225 Triathlon in a Time-Starved Life: IRONMAN & IM70.3 in 8-14hrs/week
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
For the time-starved athlete, the traditional approach to training for an Ironman or half Ironman can sometimes feel like a part-time job. Some athletes struggle to meet the demands of programs built on a foundation of accumulated weekly training hours. They often come up short when attempting to balance the demands of life and sport.
Many athletes come away feeling as though the training is consuming their life, yet their race results are not reflecting their efforts or they are left trapped in a cycle of injuries.
Today Matt highlights the flaws in the traditional approach that so many athletes and coaches take when preparing for an IRONMAN and half IRONMAN, and offers a more pragmatic approach to setting sustainable training hours and realistic goals within the context of each athlete’s life.
In today's show you will learn 3 things:
- Flaws in the system - Why the common or traditional approach doesn’t work for a time-starved triathlete.
(22:40) “For a time-starved athlete, I don't believe that weekly training hours can be a barometer of success in any way. We have to remember that life is not a spreadsheet."
(26:08) “So, we're first looking to integrate training into life. We've got to think about things in terms of the right training intensity for the athlete, and you have to ensure that success is not built around hours of accumulation. Instead, it's about specific training that you can weave consistently over several weeks."
- The Optimization Challenge - An approach to building an effective and customized training program with reduced hours.
- [36:25] Paint a Picture of Life - Where does training fit in?
- [41:36] The Hierarchy of Training - Knowing when to show up
- [46:25] Training Cycles - Layered long-term training
(35:55) “There are 24 hours in a day, we are committed to work, we are committed to family, and into that we need to integrate training."
- Matt’s tips: Insights on plotting training opportunities for long rides and other training sessions for readiness.
- [53:52]Training, Habits and Management
The purpose of today’s discussion is to try and add to the conversation of what it takes for a time-starved athlete to thrive and achieve personal success in both Ironman and half Ironman distance racing.
The hope is that you will apply these lessons to your own approach and develop a training methodology that not only maximizes your return on effort but allows you to enjoy the pursuit of your sporting goals without detracting from other aspects of your life.
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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. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's show is for a time-starved athlete, someone that is looking to take on big challenges |
| 0:29.1 | in a big life and still thrive. And by definition, this is an optimization challenge. |
| 0:35.6 | Success is built on a platform of health and of course consistent training |
| 0:40.0 | so that you can yield positive training adaptations and results. So why not leverage every tool |
| 0:47.1 | that you have available so that you can shine and be successful? We use inside tracker, |
| 0:52.9 | a look inside at your biometrics, followed by advice and recommendations |
| 0:56.8 | delivered by a team of doctors, physiologists and nutritionists. You get dialed in to the areas to focus on |
| 1:04.1 | how to adapt your diet and trackable suite of metrics to ensure that you stay on track. All you need to do, head toinsidracker.com |
| 1:12.7 | slash purple patch, and you can use the code Purple Patch Pro 20. That's Purple Patch Pro |
| 1:19.2 | 2,0, and you get 20% of everything at the store. All right. Now, with that, let's dial in some methodology, successful Iron Man and |
| 1:29.9 | half Iron Man racing, all in the time-starved life. I hope you enjoyed the show. |
| 1:38.1 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 1:46.9 | And this week, we have one of those landmark shows. |
| 1:50.7 | I wrote a book called The World Built Triathlet, and it was, well, it feels like years ago now, |
| 1:56.5 | but it was earlier in my career, and it was focused on the fundamental need for athletic performance |
| 2:02.5 | to be built on a platform of health. |
| 2:05.1 | The follow-up to that book was called The Time Starved Triathlete, and this book took it a step |
| 2:09.9 | further. |
| 2:10.3 | It paved a roadmap for you to successfully train a racing long-distance triathlon while |
| 2:15.6 | juggling the demands of a time start of life. |
| 2:18.2 | Now, I haven't done a book for a while. Do you think it's time I do another one maybe? |
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