Today’s episode is a great inspirational talk with the world-class backstroker and amazing coach from Brazil, Nelson Silva. We spoke about his beginnings to the sport of swimming (00:53 ), the story of how he started swimming backstroke (07:40 ), Nelson shared his insights on swimming technique (13:54 ), and Dave Salo’s way of coaching (15:20 ). Nelson spoke about the most inspirational people in his life (18:32 ) and shared the key to success in backstroke swimming (22:34 ). Then we opened a very interesting topic and discussed what are some of the health indicators to watch in order to stay healthy and to not overtrain yourself (24:25 ) and Nelson’s approach to supplementation and nutrition (28:10 ). Nelson mentioned his most memorable race as a swimmer (32:41 ) and then we shared our thoughts on a race-day pressure (45:05 ). We talked about his coaching beginnings (50:45 ) and his unique coaching proposition (55:00 ). We spoke about swimmers mindset (57:56 ), about meditation (01:01:35 ) and how the current situation in the world will change the world of swimming (01:03:18 ). Nelson told me about his favourite pools around the world (01:06:12 ) and the hardest swim set he has ever swum (01:09:36 ). In the end of the conversation Nelson spoke about his travel experience and what destinations he would love to visit (01:10:40 ). Let's connect I Nelson on instagram: @nsilvajr I Swimvenue on instagram: @swimvenue I Thank you very much for listening. If you loved the episode, please leave a review on your favorite platform. Message me anytime and let me know what you think.