LOTS of swimming at a YOUNG age

[@heenaali3982]

I'm 16 and I see kids of 10-12 age swimming faster than me and it kind of demotivates me sometimes but after this video I really feel confident. Thankyou so much, Cody.😊

[@ellab3922]

Ritz Rocks me too. My 11 year old cousin is faster than me and we started at the same time and I’m 13

[@alicallalli1028]

I had the same problem!

[@sammybee153]

Ritz Rocks what is your time for 100 freestyle

[@karina07228]

I’m 10 and I’m faster than a 16 year old

[@heenaali3982]

Karina Schwalbach when I was 10, I didn't knew KZbin exists

[@jimsmith8435]

Rowdy Gaines didn't start swimming until he was 16-years-old and, hold onto your hats, TWO YEARS LATER he is winning two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1978 World Championships! AMAZING!

[@nexcentaurexx1653]

No way 😮 that's some amazing stuff.

[@christylka1377]

Honestly bullshit in my opinion. So many people work many more years and never get close to where he was.

[@vibingjuan3885]

Chris Tylka bro our pool is named after him because he was winter haven born and raised. This kind of motivates me

[@gordiandres]

I think of his story every once in a while and I just shake my head and ask how every single time

[@Somalia690]

the sport also had a lot more shallow of a talent pool back then, people on average started later, trained less etc

[@nathanieltorres8745]

This video has just given me more motivation towards my future I’m always nervous when I hear about people that have been swimming there whole life vs me who has been swimming since high school . Thank you Cody

[@edwardorchard1780]

Cody and Ali are everyone's goals, let's be real rn

[@MrMrpenguinator]

The quote was said by Oogway in Kung Fu Panda!

[@sickoid87]

True! I started to train seriously at 25 when I was allowed to compete in Masters events. And by the age of 30 I dropped more than 7 seconds on my 100 free LCM compared to my results at 15 when I had no idea what I was doing in the pool. 30+ now, working out 6 days per week and still improving.

[@lukequinlan6732]

Watching you grow with these since day one has been sick man!!

[@iswim992]

3:55 it was the turtle from Kung fu panda who said it first

[@angelatoplis2788]

I must say, this is a very inspirational video Cody. This makes lots of younger swimmers such as myself feel better about ourselves with our PBs and times.

[@springroll8498]

I really appreciate this video. I started swimming this year (freshman year) when I was 14, just turned 15 this Sunday. People think it was ridiculous for me to set my sights on swimming being anymore than a hobby. I never walked around yelling I was going to be an olympic swimmer, but I was trying to push myself in the direction of swimming for a college. I fell in love with swimming (stopped Latin-American dancing that was like 8 years of my life to make swimming full time) when it comes to ability, I just finished my first season which was on preteam. I'm going into Gold starting this March, and once my sophomore year comes along I'm heading into Platinum. My coaches see my potential and are doing everything to prepare me to move up. And even though Im happy for moving up so quickly (and am fully aware that it wouldn't be possible to go faster while it still being healthy), it sometimes doesn't feel like enough. The thoughts of starting too late and never being able to compare to kids my age are constantly in my mind. But when I saw this video, it gave me hope and brand new motivation. Thank you for that

[@superredlion123]

I would love to buy stuff from you, unfortunately the app is not available in my country sad :(

[@foodiealgo8444]

Rian Same mate!

[@charlotteskupin11]

I want a signed cap!!! (But not for $100 😂) I loveee these vlogs

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

I’ll be 24 finishing university next month and I’m trying to build a career in swimming. Was really inspired when you were saying people start at all ages etc etc, but then you were talking about 16 year olds being late. Don’t know whether being from a less prestigious swimming country(Ireland) will help or make it harder, but I’m still gonna give it a go. I’d rather try and fail miserably than get a normal job.

[@abbydavenport4595]

One of my favorite phrases is "run your own race."

[@aubrey4757]

this gives me hope. i’ve been swimming for 5 years and i haven’t started taking it seriously until now and i’m 14

[@scarts777]

Hey Aubrey you’re probably 17ish, how’s swimming seriously going?

[@bamboozled4]

When you said it doesn’t really matter what age you start it gave me a lot of hope because swimming is my passion but I can’t really do it year around I tried for a couple years and I was improving, going to meets, all that. But my parents kept pulling me out because of the cold season and we trained at a outdoor pool, and I’m sensitive to cold. (It was hearted though) and I haven’t been in a pool in over a year which I’m really sad about and I don’t have access to one. The good thing is I’m going to high school next year, and that was where I used to train. I plan on joining the swim team and getting back in my game. I was worried that I would not be able to cause I see all these swimmers all start at like 8 or 9 or something. Now I realize I can do it, thank you so much for making me believe in myself again

[@hughogara1513]

that quote came from an old turtle in a kids movie ahahhahaahahha

[@sarahcatherinedawson9461]

Just wanted to say that you’re a huge inspiration! : )

[@angiemoncrieffe9445]

I was watching your vlogs through the playlist and when I saw this, I freaked out. Wow good day today!

