11 Nail Your Nutrition and Fueling - A Key Pillar of Performance

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Underneath the Purple Patch Pillar of Nutrition, there are two main components:

Fueling - This encompasses the calories you consume during a workout and immediately following
Nutrition - This includes your daily eating habits outside of training including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

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, Mike. Mike is like most age group athletes. He’s a busy executive, but dedicated to his training and achieving high-performance in both work and training. He joined Purple Patch to “get to the next level.” He trains most mornings and is highly motivated to reach his training goals. The biggest problem? Mike doesn’t fuel properly.

Matt starts the episode with a discussion on FUELING, the biggest contributor to your success. He answers:

Why is fueling during and post-workout so important?
What functions does proper fueling serve to my overall performance in work and in sport?
What are the common pitfalls and mistakes around fueling?
How do I know what to eat?
What are parameters and ABCs around proper fueling?
What are the causes and dangerous effects of improper fueling?
How do I know if I’ve got the formula right?

In the second half of the episode, Matt moves on to the global platform of health: NUTRITION

One of your goals, he says, is to not fall for evangelism. “Get it mostly right,” he stresses, and don’t fall prey to athletic starvation or to gluttony. You can be successful without counting calories.

What is the most important meal of the day?
What are the main benefits and effects of good nutrition balance?
How should I structure my eating throughout the day?
What are the warning signs that my nutrition is off?
What are the potential dangers of under or over-eating throughout the day?
What types of foods are best for me?

This episode is the perfect foundation and lead-in to Matt’s next episode with the Purple Patch resident Endurance Sports Nutritionist, Kyla Channell.

:00-:20 Weekly Introduction

:21-1:26 Matt's Introduction to Nutrition and Fueling

1:26- 4:45 The Word of the Week: HABIT

5:00 Matt's discussion of Nutrition and Fueling

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.6	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.4	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:13.4	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
0:20.1	When I grew up, it was all about high carb and fat-free diets.
0:25.2	We were educated on the food pyramid.
0:27.7	The food companies drove us to convenience with TV dinners, packaged food, microwaves.
0:34.0	Now, sugar is the devil, the primary cause of raising obesity, diabetes and dental catastrophes.
0:41.1	Having said that, I'm English, so dental catastrophe is a kind of a rite of passage.
0:45.4	But we're told now, fat is our saviour.
0:48.7	Long gone is it fat free, now fat is king.
0:52.0	At the same time, we're told by the sports nutrition companies that sugar
0:56.6	is the coal for your engine. Are you confused yet? I'm not surprised. I'm Matt Dixon. This is the
1:02.9	Purple Patch podcast, and today we're going to dive into one of your pillars of performance and
1:07.8	health, nutrition. It's one of the most polarized and confusing subjects
1:12.5	for any endurance athlete, a subject that is prone to quick fixes, false claims, quackery,
1:19.0	and even evangelism. My mission is to frame your mindset about what you put in your body,
1:24.8	hopefully create a practical guide around fueling and eating
1:28.3	and establish a pathway of habits that help you find performance,
1:32.5	manage energy and retain or find great body composition.
1:37.1	We're going to go through daily eating and fueling.
1:40.2	But before we get cracking, let me opine a little.
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