The focus of this episode is on…well…FOCUS... and remaining present in your training in order to maximize your training yield.
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In today's episode, Matt takes a deep dive on both objective and subjective markers of fatigue. How do you know if what you're feeling is normal or not? A lot of it depends on where you are at in your season; what lens you are looking through.
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This episode is a triathlon strategist’s dream come true! Matt opens the lid on the coaching mindset as he dissects the planning and performance journey of Jesse Thomas’s successful podium finish at the recent Challenge Roth.
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Matt is on vacation, so he put together a “Best of” Series from the initial month of the podcast. It’s a taste of the key highlights of lessons and takeaways from episodes so far this year.
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Des Linden she and her husband, elite Purple Patch triathlete, Ryan Linden, explore performance and relationships in this intimate conversation with Matt Dixon. This isn’t a Boston Marathon recap, but a glimpse behind the curtain of two elite athletes and how they manage their training.
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Excellence doesn’t often come without fear and doubt. Today, Matt dives into the internal struggle, the journey of achieving wonderful results, but focusing in on areas that few are honestly willing to discuss.
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Matt Dixon is back with another moving and inspiring feature with a Purple Patch athlete. In this episode, Matt shares Chris’s journey from childhood athlete to successful athlete, advocate, and member of Team USA.
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Matt dissects this idea of “talent” in today’s episode and what he has learned by working with some of the best endurance athletes in the world, as well as many CEOs and business leaders. All of them are gifted, yes, but the talent to create greatness goes well beyond their mathematical skills or the size of their lungs.
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Matt takes a deep dive today with Erin Taylor, founder and head coach of Athletes for Yoga, the only yoga for athletes platform on-line. She’s also an author of two book: Work In and Hit Reset.
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This conversation with new Purple Patch athlete, Lars Tandrup, is a story about performance and emerging from tragedy. It’s not about race performance, per se, but a lesson of how stress and adversity can be a catalyst for human growth, development and adaptation.
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Matt introduces us to Purple Patch athlete, Jordan Ouida. Ouida, who is a husband, father, financial executive, marathoner and triathlete. And, as you’ll hear in this episode, has successfully integrated sport into life with a little “out-of-the-box” thinking.
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You want to successfully integrate sport into life so that, yes, you improve and achieve your goals, but you want that, in turn, to lift your health, your ability to perform in the workplace, and, of course, bring the best version of yourself to your friends and family.
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In this episode, packed with meaningful and easy-to-implement guidelines, Matt goes into depth on both fueling and nutrition with a case study of a real-life Purple Patch athlete who is a busy executive.
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This is a story of PPF pro, Jesse Thomas, and his transition from an unapologetic quest for world-class performance to high performance across sport, work, and life. There are so many lessons for any time-starved individual in this honest and introspective conversation.
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In part one of this special two-part interview with PPF Pro and Picky Bars founder, Jesse Thomas, Matt and Jesse walk us through his magical journey toward triathlon stardom.
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Matt and Brad give their own perspectives on the landscape of improving performance by focusing on just a few keywords that lead to even deeper discussion; words like: balance, excellence, self-awareness, hacking, routine and more.
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This episode wraps up our in-depth discussion of both Nutrition and Fueling. We welcome back Purple Patch Fitness Resident Nutritionist, Kyla Channell, for a deep, granular and specific look at hydration, both in performance and in our daily lives.
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This is a story about Marina Gelman and one of hope and promise. Adopting an athletic mindset, regardless of where you find yourself, just may be the one spark to save your life. “Losing a child is something unimaginable to go through,” says Marina. “Sport, in a way, and running saved me from sadness for the rest of my life.”
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Matt covers the critical topic of hydration through two lenses: 1) The principles and key actions around hydration in training and racing and 2) The role of hydration in your daily life, including recovery from training, tissue health, mental alertness, and energy management. The goal of this episode is to establish the right lens, the right mindset and outline key concepts setting you up for peak performance in training and daily life.
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