13 Steve Magness and Matt Dixon-A Coaches' Collective on 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

🗓️ 20 March 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

What happens when two of endurance sports greatest thinkers go toe to toe on all aspects of performance? You get an educating and insightful “Inside the Coaches Studio“ episode from Matt Dixon along with author and coach, Steve Magness, co-author of the book, Peak Performance.

This conversation definitely raises the collective process of coaching and you’ll hear their thoughts and opinions on many topics like the:

Role of a Coach
Necessary Components Successful Athletes Possess
Habits and Traits of Great Performers
Tips on Achieving Peak Performance Across Many Disciplines
Lessons and Takeaways for Coaches
Art of Managing Pain
Role of Metrics and Measurement for Coaches and Athletes
Athlete Development Skills
…and even a discussion on the taboo subject of doping

Both agree whole-heartedly that a collaborative coaching mindset and the sharing of ideas “raises the ships on all rising tides.” If we don’t share, they agree, “Then, we’re not going to learn or grow as a profession.” Plus, collaboration across all sports in the pursuit of global performance gains is inspiring and motivating.

Contest Alert: This week, we’re giving away a copy of Peak Performance, written by Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg! Simply email us your single most important habit that helps improve your own performance to [email protected]. We'll pick a winner in the next week and notify you via email.

Steve Magness is a runner, coach, exercise physiologist, and a writer. He holds a M.S. from George Mason University in Exercise Science. Magness is the current cross country coach at the University of Houston and coaches professional runners, including 5 runners who have been top 15 at the World Championships or Olympic games. In addition, he has worked for Nike, and served as a consultant to numerous Olympic runners and triathletes. He recently published the popular book, Peak Performance, with co-Author, Brad Stulberg.

:00 -:20 Recorded Welcome

:21-1:30 Introduction to Episode 13

1:30-4:55 Word of the Week - Action

5:05 Interview with Steve Magness

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. Hey guys, welcome once again to the Purple Patch podcast and I, as ever, am your host, Matt
0:26.4	Dixon.
0:27.4	This week, this is an episode for me.
0:30.2	This is a coach's episode.
0:32.1	What do I mean by that?
0:33.3	Well, I'm going toe to toe with a man and coach I've got great respect for, elite running coach, Steve Magnus.
0:39.9	Steve is one of endurance sports great thinkers and someone who I keep finding myself getting drawn in for for inspiration and learnings about all aspects of performance.
0:49.8	Beyond contributing to the sport of track and field and producing many great results on the world stage,
0:55.6	he's also really been instrumental in assisting performance-driven people find improved performance
1:01.0	themselves through his great book, Peak Performance. We're going to talk more about that in the show.
1:06.4	In our discussion, we talk about coaching, mindset, managing pain, athlete athlete development and even a little bit on
1:14.5	the taboo subject of sports doping i think the chance for me to share ideas across sports rather than just
1:21.4	staying within my little box of triathlon all in the pursuit of global performance gains is both
1:27.0	enjoyable but also inspiring.
1:29.7	And I think you're going to enjoy it too.
1:31.6	But before we talk to Steve, let's get wordy.
1:34.1	We like the way he thinks, serious with a wink.
1:38.7	Let's open the book.
1:40.7	It's time to take a peek.
1:43.4	It's the Dixenary Word of the Week.
1:48.5	All right, guys, so what's the word of the week this week?
1:51.1	Well, I should go on the Word of the Week, shouldn't it?
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