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Podcast: Inside with Brett Hawke
Episode: #202 Bruce Gemmell, Olympic coach, talks energy zones, training Katie Ledecky
Description: Olympic swim coach Bruce Gemmell is a coach for Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP), USA Swimming's premier club team with 14 locations, 1800+ athletes, and 65+ coaches. Most recently they produced three Olympians: Katie Ledecky (the GOAT), Andrew Gemmell (Bruce's son), and Jack Conger. Â
Bruce was an OT qualifier himself, swimming at the University of Michigan, where he learned all about energy zones and Jon Urbanchek's famous color system. Â Â
In this conversation, Brett asks a lot of questions about training Katie Ledecky and his own son, Andrew, who was training partners with her leading up to the 2016 Rio Gam...