146 Strength Training is Not Weightlifting - with Coach Mike Olzinski

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

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Some athletes think about "strength" in terms of push-ups and pull-ups, others think about bodybuilders and weightlifting. Strength training for multisport development is NOT strictly weightlifting.

Matt talks with long-time Purple Patch Coach, Mike Olzinski, about the role of strength training in endurance sports and life performance.

According to Olzinski, a comprehensive strength training program consists of FIVE Basic Biomotor Building Blocks:

Mobility + Stability
Balance + Coordination
Strength → Endurance = Ability to do work
Power → Power Endurance = Ability to do work over time.
Speed → Speed Endurance (aka getting faster in a RACE) = Ability to do work over time while in motion

Matt and Mike discuss each of these elements in detail, along with common mistakes endurance athletes make in the process, how to incorporate a routine into a busy schedule, hormonal benefits, and why you shouldn't worry about gaining too much bulk.

Strength training is a Purple Patch Pillar of Performance that requires time, pateinece, and consistency, but, as you'll hear, the benefits extend FAR beyond simply 'getting strong.'

Remember, it’s no different than any other concept in life, health, and performance. It is a life-long project. Starting is always better than not starting, but if there was ever a PERFECT time to start, it would be in the post-season or early in the year. Do yourself a favor and just get to the point where it starts to truly feel good. Success will only bread more success.

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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.
0:19.9	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host, Matt Dixon, and this week,
0:27.2	strength training.
0:29.6	Strength training for endurance athletes and, of course, for life.
0:35.0	We welcome longtime Purple Patch coach, Mike Orsinski. And as you'll find out in a few
0:43.3	moments, Mike and I had a really compelling conversation around the components of a proper
0:48.4	strength program, how to tailor it to an endurance athlete, why strength is so important to be a thriving human
0:56.3	and even some of the classic mistakes that so many make when attacking this important
1:01.8	component of performance. Strength is one of the pillars of purple patch in both sport and life.
1:10.2	And so I don't think we can skip over it.
1:13.3	One might say this is an unmissable episode.
1:18.1	Mike is absolutely brilliant in this,
1:20.8	so good at clearly breaking it down into digestible trunks.
1:25.2	And so we're going to dive in.
1:27.9	But just before we do, Barry, get the ukulele out because it is Word of the Week.
1:35.9	We like the way he thinks.
1:38.4	Serious with a wink.
1:40.2	Let's open the book.
1:42.3	It's time to take a peek.
1:44.0	It's the Dixenary Word of the Week.
1:49.7	And the Word of the Week this week is Daytona. Yes, many of you folks would have seen some wonderful
1:56.9	racing at the first PTO championship race based out of Daytona, Word of the Week, Florida.
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