183 Take a Smart Break - Without Going Backwards

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

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

You're either progressing or regressing and, at Purple Patch, we want growth and evolution. We want you to continue to improve.

Today, Matt outlines the framework of building in a successful break after your season has been completed without going backward. These actionable steps will allow you to embrace downtime and back off your hard training, but keep moving forward in your performance journey.

What is the goal and quest of a postseason break? What are you hoping to achieve?

You want some mental floss - break from heavy logistical and cognitive load
Physical rejuvenation and systemic healing
Capacity to enjoy other activities and go and do other stuff
Lay a platform for the season ahead and prepare your body to absorb the hard work that is coming.

Now that you know the purpose of this break, Matt outlines exactly how to go about building in this time from approximately October-January. You'll learn:

How long should the break last?
What should your training load look like?
How can I get over the fear of losing fitness?
What elements should I focus on during this time?

The barometer of a time-starved athlete's success should be anchored around nailing an appropriate postseason over chasing weekly hours. What you do well NOW is the thing that will determine your opportunity to evolve, break out, and excel in the year ahead.

0:00-02:52 Introduction to Episode

02:52-05:30 Squaddie Update

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Visit the New Squad Page to Optimize Your Training Performance

5:45-8:20 Word of the Week - Evolve

8:30 The Meat and Potatoes: How to Take a Successful Break without Going Backwards

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Transcript

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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.
0:20.4	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon.
0:27.0	And get this, you're either progressing or regressing.
0:32.6	There is no treading water.
0:35.6	It's why we have that saying, evolve or die. Well guess what?
0:40.3	We want growth, evolution. We want you to improve performance. And last week we talked about
0:48.1	John. Now, after that conversation, I ended up filling water bottles this weekend as John is my friend and he
0:55.0	made me pay the price for making an example of him on this very show. John claims that at the same
1:01.7	time he secretly appreciated my story and guess what? He has committed to being smart at the
1:09.4	end of this season.
1:13.5	Well, ladies and gentlemen, we will see, won't we?
1:20.6	But in this weekend's run as I trotted along next to John carrying his water,
1:24.2	he did ask me a question, how do I do it?
1:30.0	You persuaded me, but how? He had heard my call to action,
1:32.6	but now he's followed it up.
1:34.2	How am I supposed to put it into action?
1:38.9	Well, after some consideration,
1:40.2	I told John that he was gonna have to pay
1:42.5	for that sort of information, but I'm going to tell you folks for free today.
1:47.7	And so today's show is all about having a successful, well, for lack of a better phrase, off-season.
1:54.5	Taking a successful break from training without going backwards in your overall performance journey,
2:02.3	while at the same time building your platform of performance without making training an obsession.
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