Bruno Fratus is a professional swimmer from Brazil. A sprint freestyle specialist, Fratus competed in the 2012 London Olympics and represented Brazil in front of a home crowd at the Rio Olympics. Fratus won several medals at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai and 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. In 2012, he finished fourth in the 50m freestyle at the London Olympics and won a bronze in the 400m freestyle relay. He also underwent shoulder surgery in 2014 and had a great comeback year. At the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, he won gold in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 400m freestyle relay. At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, he won a bronze in the 50m freestyle, and at the 2015 Pan American Games, he won silver in the 50m freestyle and gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay. In 2019, Fratus won a silver medal in the 50m freestyle at the World Championships, 2 gold medals at the Pan American Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he won his first Olympic medal.

I do a lot of flutter kicking during my workouts using always board and a snorkel. I don't like to kick without a snorkel so much because that way you gotta keep your head up and or sideways and that's going to mess with your body position. So flutter kick actually speed sets of or spin during sets of flutter, kick with a board and snorkel.

I prefer to do flutter kicking with a board and snorkel to keep my body position correct and make it easier for me to do speed sets.

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Gosh, don't tell my coach but I hate breath control sets. There's one that I feel really good about, is just doing a bunch of 25's from a push, sprint as fast as you can with no breaths. Usually, we do two, three, four, even six in a row on a short interval and that's what I feel like. It really translates to the actual race.

I hate breath control sets but a set of 25's from a push, sprinting as fast as you can with no breaths is the one I like.

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Best friend exercise ever suit on step in the block and race a 50 or 25 or 15 or actually anything, you go allow just race.

Challenge someone to race you, no matter the distance.

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What are you favorite drills for sprint freestylers and thoughts on straight arm technique?

If you're trying to learn how to sprint using a straight arm freestyle, I recommend you to try the sprint using freestyle strokes and dolphin kicks. That will give you a nice feel for your stroke and it's going to teach you how to throw your arm and not just to rotate it. Because when you swim freestyle with straight-- when you swim a straight arm freestyle, what you do outside the water is just as important as what you do inside of water.

To learn how to sprint using a straight arm freestyle, use freestyle strokes and dolphin kicks to get a feel for your stroke. Pay attention to what you do outside the water as much as what you do inside of it.

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What’s your favorite type of set? Like pull, kick, drill, pace, etc.

I love sets where I get to race step on the Block and do all out efforts from a dive.

I love racing and doing all-out efforts from a dive on the blocks.

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What’s your favorite thing to do after practice?

Ain't nothing better than steam room dinner and Norma tax combo. That's a winner, every time.

Steam room dinner and Norma tax combo is the best.

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Brett Hawke is a former competitive swimmer and coach. He represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and won 7 international medals. As an Auburn Tigers swimmer, he earned 17 All-American honors and 9 NCAA titles. After his pro swimming career, he became an Assistant Coach at Auburn University. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he guided Cesar Cielo to victory in the Men's 50 Freestyle. Cesar's gold medal swim was the first in Brazil's history.  At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Brett helped guide Bruno Fratus to a Bronze medal in the Men's 50 Free. Today, Brett hosts the #1 swimming podcast in the world, “Inside with Brett Hawke” where he interviews some of the world’s highest performing swimmers (and humans). He is also the Head of Creator Acquisition at AnyQuestion!

What’s your favorite pool in the world? 

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Oh, I have so many races in mind. I'm such a swimming fan from my own races. I think any World Championships, finals, or Olympic Games finals, pan packs Pan, American games. I mean just love being there and Performing you on the on the highest of stages, but I would say from other people Michael Phelps against Milkovich in the 2008 Olympic Games. It's one and the 200 freestyle. The 2009 World Championships, where Paul biederman, broker will record. And I mean, of course, as any other reasonable swimfan. The four by one man, the man's 4x1 freestyle in 2008. Beijing it. I mean, it's just the most mind-blowing race of all time.

I would say some of my favorite swimming races are Michael Phelps' 2008 Olympic Games race against Milkovich, Paul Biedermann's 2009 World Championships record-breaking race, and the men's 4x1 freestyle in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Hear what some of my favorite things are.

Bruno's Favorites

Bruno Fratus

What is your favorite type of kicking?

Favorite breath control set?

What is your favorite sprint exercise?

What are you favorite drills for sprint freestylers and thoughts on straight arm technique?

What’s your favorite type of set? Like pull, kick, drill, pace, etc.

What’s your favorite thing to do after practice?

What’s your favorite pool in the world?

What was your favorite race and why?