[@ravenjones8346]

Cody your videos are AWESOME!!!!!! They really help me throughout the day, ​And you also talk about whatever I am going through and builds confidence in myself

[@lexijarvill3335]

I started at 8, swam all year round since then. Got hurt when I was 13, couldn’t do it for about a year because I was in physical therapy. Now I’m 14 swimming doubles in hs and my injury taught me to never take swimming for granted. Some things I still can’t do, which is upsetting but I’m happy to be in the pool. Honestly it’s a bit of motivation to push through all the super tough practices

[@vibingjuan3885]

Lexi Jarvill I want to go serious like to college but my club and school don’t have double practices, is there any chance I would still be able

[@savewikileaks5928]

hey cody.....its nice to see an olympian vlog,....keeping aside all formalities... I request you to make a video on the different types of exercises you do to keep yourself in that position and the intensities respectively.... I know you dont make videos on the exercises ,but still I have a request

[@reillyploplis7457]

Man, these vlogs are so inspiring! I started swimming my freshman year of high school, I was about 15. I liked it so much I had to join a club team. I quit playing baseball because it just wasn't fun anymore. I remember watching swimming growing up and being inspired by the swimmers and I even wanted to be an Olympian because that was so cool! Watching people like Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, and Lezak (who I have met, nice guy) was so inspiring! Now I'm 17 and I'm decent and of course it'd be cool to be an Olympian one day, but I just really want to swim for a fast school like Queen's University. I just need to get faster. I only got one more year of high school.

[@zfr33ze87]

Reilly Ploplis ssme I started club at the beginning of junior year

[@vibingjuan3885]

Reilly Ploplis I just started this year swimming and I liked it so I joined a club aswell

[@takewealth]

Nice! My sister got accepted into Queen's university!

[@avocatious6402]

Thanks I really needed this :) Started swimming last year when I was 14. I was very slow but I am getting a lot faster and I can keep up with the people swimming for many years. I definitely need to improve my times, I am still slow, but I know I can. This video gave me a lot of hope so thank you for that.

[@walterhackett4305]

HAHAHAHA CODY BEEN TAKING NOTES FROM MASTER OOGWAY!!

[@mohanadlewaa3701]

😂😂

[@parkergreene3058]

I'm a huge fan, subbed since day one and have been following you since 2015 and the road to Rio! Pleeease put more caps up on poshmark! You're a huge inspiration to me as a swimmer and I'm dying to get one!

[@carbeeezy2203]

Hey cody you see Ready player one yet and Isle of dogs?

[@maddylathrop9026]

You sound so much like my dad because he always says this! He we will say “Nobody matters how good you are when your 12!“ And now I’ll always think of you the next time he says it😂

[@taloncopley9608]

I love your videos wish more athletes did this ❤️❤️

[@Grace-md9gp]

I feel so behind because I only learned how to swim last year, I’ve only been like swimming on the highschool team for 2 months. I’m not very speedy (literally today I swam a 1:52:08 100fr ) but I’m only 14 , I have so much time to improve.

[@Nick-qc7wm]

How you doing now??

[@Grace-md9gp]

@@Nick-qc7wm not terrible, at the end of last season I swam a 1:19.66 100 fr and a 1:27.69 100 fly . I’m only 2 weeks in to my junior season so I have the rest of this season and my entire senior season to improve.

[@Stopmanmenìs]

I just love this video . I love it !!!

[@ashhleyjl]

I started swimming 2 years ago (10 years) and it’s been 7 months since I’ve swam and I’m so excited to be going back to morning practice on Saturday 😊😊😊 I wanna be just like you when I’m older

[@jakeroosenbloom]

Ally is so precious ❤️ (If I spelled her name right)

[@zoey6052]

Thanks for all the advice cody!

[@annamiset2003]

This video is great for the later starters!

[@nexcentaurexx1653]

I started at 7 year old. And only managed to reach the finals of my country once and reach top 32 in my country. Man I feel bad when I hear that some people trained only 2 years but got to the Olympics. ( dont get me wrong it's amazing, and I'm SUPER happy for them, but I can't stop thinking that all I did was a waste or that I never really trained hard where in fact I'm killing my self) now I'm 16, I took a break last year because of school (our educational system DO NOT help people who do sports at a competitive level) and I'm trying to get my old level back and get stronger.

