Purple Patch Podcast

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52 A Coaches Conversation on Hydration with Andy Blow of Precision Hydration Jan 15, 2019

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The backbone of the Purple Patch Podcast is education around performance in both sport and life, and Matt hits it head-on this week in this conversation with Andy Blow, former professional triathlete and Founder of Precision Hydration.

The topic? Hydration in sport, work, and life. If you're a pro athlete, an amateur athlete, a fitness enthusiast, an executive or a busy professional looking for better energy management in life, you'll love this coaches conversation on the impact that hydration (or lack thereof) can have on our daily performance.

Not only do they discuss hydration strategies for early morning and late afternoon training, but they also discuss the implications of:

Walking through life in a dehydrated state
Caffeinated beverages on performance
Extended Travel
Excessive Alcohol Consumption

Dehydration is, simply put, a performance limiter and both Andy and Matt provide practical advice and guidance on proper hydration in both training and daily life to help you reach your athletic and human potential.

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There, you can also receive their FREE Hydration Plan.

51 The Art of Coaching and Being Coached Jan 08, 2019

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Welcome Back to Season 2 and our first Purple Patch Podcast of 2019!

This is the time where people are choosing to be coached for the first time, transitioning to a different coach, or even refreshing their relationship with their current coach.

There is a real role for coaches to play in framing the art of coaching and creating a culture of success. On the flip side, the athlete has a real responsibility as well. How can you be coached best?

This episode is not just for coaches, but also athletes and fitness enthusiasts who are in a coaching relationship or in charge of their own performance journey.

In "The Art of Being Coached," Matt dives deep on:

The Roles of a Coach
Setting up a Culture of Success From Both Coach and Athlete Perspective
Additional Tips on How Should You Be Coached and How Should You Coach?

He also gives listeners a peek into the Purple Patch coaching window with a real-life case study.

The quest and hope for this episode is that you see the performance journey as a whole and have the tools to enter into an empowering and trusting partnership that breeds confidence, education, communication, and ultimately, success.

Nifty Fifty - Celebrating our 50th Episode Dec 11, 2018

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This week is a special episode for Purple Patch. It's our 50th episode!

We launched in January 2018. and as we approach the end of the year, we thought it was a good time to take a step back and have a little review.

Today, it's Matt's picks from some of the episodes of the last few months that are anchored and channeled on global life performance and reaching your potential via an athletic mindset.

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Episode Highlights:

Taken from Episode 31 - Fighting Fatigue - Knowing When to Push Through or Back Off

Fatigue is not a negative word. In fact, it's a part of growth and you should lean into it. It is earned from hard work and the adaptions can be positive, but you must make smart decisions in managing your fatigue. In this segment, Matt provides context around "fatigue" - both anticipated vs. unanticipated-and discusses some of those objective and subjective markers of fatigue.

Taken from Episode 36 - A Championship Mindset

Regardless of your "main event," you will arrive with the physical resources that you have, and you have to set yourself up with the best performance you can have on that day. In this episode, Matt outlines a few categories to help promote a positive mindset and enable you to free your body to do what it is prepared to do.

Taken from Episode 44- Take a Break, but Don't be a Post-Season Sloth

Matt addresses the dangers and pitfalls of an "all in" or "all out" attitude and highlights some of the benefits that a short break can have on post-season training.

Taken from Episode 46 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Is your coach fit for the job? Is your coach fit for you? The power of a mentor or coach cannot be overstated and to truly maximize the benefits of a professional coach, you, the athlete, must be a major stakeholder to ensure that the relationship is fruitful and beneficial to your performance. Matt describes the characteristics of a great coach or mentor.

Taken from Episode 48 - Assassin of Effectiveness

For most of us, the buy-in for presence and focus in work and sport is there, but the mind is often polluted. Diluting focus and attempting to multitask will NOT increase productivity in work or sport. This clip will empower focus with specific strategies to arm you for success.

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49 Purple Patch Holiday Gift Guide for Performance Dec 05, 2018

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This week, we provide a little fun (and hopefully a little inspiration) for your holiday lens and gift giving!

Matt and his team of coaches came together to provide you with some of their holiday performance gift recommendations centered around our Four Pillars of Performance: Endurance Training, Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition, and Recovery.

These ideas aren't quick fixes or magic shortcuts to performance success. They are simple, actionable, and authentic ideas for your performance-driven loved one.

We hope this list provides inspiration, ideas and even, perhaps even a little positive habit change for the New Year.

Happy Holidays!

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48 Become an Assassin of Effectiveness Nov 27, 2018

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It's hard to argue with the concept that you will get more out of a project, workout, meeting, or book if you are fully immersed and focused in the endeavor. Being distracted or having your mind elsewhere is hardly a logical path to success and we are all susceptible to becoming distracted, especially with all the competing demands that our big lives tend to bring.

For most of us, the buy-in for presence and focus is there, but the mind is often polluted. Diluting focus will NOT increase productivity in work or sport.

This episode will empower focus in both work and sport with specific strategies to arm you for success. Adopting this game plan will open up a pathway to presence and create a positive impact for maximum effectiveness.

Remember:

"Presence is effectiveness and effectiveness leads to capacity."

Bad habits simply create bad output and the only way to create capacity and to execute high-quality work is to become an assassin of effectiveness.

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47 Child's Play - FUNdamental Lessons from Youth Development in Sport Nov 20, 2018

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Take a moment to revisit your childhood. Do you recall spending hours on end riding your bike around the neighborhood, exploring backyards for unknown treasures, splashing in the pool with your friends, or playing in the snow without thought or fear of the cold?

