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Episode 289: Weaponize Your Bike - A Pathway to Unlocking Speed, Power, Technique and Skill Oct 25, 2023

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Welcome to the Purple Patch podcast! In this week's episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon shares valuable insights on maximizing the benefits of indoor bike trainers to improve outdoor performance. While many of us use an indoor trainer to save time, escape weather conditions during the winter months, and develop fitness through interval training, Matt goes a step further by providing practical tips and tools to upgrade your speed, enhance your outdoor riding experience, and unleash your full potential as a rider.

Matt shares effective ways to access a deeper and more focused training session on the indoor bike trainer. He delves into specific strategies, skills, and techniques like leveraging gear usage, cadence, pedal stroke, posture, specificity of intervals, terrain management, and other elements that can help you optimize your bike training well beyond boosting your fitness profile.

Most coaches tend to avoid the topic of skill set acquisition because it is challenging to coach remotely, or they are not familiar with how to approach it. However, this is precisely what we specialize in. It is the backbone of our bike program and our reputation for helping to build stronger and faster riders. Matt reveals the secrets behind our success so that you can connect the dots on how your effort inside applies to you becoming a better bike rider outside.

For even more detail beyond the podcast, attend our Workshop on Wheels and access your chance to get LIVE, real-time coaching on the bike from IRONMAN Master Coach and Purple Patch founder Matt Dixon.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:06 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

04:14 - 8:35 - Matt's News-ings

08:43 - 33:42 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 289: Weaponize Your Bike - A Pathway to Unlocking Speed, Power, Technique and Skill

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Sustained High Performance: A Proven Methodology for Building High-Performing Executive Teams

Episode 288: Sustained High Performance in the Workplace: Insights from 50 Leading C-Suite Executives Oct 18, 2023

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Welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. This week's episode is all about performance. As you already know, we discuss the topic of performance every week on this podcast. However, in this particular episode, we will mainly focus on ways to enhance your ability to perform better, both in your work and in other areas of life.

No matter what aspect of life you are looking to excel in, establishing a robust physical ready-state is crucial to achieving sustained high performance.

Whether you're an elite athlete, a time-starved amateur, a parent striving to be the best version of yourself for your children, an executive aiming for stronger leadership skills, or a team looking to achieve business objectives, maintaining excellent health, optimal cognitive function, and stable energy levels are key factors for outstanding performance.

When combined with effective strategies and practices, it can lead to exponential results for individuals and teams.

This is supported by peer-reviewed research and our observations from assisting individuals and teams to enhance their performance and outcomes.

To validate our observations, we surveyed 50 leading C-Level executives to get their perspectives. The results were interesting and insightful. Matt discusses the results in detail.

You don't need to be a world-class athlete or a high-level executive to apply these principles to your own performance journey, but we hope that you will feel energized, inspired, and ready to prioritize fitness and health in your pursuit of high performance.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 07:25 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

07:32 - 10:18 - Matt's News-ings

10:26 - 58:04 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 288: Sustained High Performance in the Workplace: Insights from 50 Leading C-Suite Executives

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Episode 287: Nutrition & Body Composition - 1 on 1 with Scott Tindal of FuelIn Oct 11, 2023

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On this week's Purple Patch Podcast, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon welcomes Scott Tindal back to the show.

Scott Tindal, the co-founder of FuelIn, Purple Patch's nutrition partner, joins the show and shares his expertise as a Nutrition Coach to discuss building a foundation of health during the off-season with a focus on body composition.

In their conversation, Matt and Scott cover essential nutritional practices and habits that all athletes and performance-driven individuals should adopt over the next few months.

They provide helpful advice on achieving a healthy body composition and developing a positive relationship with food while avoiding fad diets and dogmatic approaches.

Matt and Scott take a global approach to building a solid platform of health, emphasizing the interconnectedness of nutrition, sleep, recovery, endurance training, and strength and conditioning.

Together they simplify nutrition and provide a platform for better performance, whether you're an athlete or simply seeking a healthier life.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:58 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

05:06 - 08:32 - Matt's News-ings

08:40 - 52:57 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 287: Nutrition & Body Composition - 1 on 1 with Scott Tindal of FuelIn

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Episode 286: Episode Rewind - Keys to Kona: Strategies for Success at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships Oct 04, 2023

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This week's episode of the Purple Patch Podcast is a flashback to last year's lead-up to the Hawaii Ironman World Championship in Kona.

We decided to rewind to episode 234 and its wealth of information about the legendary event. Whether you've qualified for this year's IRONMAN World Championship, are a male athlete preparing for the 2024 Hawaii Ironman, or have aspirations to compete in Kona in the future, the insights shared by Matt in this episode are extremely valuable.

Whether you're planning to compete, supporting friends, or you're just an enthusiast, ironman master coach Matt Dixon invites you to follow along as he shares everything you need to know about how to achieve success in Kona.

In this episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, Matt draws from his 15 years of experience helping athletes thrive at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships and provides a breakdown of the preparation, training, and logistical elements you need to consider before ever setting foot on the island.

