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62 Thriving in Work and Life - Become a Better Version of You Apr 02, 2019

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Today, through the case study of a Purple Patch athlete, Matt outlines a recipe for energy, success, and the ability to be the best person you can be even if you would never profess to be an athlete.

In fact, you don't have to be an athlete to adopt an athletic mindset. You don't even have to aspire to be athletic. What you do need is the desire to excel, thrive, and be the best version of yourself.

Matt outlines his thoughts around structuring success and performance around:

Work
Training
Your Personal Rejuvenation Habits

Get this recipe right and you will thrive in the broader scheme of life. You may not be a world-class athlete, but you are world-class performer.

This episode will challenge you to look for opportunities to shift and refine your approach.

61 Ask Matt Anything: Matt Answers Your Questions Related to Illness, Surgery and the Benefit of Training Camps - Plus - A Special Announcement! Mar 22, 2019

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Matt returns with a bonus "Ask Matt Anything" episode where he answers your questions related to:

A return to training after illness and surgery
The Benefits of Attending a Purple Patch Training Camp

Plus, Matt makes a special announcement about a new program that's coming soon, The Purple Patch Squad!

To submit your podcast questions, email questions@purplepatchfitness.com

60 The Power of Post-Workout Fueling Mar 19, 2019

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Are you chronically underfed and overstressed? Most time-starved athletes are. In the context of our busy lives, the vast majority of us tend to undercut our calories relative to our training demands. Unfortunately, the cost of doing so is immense.

A random approach to nutrition and fueling leads to athletes who are frustrated with energy fluctuations, a lack of portion control, and lower training consistency. This confusion often leads to trying new things and falling prey to the latest eating evangelism.

In this episode. Matt shares his thoughts on post-workout fueling with Purple Patch athlete case studies. In each, these athletes have adopted certain eating habits that, inherently, aren't bad, but can (and do) lead to decreased performance when not executed properly.

Through these examples, Matt outlines his quick tips on how to time your meals relative to the time of day you train, what types of foods to eat before and after training sessions, and warning signs to heed if you are struggling.

Ultimately, you want your nutrition and fueling to be anchored around pragmatism and repeatable habits.

Enjoy.

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59 Dr. Steve Ingham - How to Support a Champion Mar 05, 2019

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This week, Matt has an in-depth Coaches discussion with Dr. Steve Ingham, author of the best selling 'How to Support a Champion: The art of applying science to the elite athlete', discussing and inspiring the importance of learning and adapting to reach our maximum potential.

Dr Steve Ingham is considered 'performance royalty,' as one of the UK's leading figures in sport and one of the world's leading performance scientists. He is steeped in high performance and has been integral to the development of Britain into an Olympic superpower.

Steve has gained high-performance insight working at the British Olympic Association from 1998 to 2004, where he was Senior Sports Physiologist and Sports Science Manager; and at the English Institute of Sport, from 2004 to 2016, where he was Head of Physiology and latterly the Director of Science and Technical Development, leading a team of 200 scientists in support of Team GB and Paralympics GB. Ingham holds a BSc, PhD and is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Today, Dr. Ingham and his team lead Supporting Champions, a company working in high-performance sports and businesses to support and champion you, your teams and systems.

To learn more about Dr. Ingham and Supporting Champions:

Steve Ingham Twitter

Supporting Champions Website Supporting Champions Social media: Twitter Facebook Instagram

58 Strong Like Bull - Strength Training for Endurance Athletes Feb 26, 2019

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Many triathletes tend to be busy people with very full lives, making participation in the sport a jigsaw of time management, physical challenges, and mental stresses.

With the combination of three sports into one, training is not an easy puzzle to create, especially when considering the additional components such as sleep, nutrition, fueling, equipment choices, and environmental stresses (heat, altitude, etc).

With all this, it is no wonder that athletes often turn their back on strength and conditioning (S+C) as a component of their approach to performance. Unfortunately, this is a huge mistake.

Fortunately, an effective S+C program should not need to consume many of your valuable training hours. Still, in order to commit to a year-round program, you must understand the value of creating a consistent routine.

In today's episode, Matt Dixon goes through real-life case studies of Purple Patch athletes who are challenged with integrating a strength and conditioning into their routine.

Matt discusses four areas for each:

Profile - Who are these athletes? What does their life and work look like?
Challenges and Needs Relative to their Profile
Implementation - How did they go about creating a strength and conditioning routine?
Outcome - What were the results of doing so?

In order to become a complete and well-rounded athlete, you must shift your perspective on functional strength towards one of performance enhancement.

To learn more about how Purple Patch integrates functional strength into our coaching, visit our coaching page and schedule a call with a coach.

57 Develop a Recovery Mindset - Do You Have the Courage? Feb 19, 2019

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As the importance of recovery has increased and the knowledge and benefits surrounding this topic have grown more popular, it has opened the door to a fleet of pseudoscience and heavy marketing that only leads to confusion and dilution of the message around recovery.

Today's podcast takes on two real case studies of Purple Patch athletes who have been challenged with integrating a recovery mindset into their busy routines. With each, Matt Dixon illustrates that, in order to integrate recovery in a time-sensitive way and pragmatic way, you don't have to buy toys or take potions and lotions. You don't have to be fooled by quick-fixes and snake oil salesmen. There is no magical monitoring device. No - recovery is a mindset that must be developed and integrated into your life.

We, as time-starved fitness enthusiasts, may not be able to absorb as much physical training stress as a pro, but we definitely manage a large amount of stress in our daily lives.