[@ameliamackinnon2096]

I did swimming when I was eight and nine and I still really want to be in the Olympics

[@guusjevanlent1403]

That thunder impression 😂 And very cool that you are selling your stuff 💙

[@connorlittle6126]

I started swimming doubles at 12 during summer and before school and after at 13...

[@charlotteskupin11]

Connor Little do u reccomend it? Because I’m thinking about doing before and after school in 8th grade, because on the high school team it’s required

[@connorlittle6126]

Miraculous Fan it’s great practice and it’s good to get used to doubles

[@vibingjuan3885]

Connor Little my club doesn’t even have doubles during the school year damn

[@avastinson5315]

Im 10, and swimming doubles 😂 Luckey my schooldoesn'tt start until 9 am

[@sambarker2902]

Love the videos Cody!!! Could you do a video about how you roll out?

[@Conrad_Bobrowicz]

Thanks for the advice Cody! I have started swimming when I was 15 and just threw myself onto the highschool swim team. I was 1:24 for my 100 breast at our first race. Before Covid started I got it down to 1:13! Now im opening my sophmore year and Ive became more serious than ever. I am very excited and motivated by you to push myself in practice and get new best times. With such little time left, what do you recommend I do to increase my chances to get into a colleges swimteam (I am hoping for the Florida Gators). Thanks :)

[@Nick-qc7wm]

Hey man!! How are you doing now? I’m a sophomore in HS right now and I’m just now starting to swim! I really hope to get a time like 1:13 in breast that would be awesome

[@Conrad_Bobrowicz]

@@Nick-qc7wm Glad to hear you're starting out. At the end of my junior year I got it down to a 1:03 and I'm about to have my first in-season meet in almost a year. Hoping to crush that time and potentially make state.

[@quandaledingle9459]

I love your channel i am a swimmer too but From Finland. :))

[@tatitashjian]

Thank you for inspiring me! I didn’t start actually competitive swimming until I was 12 years old.💓

[@shaunaabair6474]

I started swimming in 10th grade competitively, and now my next goal is jr nats then nats! Just got my futures cut after only 2 years :)

[@ellakurm6781]

I started swimming when I was about 10, i stopped for a while but now I'm 13 and swimming alot as a full commited sport wooo!

[@slaytonfoldenauer3451]

I really needed to see this video due to the fact that I'm the same way I've only been swimming for 2 years starting my 3rd so this video helps out a lot

[@denizhekmati7758]

How much single leg squats do you do and functional movements in the weight room? Thinking about your knee pain.. Would love to connect!

[@alorawadley9523]

this video really motivated me!!!!! your videos are so helpful for my swimming career and thanks so much for your advice

[@redachekroune]

he is "ALSO" a phenomenal american swimmer. that's a big talk from someone good at only the slowest stroke and who has never won an individual gold medal.

[@NightShift-ci5vn]

Thank god, im 13 and I needed to watch this vid...

[@finnvawter8628]

im 12, Im super tiny, and I havnt hit my growth spirt yet. I think Im a pretty good swimmer for my height, but not my age, but when I DO grow I think Ill be really good.

[@Hi-gg1db]

This was very inspirational because I started swimming when I was 8 ( I’m 11 now) and I’m not really the best a lot of people are better then me and sometimes it really hard like if you are in the same situation

[@kylemcdade3932]

Ya true I started swimming when I was 14yrs old and now I’m swimming for the top group in my club 9 days a week

[@robertlaw4073]

You can see pretty much any US Swimmer's times online... including filtered by age. A fun exercise is to look for who holds the LSC records in your age group, and if it's somebody from 10+ years ago, have a look at what happened to them post HS... did they swim in college? Were they a national level swimmer? Also it's important to note that the kind of folks who show up at 15-16 y.o. for the first time on a team may have been swimming a lot non-competitively. And most are multi-sport athletes who already have a great level of conditioning. It's ironic that Cody goes to the physio in this episode, because he doesn't talk at all about what high yardage can do to a young swimmer's joints / back/ neck /etc. It is not a point of universal agreement -- some coaches think the stronger and tougher the young swimmer gets, the less likely they are to get injured. Other coaches have this-or-that personal case study of a swimmer who developed issues making a jump in yardage / training group / training frequency. So why not give us your opinion on that Cody, because that's the main thing parents care about, not whether their kid is destined for the Olympics (kids all think they are immortal... they hear about a case study and say 'that's not me')?

[@stokes2525]

Lol, that quote is from Kung Fu Panda

[@Atlantya]

stokes2525 nah, they just used that quote. That quote has been around for decades.

