Posts tagged racing
Episode 173: Dr. Amy Johnson - Why Does Your Brain Keep Getting in the Way of Your Performance?

Dr. Johnson is a social psychologist, coach, and host of the podcast "Changeable". She has a particular focus on helping individuals free themselves from and anxiety and unwanted habits. In this conversation, she and Matt discuss strategies around how to navigate change and adversity, how to release yourself from a pass/fail mindset, and how to build a healthy relationship with failure. These lessons extend well beyond the world of sport, and will help you perform better across all areas of your life.

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Episode 172: Lars Tandrup - His Purpose? To Find Opportunity in Unthinkable Adversity

In 2018, Lars and his wife lost everything in the Santa Rosa fires. He was left, quite literally, with only his pajamas - and even those were on fire as he escaped through acres of flames to safety. What actually happened in the aftermath? How did he do? How has his perspective changed, and how has he used adversity to help others, especially in a year when we've all faced the unthinkable?

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Episode 170: Dr. Stephen Seiler - What Decades of Research REALLY Unveils About High Performance

If you care about performance, if you want to understand the mechanics of training, if you’re invested in optimizing your training returns to yield the best adaptations, then this episode is assuredly for you. Matt Dixon welcomes a conversation with Exercise Physiologist, Dr. Stephen Seiler, a living legend in the world of Sports Science and Training Methodology.

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Episode 167: Matt's Top 10 Tips for Racing Back-to-Back Events

It was inevitable. After a full calendar of racing was canceled in 2020, we knew that 2021 was going to be the year of deferrals and stacked event calendars. And now, here we are in the midst of the training season for this upcoming cluster of races that all feel important to you. But, how do you plan to train for them? There’s lots of conflicting advice, but the confusion stops now, thanks to Matt’s Top 10 Tips for Success on Back-to-Back Racing, or the ol’ Dirty Dixon Double. Learn how to go into each race feeling fit-n’-fresh ready to commit to a strong performance both physically and emotionally.

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Episode 166: Back to Basics - How to Build Your Training Recipe for Any Event

Matt strips it down to the fundamentals, to reground you, reset the mindset, and course correct in case you have strayed. This episode is a timely and important reminder of how to find performance in your time-starved life, no matter if you're embarking on your first 5k, family rafting trip, hike across the Grand Canyon, European bike tour, or a journey through IRONMAN training.


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