153 The Secret Weapons of Pro Athletes

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

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Who is the ‘King of Toughness?’

The ‘Queen of Managing Adversity?’

Who had an almost mystical ability to focus on a task, even as stress and distraction amplified?

Which of the Purple Patch Pros is the ‘King of Lazy,’ all the while finding consistent world-class performance?

Enjoy this rare coach’s insight into some of the special traits, skills, and elements of the pros (well beyond physical prowess) that have catapulted them to success at the world-class level. Matt picks his favorites in the categories of:

The Art of Pacing and Racing
The Thrills of Skills
Mindset, Focus, and Courage
Handling Failure and Adversity
Athlete IQ

No doubt, there is much to be learned and absorbed by all of us because, as you’ll see, these are traits that carry from sport across to daily life as well.

How do the pros do it? Let’s find out.

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https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/weapons

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.0	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.0	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:13.0	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
0:19.0	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. As ever,
0:23.9	your host, Matt Dixon. And as ever, I'm joining you from the Purple Patch Performance Center
0:30.0	here in San Francisco. And this week, I'm going to let you have a little peek behind the coaching curtain.
0:38.5	Just a little peek.
0:40.1	You see, what I'm talking about this week is the secret weapons and characteristics
0:46.4	of the pros.
0:48.7	Now, some of these pros I have coached, others simply observed by what perhaps a somewhat observant coach.
0:57.0	Most of these folks are from my home sport, Triathlon, were a human performance nestled in the
1:03.4	sport of triathlon, but we also occasionally dance further afield to sports and sports stars
1:08.4	that you will probably know very, very well.
1:11.6	So I ask you who is the king of toughness?
1:14.6	Who is the queen of managing adversity?
1:17.6	Who had an almost mystical ability to focus on task,
1:22.6	even when stress and detracts and distraction was absolutely amplified?
1:26.6	Which of the purple Patch prose could be
1:30.0	labelled the King of Lazy, all the while finding consistent world-class performance?
1:36.8	I reveal all in today's show and thought that by highlighting some of these secret weapons
1:44.0	that have propelled some of the pros
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