Purple Patch has guided more than 750 athletes to qualification at the World Championships, has coached multiple age group world champions, and has had numerous purple patch pros in the top 10 overall, including athletes such as Chris Lieto, Rachel Joyce, and Sarah Piampiano.

Matt takes the lessons he has learned from coaching these athletes and shares a detailed walkthrough of what you can expect in Kona, from landing to leaving.

The episode is broken into two parts:

Part 1: Pre-arrival and nailing race week

Part 2: Race execution - swim-bike-run, nutrition, and mindset

In part one you will learn:

Key strategies to adopt before you travel - How to arrive fit, fresh, and ready to handle the crazy of Kona week.

(11:56) "your mission and goal is to arrive to Hawaii as systemically fresh as possible. You want to also be prepared physiologically to meet the conditions as best as you can. So you want to get there really fresh and already have some physiological adaptations in hand so that you are ready to navigate the heat. If you can achieve those two big things, then what you can do in Hawaii is start to prime for the race."

A framework of how to optimize race week - Balancing training and preparation with the Kona experience.
The hit list - answers to the most common questions athletes have around race week.

In part two you will learn:

Strategies around success in Kona - race day mindset and execution

(38:10) "if you want your best race performance, the truth is that it's never going to come from you chasing splits. Having predetermined ideas of what you want to swim, what you want to bike, and what you run or run and trying to adhere a race plan to that is a fool's errand. Instead, success is going to come about through an element of control, really smart self-management, a great amount of persistence, and continued problem solving over all of the challenges that you will meet across the whole of the day."

Key elements around race craft, fueling, and hydration.
How to navigate recovery and reflection.

So many athletes ruin their performance potential through a series of mistakes they make in their preparation or execution during race week. The goal of this episode is to provide you with details of the experience and recommendations to help you set up for your best Hawaii Ironman Race experience.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:04 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

04:04 - 07:58 - Matt's News-ings

08:05 - 01:09:15 - The Meat and Potatoes: Episode 286 - Episode Rewind - Keys to Kona: Strategies for Success at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships

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Episode 285: Offseason - Foundation, Skills, and Technique (Part 3 - Your Questions Answered) Sep 27, 2023

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Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series on the off-season, in which we frame the approach to building a foundation of performance, developing skills, and improving technique.

This week's episode centers on you and the questions you have about Q4 and beyond. Matt shares the questions you've sent in over the past few weeks on how to connect the information from our previous episodes on the off-season to your own performance journey.

During our three-part conversation about the off-season, we discussed the various elements and significance of this training phase. This included insights on rejuvenation, mindset, and strategies to ensure that the next 2-3 months serve as a catalyst for improving our future selves while still allowing for enjoyment and flexibility. We also shared the Purple Patch approach and exciting details about specific plans for the upcoming block of training.

Although we have focused on season planning and triathlete journeys, we have received numerous questions from individuals who are not competing athletically. These questions pertain to health and overall life performance. Whether you are an athlete seeking to establish a foundation of performance prior to intensifying your training, or a fitness enthusiast aiming to maximize your winter months, Matt offers guidance to help you gain clarity and set yourself up for success in both work and life in the coming year.

Whether you're in Alaska or Hawaii, Detroit or Singapore, off-season is a key part, a fundamental part of your year. And in fact, I would say it is the highest predictor of creating a wonderful performance breakthrough no matter what your goal is in the months ahead. It's easier. You have more capacity. You take a step back, but it's so that you can take 10 steps forward. And by not doing that you're going to run into problems. - Matt Dixon

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:05 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

04:12 - 04:57 - Matt's News-ings

05:12 - 9:24 - Word of the Week

09:36 - 45:06 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 285: Offseason - Foundation, Skills, and Technique (Part 3 - Your Questions Answered)

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Episode 284: Offseason - Foundation, Skills, and Technique (Part 2 - Key Principles and Approaches) Sep 20, 2023

Show notes

We continue our three-part series on the off-season, in which we frame the approach to building a foundation of performance, developing skills, and improving technique.

In part 2 of our series, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon discusses his reimagined approach to the off-season and lays out a blueprint for leveraging the months between Q4 and Q1 in a smart and balanced way.

Matt shares key principles and approaches you can leverage this off-season to improve your swim stroke, terrain management on the bike, balance on the run, and more while emerging faster, stronger, and injury-free.

He lays out the various methods and resources that form the basis of Purple Patch programming, coaching, community, and education, with the goal of helping athletes achieve their best year of racing while integrating sport into their busy lives.

The challenge, of course, is that really focusing on technique and skill acquisition is almost impossible when you're equally training hard, you're in that environment. It's a hard session. You don't have the willpower, focus, and attention to really think about your posture, your form, your skill acquisition, etc. And it becomes even tougher when you've got a looming deadline for a race. When that comes up, all bets are off. All you have hope for is to retain what is already habitual. And that's why these coming months are your golden platform of opportunity. Because you have no deadlines. You have much lower stress training demands, and therefore you have the capacity to focus on your HOW.

