20 Functional Strength - Your Critical Performance Partner
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
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In previous episodes, Matt has discussed Endurance Planning, Nutrition and Recovery. Today, he dives deep into the Fourth Pillar of Performance: Functional Strength and its role within the scope of endurance activity.
He tells the story of Purple Patch athlete, Jenny, a 46-year-old veteran triathlete who is struggling with a performance plateau. After absorbing the “whys” and “hows” of a year-round functional strength routine and incorporating it into her training schedule, you guessed it, Jenny busts through her plateaus and starts to see gains - not just in performance, but in overall health, posture, and performance confidence.
This critical performance partner incorporates mobility, stability, and strength to improve the movements necessary for sports-specific performance gains.
In addition to the case study of Jenny, Matt also outlines the headline news and many benefits of functional strength including:
- Increased movement synchronization and coordination
- A Development platform for biomechanics and improved form
- Improved athleticism
- Enhanced injury prevention
He also introduces the Purple Patch Methodology of Functional Strength - The Seven Families of Human Movement and several exercises that go along with these patterns of movement.
To unlock and view The Seven Families of Human Movement, visit, https://purplepatchfitness.com/freeresources
The good news for a time-starved athlete? These movements require minimal time and equipment - 15 to 30 minutes, a couple of times a week in your home, gym, or even at the hotel.
Functional strength will improve your overall athleticism and allow you to "connect the dots" so that you can apply it in your sport-specific training!
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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. |
| 0:13.3 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.4 | Strong like bull, smart like tractor. |
| 0:24.8 | Hey folks, this is Matt Dixon with the Purple Patch podcast and yes, today we talk about |
| 0:30.1 | strength training and its role in endurance sports. |
| 0:33.5 | I would say a most polarizing subject with some coaches urging to cast it aside as a distraction |
| 0:39.2 | while others place it central in the performance puzzle. |
| 0:43.0 | As a time-starved athlete fighting for every training opportunity within a big life, which is it? |
| 0:49.1 | Let it be a casualty of competing priorities or make time within your busy schedule. |
| 0:53.9 | Well, let's explore today, |
| 0:55.8 | but before we do, let's give away some free stuff. Yes, guys, it's wildflower time, |
| 1:02.1 | and we are going to give away free stuff. In fact, all you have to do is to register and win |
| 1:07.1 | some fantastic prize packages from Purple Patch, yes, that's us, Roker and Pickybars. |
| 1:13.5 | We'll announce the winner after May 7th. |
| 1:15.9 | But we've teamed up and we want to celebrate Jess's return to Wildflower |
| 1:19.4 | where he's trying to win for the seventh time in his career. |
| 1:22.4 | We've been with him every step of the way and these prizes are worth over $2,000. |
| 1:27.1 | This is your last chance. So all you have |
| 1:29.3 | to do is to go to purple patchfitness.com forward slash wildflower giveaway. Go there, register |
| 1:36.6 | and you can win prizes. It includes a top of the range, Roka wet suit, some Roka sunglasses, |
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