For this reason, recovery within a time-starved life is a critical backbone to your performance evolution and cannot be an afterthought. You simply have to get it right if you're not only going to improve in sport, but also thrive in health, work performance, and ultimately be the best version of yourself that you can be for your family and friends.

The valuable lesson in this episode? You cannot buy recovery. Your habits and mindset create the power of recovery. It takes courage to recover and the willingness to evolve.

Recovery is your route to maximize your return on your training investment.

See Matt Live in San Francisco on February 24th

Details on the Christie Aschwanden/Matt Dixon in-store appearance and discussion of the new book, " Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery"

56 Matt Hurley - From Prison to Podiums Feb 13, 2019

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This episode features a special conversation with a man who is central to the success at Purple Patch.

Matt Hurley is the Director of Coaching Operations at Purple Patch and he's also an accomplished athlete, becoming overall champion at last year's Ironman 70.3 Maine. He's a multiple qualifier to the 70.3 World Championships and is also making quite a name in the SwimRun race scene. In fact, last year, he and his partner (fellow Purple Patch Coach, John Stevens), won the overall victory at the SwimRun San Juan Islands- beating a certain Lance Armstrong and his partner, Olympic triathlon champion, Simon Whitfield, to take the overall win.

And yet, in this episode, the conversation isn't centered on athletic or coaching accomplishments. It's a raw look at process, performance, and personal perseverance.

Matt Hurley speaks openly and honestly about his past drug addiction, years of dealing, and subsequent prison sentence. With vulnerability, he shares his journey of hitting rock bottom, coming out the other side of darkness, and finally finding his very own purple patch.

We hope that if you're struggling with addiction, or if you have struggled, perhaps this episode can help you navigate. Even if you're not, we hope that you find inspiration in this honest and raw portrayal of a true athlete, mentor, coach, and leader.

To learn more about Matt Hurley:

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Team Every Man Jack

To learn more about Purple Patch Coaching, email info@purplepatchfitness.com or visit our Coaching Page.

55 Chelsea Sodaro - Train Like the Athlete You Want to Become Feb 05, 2019

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Chelsea Sodaro was born to be an athlete. Both parents competed in triathlon and Chelsea also remembers her Dad training for the Boston Marathon!

With energy like that in your life, how could you not love sport?! And she did. Chelsea fell in love with running, which took her through college at Cal Berkeley along with a post-collegiate professional running career.

She may be a superhuman on the track, but she is also very human, having suffered frustrating injuries and setbacks that kept her from having the running career that she truly desired.

But, just like the rest of us, she was inspired by the 2016 Rio Olympic triathlon. She loved watching the build-up to that race and decided to give the sport a go knowing it would provide a new outlet for athletics and beneficial cross-training.

Today, she's just a couple of years into her professional career and in the process of writing history. Chelsea landed on the podium in both of her 70.3 races in 2018, including an overall win at Indian Wells 70.3.

She opens up with Matt today on her past and the valuable lessons that triathlon has brought into her life. She also discusses:

Her Key Ingredients for Successful Training
Non-negotiable habits in her life
The Value of Good Coaching on her career
Advice on Searching for the Right Coach
Highlights of Attending Camp
Rookie Mistakes at Races

And finally, Chelsea shares what success in the sport of triathlon will look like for her.

Her answer may surprise you. Or maybe not. It is an intimate coaching moment with Matt that resonates across all performance levels.

Best of luck, Chelsea. Your Purple Patch fans are cheering for your success!

To learn more about Chelsea Sodaro follow her on:

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54 Cecilia Davis-Hayes - Balancing Professional Triathlon with Medical School Jan 29, 2019

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This week, it's the story of a time-starved athlete, but not just any time-starved athlete. Cecilia Davis-Hayes is heading into her Residency into her fourth year in Medical School at Columbia and, at the same time, is still competing at the top level of professional triathlon. She is, quite possibly, the most inspiring athlete on the Purple Patch Pro Squad.

How did she discover a love for the sport?
Why was Matt Dixon and Purple Patch Fitness a good match for her?
How does she successfully balance the many priorities of training and school?
What advice does she have for time-starved individuals who also seek success outside of their jobs?

To learn more about CDH, follow her:

Cecilia's Website

Instagram

Twitter

53 Creating a Culture to Thrive - Parallels Between Coaching and Management in a Corporate Setting Jan 22, 2019

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Today is, by request, an extension on the discussion around Episode 51, The Art of Coaching and Being Coached. It's an expansive discussion into management and leadership within a corporate setting.

There are many parallels between performance within a set of world-class athletes and performance within business teams. Your mission, as an effective coach or leader, is to create sustained performance and long-term buy-in from your team.

In order to do this, you first have to create an effective performance model for you, the leader. You see, you can only create a powerful team if you've set up great performance and rejuvenation habits for yourself.

The second part is setting up a framework and culture to allow all to thrive. As a leader and manager, you are a coach and how you set up your performance culture will ultimately determine your effectiveness.

This episode illustrates traits of effective leadership by drawing those parallels between coaching and management as it relates to:

North Star Goals
Short-Term Goals
Nailing the Basics
Feedback and Accountability
Empowerment

When you successfully facilitate an intentional focus of action and empower the team members to understand their role as it relates to North Star goals, you have indeed created a culture to thrive.

THIS is effective coaching and, yes, effective team management.

To ask questions, email: questions@purplepatchfitness.com

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