with Open Water Africa founder Howard James. In this episode we find out the details of the incredible…
- MYSWIM: False Bay with Howard James (part 3 of the Africa series) · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail This is the third of a four part podcast Africa series with Open Water Africa founder Howard James. In this episode we find out the details of the intriguing…
- MYSWIM: Robben Island with Howard James (part 2 of the Africa series) · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail This is the second of a four part podcast Africa series with Open Water Africa founder Howard James. In this series we together we explore major swims in Africa…
- MYSWIM: Open Water Africa with Howard James (part 1 of the Africa series) · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail This is the first of a four part podcast Africa series with Open Water Africa founder Howard James. Together we explore major swims in Africa including Robben…
- MYSWIM: Outdoor Swimmer Magazine with Simon Griffiths (PART ONE) · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 2nd series of the MYSWIM podcast and what better way to start the new season than to catch up with one of the founders of the magazine that the UK…
- MYSWIM: Outdoor Swimmer Magazine with Simon Griffiths (PART TWO) · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail This is the second part of the interview with Outdoor Swimmer Magazine founder Simon Griffiths. In this episode we explore how open water swimming has change…
- MYSWIM: 2023 Review · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail This is a review of the guests and topics from season one of the MYSWIM podcast with guests such as Sally Minty Gravett, Matt Holland,Deb VineSue WoodcockMichael…
- MYSWIM Swimrun with Michael Lemmel · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Ever wanted to find an aquatic adventure that transcends mere metrics of distance and duration. In this episode we enjoy a conversation with the visionary joint…
- MYSWIM : The Ocean 7 with Andy Donaldson · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it takes to complete Open water swimming’s Ocean 7, understanding the challenges both mentally and physically? Well today’s extraordinary…
- MYSWIM: Swimming the length of Lake Zurich with Michael Helps · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share with you a swim I got half way through and proclaim to my boat crew “This is the day I learnt to swim for!” Through a series of questions…
- MYSWIM: Outdoor Social Swimming with Sue Woodcock & Deb Vine. · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take a deep dive into the world of outdoor social swimming – a thrilling and fulfilling way to swim outside with friends. But why is it so…
- MYSWIM: Waterpolo and the 2012 Olympics with Matt Holland · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by GB water polo goalkeeper and coach Matthew Holland we explain what is waterpolo ,its history and the sports inclusion into the…