Ahhh…the glory days of childs' play.

Hopefully, you engaged in a variety of activities, both structured and unstructured. You likely played soccer, or little league, or swam on your swim team. With luck, those days provided positive memories and awarded many positive traits that you carry with you today related to teamwork, leadership, creativity, passion, resilience and the importance of failure. Yes, the importance of failure.

That is the framework for Matt's highly personal episode this week about childhood development in sports: the value of sports for children, setting up your kids for long-term performance, and the mindset and approach to being a supporting parent in their journey.

Matt takes on this important topic from three perspectives: as a former elite athlete, as a coach, and most importantly, as a father of a six-year-old son.

What are the global benefits of participation in sports as a youth?
Why should you build in unstructured play as well?
How do you set up your children for success?
How do you set them up for failure?

The journey of an athlete at any age extends well beyond physical development. It is a gateway of imagination, adventure, and shared journeys. It is a confidence booster and, quite often, a catalyst to problem-solving.

Most importantly, though, it should be fun.

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46 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - What Makes a Great Mentor or Coach, How to Find Them, and Understanding Your Role in the Relationship. Nov 13, 2018

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"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton

The power of a mentor or coach cannot be overstated and to truly maximize the benefits of a professional coach, you, the athlete, must be a major stakeholder to ensure the relationship is fruitful and beneficial to your performance.

In this episode, Matt discusses the importance of finding the right coach for you.

What are characteristics of a great coach or mentor?
How do you find the right coach for your needs?
How do you maximize the relationship to allow performance gains?
What are some of the qualities and red flags you should look for?
Does the coach's philosophy align with you and your needs?
What is your role in this athletic journey?

Being a great coached athlete is not about punching the clock and simply checking off workouts prescribed like a list of tasks. Life is not a spreadsheet, and therefore it is tough to apply a strict spreadsheet of training to life.

And, remember, having a coach isn't just about getting you to hit every session, but to become empowered to make smart decisions to adapt and evolve training relative to life and prior training.

Is your coach fit for the job? Is your coach fit for you?

Find out in today's episode.

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To truly maximize the benefits of a professional coach, you, the athlete, must be a major stakeholder to ensure the relationship is fruitful and beneficial for your performance. So, how do you find the right coach for your needs, and how do you maximize the relationship to allow performance gains? Here are some questions you should be asking.

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45 The Magic Happens in the Post-Season Nov 06, 2018

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Download our Sample Post-Season Workouts

There couldn't be a more valuable part of the season to make fundamental groundwork changes to who you are as an athlete.

Purple Patch views the post-season as perhaps THE most important block of training which includes preparation for the heavy lifting ahead, technical and skills development, and critical 'building block' work of good habits that pave the way for greater yields from the training that will come later.

Consider it as the first part of your annual performance journey, and the absolute bedrock and foundation of your construction project as an athlete.

In this episode, Matt Dixon dispels myths around this phase by talking about two real-life Purple Patch athletes and how they've traditionally approached post-season. A small shift in focus yielded much improvement for the next season.

How important is post-season?
What is the mission of post-season and what is your mindset?
What type of workouts should you do?

These topics and more are built into this episode about post-season and your opportunity to set up a better season and year of performance and health than you've ever had before.

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44 Take a Break, But Don't Be a Post-Season Sloth Oct 23, 2018

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To evolve and improve long-term REQUIRES blocks of serious rejuvenation and rest.

In work, sport and life, it is impossible to optimize performance if you never get off the hamster wheel. Quite simply - to grow requires rest.

But, how exactly should you integrate blocks of rejuvenation without throwing away all of the blocks of solid training in the last months?

In this episode, Matt talks about the dangers and pitfalls of an "all in" or "all out" attitude. He also stresses the benefits that a short break can have on post-season training.

Why do you need breaks both physically and emotionally?
How exactly should you approach a season break?
What can you expect from a short break away from training?
What exactly is post-season and what type of training should you do when your next race is still months away?
Should you expect dips in fitness?
Why are scheduled breaks so hard for athletes to embrace?
Why shouldn't you turn into a sloth for a few months?

Remember, life is not a hamster wheel. In the cycle of performance, you want long-term development, but you also need time to rest, rebuild and continue to develop technically.

Scheduled breaks are the first step in a new progression, just don't turn into a sloth!

Matt has put together a video that explains the Purple Patch season planning methodology, specifically the endurance training component and how we can help you develop your best season of performance. Visit https://purplepatchfitness.com/seasonplanning to unlock the video.

:00-1:30 Matt's Weekly Introduction 1:30- 6:10 Word of the Week: MISSION 6:25-26:25 The Meat and Potatoes: Taking a Break 26:40-32:30 Question of the Week: Snorkel Use 32:40-34:47 Episode Recap

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43 Kona Contenders - Laura Siddall, Sarah Piampiano, and Kevin Collington Oct 09, 2018

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We revisit an insightful conversation with three Purple Patch Pros who are competing in this Saturday's IRONMAN World Championships - Laura Siddall, Kevin Collington, and Sarah Piampiano.

They recorded this interview (Episode 5) in January at the Purple Patch Pro Camp in Scottsdale, Arizona when they were just starting their 2018 season.

In this episode, they talk about goal setting, managing fears, mindset, key lessons, and finding world-class performance every time they toe the line at a race.

Clearly, these three have put their words into action and we wish them all the best on the Big Island.

Purple Patch is behind you and we can't wait to follow along!

IRONMAN World Championship

Kevin Collington Website

Sarah Piampiano Website

Laura Siddall Website

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