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Episode 82: Not Your Typical Purple Patch Athlete...Or, Is She?
Episode 82: Not Your Typical Purple Patch Athlete...Or, Is She?

Matt interviews his partner-in-crime, Kelli McMaster, about her recent marathon success and living the Purple Patch Pillars of Performance!

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Season 2Guest UserSeptember 3, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Approach to Triathlon, Planning and Execution, pillars of performance, Case Studies, marathon training
Episode 81: BONUS - IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Preview
Episode 81: BONUS - IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Preview

Racing in the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in Nice? This podcast is your guide to all things both in Nice and at home!

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Season 2Guest UserAugust 27, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Approach to Triathlon, Sleep and Performance, Planning and Execution, Qualifying for World Champs
Episode 80: Priming Your Performance - Preparation, Mindset, Execution
Episode 80: Priming Your Performance - Preparation, Mindset, Execution

Set yourself up for success under the scope of: Preparation, Mindset and Execution.

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Season 2Guest UserAugust 21, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Approach to Triathlon, Case Studies, Sleep and Performance, Planning and Execution
Episode 79: Tim Deer - Badwater and Beyond
Episode 79: Tim Deer - Badwater and Beyond

Matt Dixon interviews long-time Purple Patch athlete, Tim Deer, about his recent experience completing the Badwater 135 ultra-endurance race from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney.

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Season 2Guest UserAugust 17, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Approach to Triathlon, Case Studies, badwater, ultramarathon
Episode 78: Malindi Elmore: Multisport, Motherhood and Marathons - Enjoying the Freedom to Evolve
Episode 78: Malindi Elmore: Multisport, Motherhood and Marathons - Enjoying the Freedom to Evolve

Malindi Elmore is the Queen of Evolution.

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Season 2Guest UserAugust 7, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Pros, Approach to Triathlon, Career Development, Case Studies
Episode 77: Chelsea Sodaro - Your 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Rosa Champion
Episode 77: Chelsea Sodaro - Your 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Rosa Champion

Your IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Rosa Champion

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Season 2Guest UserJuly 31, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Pillars of Performance, Pros, Approach to Triathlon, Career Development, Case Studies
Episode 76:  Chopping Carrots - Identifying Talent, Creating Value, and Paving a Path to Excellence
Episode 76: Chopping Carrots - Identifying Talent, Creating Value, and Paving a Path to Excellence

How you chop carrots is how you live life.

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Season 2Guest UserJuly 23, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Mindset, Recovery Modalities, Pillars of Performance
Episode 75:  Ask Matt Anything
Episode 75: Ask Matt Anything

Matt answers your performance questions! In this episode, he discusses returning to running post-injury, wearables, bike selection, training indoors vs. outdoors, yoga and more!

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Season 2Guest UserJuly 17, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Injuries, Mindset, yoga, cycling, PPF Run Methodology, Recovery Modalities, Pillars of Performance
Episode 74:  Beat the Heat and Turn it Into a Performance Tool
Episode 74: Beat the Heat and Turn it Into a Performance Tool

Maintaining a growth mindset is everything - at any age. In this episode, Matt converses with two Purple Patch Masters athletes, Rick Wimmer and Ken Pagliughi, about their recipes for success and longevity in sport and life.

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Season 2Guest UserJuly 10, 2019heat training, sauna, acclimation, Performance in Sport and Life
Episode 73:  AARP Anarchists and Still Crushing It - A Replay
Episode 73: AARP Anarchists and Still Crushing It - A Replay

Maintaining a growth mindset is everything - at any age. In this episode, Matt converses with two Purple Patch Masters athletes, Rick Wimmer and Ken Pagliughi, about their recipes for success and longevity in sport and life.

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Season 2NEIL DSOUZAJune 26, 2019Mature Athletes, Masters
Episode  72:  Effective Communication in Coaching and Leadership
Episode 72: Effective Communication in Coaching and Leadership

Effective communication in coaching is not just about getting your message across or making your point. Effective communication empowers the athlete or employee to execute as intended, to believe in the path forward, and have clarity in actions needed for success.  

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Season 2Guest UserJune 19, 2019Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, Pros, Approach to Triathlon, coaching, communication, Confidence
Episode  71:  Going Pro - Adopting Components of Elite Behavior
Episode 71: Going Pro - Adopting Components of Elite Behavior

The journey of a pro is hard…very hard, but there are key takeaways for all of us here. You don’t have to be a pro athlete to embrace pro habits and characteristics into your daily life. The heart of this episode is built upon personal growth and development.

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Season 2Guest UserJune 12, 2019Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, Pros, Approach to Triathlon
Episode  70:  Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches
Episode 70: Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches

Where do supplements, pills, powders and the like fit in the spectrum of your performance evolution? Are they a key catalyst to performance, or a bunch of voodoo and empty promises designed only to drain your wallet?

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Season 2Guest UserJune 5, 2019Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, supplements
Episode  69:  Rethink Your Training Recipe - A Purple Patch Performance Intervention
Episode 69: Rethink Your Training Recipe - A Purple Patch Performance Intervention

While people seem to be more aware of the cumulative effects of training stress and the need to integrate training into their lives with a pragmatic approach, it still seems that confusion reigns among those who are simply checking the boxes.

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Season 2Guest UserMay 29, 2019Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, stress
Episode  68:  Successful Management of Travel and Training
Episode 68: Successful Management of Travel and Training

Travel can be a corrosive experience, carrying an emotional, physical and hormonal toll that has a great impact on your training ability, as well as the ability to recover.

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Season 2Guest UserMay 21, 2019Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, travel, stress
Episode  67:  Are You Change-able?
Episode 67: Are You Change-able?

Change is hard.

Most people are not naturally adaptable at thriving in a changing environment and they will lean into familiarity even if that familiarity isn’t positive. There is nothing wrong with this except that it isn’t the world we live in.  It also isn’t realistic if we are stretching the bounds of our own performance.  

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Season 2Guest UserMay 14, 2019adapt, Pillars of Performance, Performance in Sport and Life, changeable
 Episode  66:  Best Of - Global Performance in Sport, Work, and Life
Episode 66: Best Of - Global Performance in Sport, Work, and Life

You may have failed in your goal, but you’re not a failure. In fact, managing disappointment is the most crucial part of the journey to becoming the best version of yourself .

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Season 2Guest UserMay 8, 2019Performance in Sport and Life, Pillars of Performance, Sleep and Performance, Qualifying for World Champs
Episode  65:  Managing Failure, A Part of the Journey to the Best Version of Yourself
Episode 65: Managing Failure, A Part of the Journey to the Best Version of Yourself

You may have failed in your goal, but you’re not a failure. In fact, managing disappointment is the most crucial part of the journey to becoming the best version of yourself .

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PPFApril 22, 2019
Episode 64:  Thriving in Work and Life - Become a Better Version of You
Episode 64: Thriving in Work and Life - Become a Better Version of You

In this episode, Matt redefines "specificity in your training" to unshackle you from the pretense of precision. In fact, a focus on precision in every session is a slippery slope that leads to obsession, paralysis of analysis, erosion of confidence, and an over reliance on metrics.

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PPFApril 16, 2019
Episode  63:  A Coach's Lens on Muscle Tissue Health
Episode 63: A Coach's Lens on Muscle Tissue Health

Matt explores key habits and objectives that promote muscle tissue health and, through another Purple Patch case study, provides a coach’s lens on things to do and even what NOT to do when you feel those niggles start to occur.

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PPFApril 8, 2019
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