Although Matt discusses the approach from a triathlete's perspective (swim, bike, run, strength, and habits), the principles and techniques he covers apply to all endurance athletes and fitness enthusiasts.

Whether striving to reach the podium and finish line or simply aiming to enhance how you perform at work and in life, the principles Matt discusses today apply to anyone seeking to improve their performance.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 07:55 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

08:02 - 09:36 - Matt's News-ings

09:51 - 13:30 - Word of the Week

13:37 - 01:01:11 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 284: Offseason - Foundation, Skills, and Technique (Part 2 - Key Principles and Approaches)

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Episode 283: Off-season - Foundation, Skills and Technique (Part 1 - Framing Purpose and Approach) Sep 13, 2023

Show notes

After a long season of training, most athletes are ready for a well-deserved break, yet they also recognize that training during the off-season is imperative for success in the coming season.

So how do you strike the right balance so you get the rest and recovery you need without losing progress and risk stalling your performance next season?

As part of our three-part series on everything off-season, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon answers all your questions on how to approach the off-season to set yourself up for success.

In part one of our in-depth series, Matt frames the importance of the off-season in developing consistency to achieve predictable and long-lasting results. He also illustrates the mindset and practices needed to help you recharge, train effectively, and upgrade your skills and techniques.

"Offseason is a part of the year to focus on things that you simply cannot practically focus on during peak phases of training. And of course, peak phases of racing, if you do that. If I had to sum up the offseason, I would label it as fun, flexible, and absolutely critical for anyone on any sort of performance journey in any arena." - Matt Dixon

Over the coming shows, we will dig into the key ingredients and framework we apply when building off-season training for Purple Patch Athletes. We are also dedicating an entire show to answering your questions about the off-season.

Click here to send Matt a quick voice message, and he will answer your questions on Part 3 of the series.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 08:18 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

08:25 - 10:04 - Matt's News-ings

10:19 - 13:41 - Word of the Week

13:49 - 49:02 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 283: Off-season - Foundation, Skills, and Technique (Part 1 - Framing Purpose and Approach)

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Episode 282: The Travel Toolkit – Everything You Need To Know To Arrive Fit and Fresh Sep 06, 2023

Show notes

Making sure you're primed and ready for your big race is essential, but planning correctly to avoid the negative impacts of travel on your performance is just as crucial.

In this week's episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, Ironman Master Coach Matt Dixon provides a toolkit with a strategic approach to travel that offers guidance on pre-race preparation and best practices for a healthy and prosperous race day.

If you're planning a trip that involves time zone changes, whether it's a short shift or a longer stay, Matt offers helpful tips to prevent jet lag and adjust quickly. He provides advice on what to pack, what to eat and when, what perks and practices you should skip when flying, how much sleep to get before and after you arrive, and how something as simple as wearing shades can help you set your internal clock.

Matt's actionable steps can help you check all the boxes prior to departure to ensure you arrive at your destination rested, stress-free, and healthy so you can be ready to perform at your best, no matter why you're traveling.

Also, be sure to check out Matt's recently published white paper on Sustained High Performance. In it, Matt combines his two decades of coaching observations with current empirical research and direct insights from high-performing C-Suite executives. He lays out a roadmap to amplify performance at the highest levels of business leadership. Click here to download your free copy and access Matt's extensive experience in coaching individuals to the highest level of performance in world-class sports, executive performance, and corporate leadership.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:54 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

05:01 - 11:25 - Matt's News-ings

11:32 - 59:21 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 282: The Travel Toolkit – Everything You Need To Know To Arrive Fit and Fresh

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Episode 281: Purple Patch Case Study Series - #5 - Kyle, Minnie & Kathy (Cautionary Tales) Aug 30, 2023

Show notes

This week on the Purple Patch Podcast, we conclude our Purple Patch Performance Case Studies series. In this series, we delve into the experiences of real athletes to provide practical insights about performance. In the past few weeks, we have examined some motivating and informative examples of athlete achievement. However, today we will focus on stories that serve as warnings.

In this episode, Ironman Master Coach Matt Dixon shares three cautionary tales of athletes at various levels of performance who faced common and significant setbacks on their athletic journeys.

Matt outlines the case studies to explain how these challenges developed and recommends solutions for avoiding common pitfalls of the performance landscape.

This episode aims to highlight the obstacles that caused these athletes to stumble, and hopefully inspire you to reflect on your own journey and create a positive path to your goals.

We highly recommend you check out Matt's recently published white paper on Sustained High Performance. In it, Matt combines his two decades of coaching observations with current empirical research and direct insights from high-performing C-Suite executives. He lays out a roadmap to amplify performance at the highest levels of business leadership. Click here to download your free copy and access Matt's extensive experience in coaching individuals to the highest level of performance in world-class sports, executive performance, and corporate leadership.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 03:13 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

03:14 - 05:28 - Matt's News-ings

05:29 - 09:11 - Word of the Week

09:18 - 51:38 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 281: Purple Patch Case Study Series - #5 - Kyle, Minnie, & Kathy (Cautionary Tales)

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