[@robinauwaerter1930]

Thanks brochacho this helped a lot with my confidence

[@gracelu3923]

OMG WOWWWWWWWW IN THE LAST VIDEO YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW " I'm not really going to do sponsored videos..." ILYSM CODY

[@RickMartinYouTube]

Mid-aged novice swimmer, but this is interesting for me to watch. For so much swimming at an early age I'd be concerned about burnout and hate of the sport. You see it in other sports like tennis (Agassi). 6:45 might be my fav part of the video.

[@michaelfazio7260]

Can you do a video on what you eat through out the day. Just curious

[@zacharyferdico869]

2 things. 1, This was an incredibly good video. As usual. 2,thank you for sort of selling merch.

[@bobmathers6237]

8:01 is me every morning 😂😂

[@gimlet2006]

I went to IU too! Do you still go to classes? Do all swimmers on the team have to be a student, how does that work?

[@nicbieker3230]

This video gave me hope that I might have a future in swimming.

[@juliemlynek]

Thank you for making this video! I’m a sophomore and I’m wanting to join my schools swim team and I was feeling discouraged. But this video really helped! Thank you I’m going to join and try my best on the team.

[@tarunkurkal326]

Did you make it?

[@ramesesdimaano8162]

Master Oogway said that quote.

[@chloewhittington326]

Love ur dedication

[@julieouellet247]

Funny thats I'm watching this today and literally bought the new sweeter yesterday :P Today is December 10th 2021.

[@iWiked]

Went on a day later and they're all solddddd (I would love it if you had more signed T-Shirts)

[@jianinglin9410]

whats ur 100 kick base? like for example i know you do 100s free on 1:05. i don't know, just curious.

[@alekosbinder1017]

Did you film the intro with a drone?

[@carrieanne9555]

The present is a gift thats why it is called a present

[@eajbae]

You see, im a pretty young swimmer with decent times. Thing is, my knees and elbows are the problem. My coach says my stroke in freestyle is doing something to my tendons in my arms (basically spraining them) so i have to change my stroke. It's diffcult, going from pulling with only my hands to pulling with my entire arm. Any advice to help change my stroke?

[@artursousaferreira]

The app isn't available to Portugal, I would love to have your cap

[@DaBestSwimmer]

hey Cody app is not available my country

[@rodrigosousa2951]

cody, if we are in another country who we can try to buy your stuff? Do you have another form for us, a big fans of your work to buy something?

[@Golelan]

Postmark isn't valable in my country !!!!!!!

[@harshithramsundararaman6943]

My friend and I love ur vlogs!

[@charlesseed2148]

why do you wear tyr instead of arena or speedo?

[@SarahM-lw2gd]

What should I do if I work so hard at practice and go home and work out even more, but am still a very slow breaststroker??? It is so frustrating. I have to work so much harder than everyone else just to improve in the slightest way...

[@haylie2904]

I wish I could get a USA Cody Miller thing but i'm Australian LOL!

[@wau9536]

Great vid man!

[@blockseven9763]

I think first Dumbledore was the one who said that quote

[@minavillar6823]

Hey Cody I’m a fellow swimmer and I have a vlog with my friend.....it’s a swimming vlog what app do you use to edit your vids ???PS we LOVE you🙌🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@eldinko83]

In the into, cody sounds like the kachow surfer dude

[@AltoPianista]

Want the cap but the app is not available in my country 😭

[@jacobhe6235]

Lets go 3 double practices at 12

[@hannahlehr51]

What type of dogs are your dogs

[@alexyun573]

you should sell your Olympic Gold Medal

[@jonathonkim3739]

Poshmark is not available In Australia 😭

[@ryandimayuga]

Greetings from the Philippines! Fellow World University games athlete here! Sadly not in Kazan but just last year in Taipei. Have you ever been injured? I'm asking this because I just injured my shoulder (rotator cuff) it's torn and it keeps me from performing good in training and in competition even after therapy sessions. Surgery would mean a year off for me to recover. What should I do?

[@cleetustractor7050]

Aly's a swimming coach?

[@rattlesnakeskittles7147]

2:06 I’m 10 and I do training at five am

[@uyuter]

Good video man, keep it up!!! But... That app doesn´t work in Spain :_(

[@uyuter]

Ya... :_(

[@mrinfo9824]

Love the video, your so helpful

[@flomp6577]

i like how the quote he said is from master oogway

[@FireSpyGuy]

Your editing has gotten so much better

[@dan-vw4ve]

60000 yards a week at 15, incredible

[@jamesmahaney1391]

a little to expensive no gonna lie

[@bigmike2984]

My coach made me do 2 a days when i was 10 and she still does

[@jenniferandrews1129]

Class vid 🍀