39 Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26 - Part 1

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

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that Gerry Rodrigues coached Matt Dixon in swimming when Matt was a professional triathlete? Their relationship and mutual respect span decades - as does their knowledge of the sport.

Of course, this isn't a typical conversation about swim form and technique. This is a deep dive with two triathlon experts through their lens of performance and coaching.

In part one of this two-part series, they reminisce about each other's careers and how coaching and training have changed, especially for the multisport athlete.

In addition to great stories, they discuss:

Gerry's swim career and race memories
Open water race tactics and strategy advice
Components that have facilitated the success of Tower 26
The importance of nailing the basics
Athlete development, the lure of lofty aspirations, and why coach hopping is detrimental to success
The role of a coach and collaboration between coach and athlete

In part two, they'll discuss the future of the sport. Stay tuned!

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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 in a great sport into life.
0:20.3	And welcome once again to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:23.7	This is your host as ever, Matt Dixon.
0:26.5	And this week, two episodes, two episodes with one guest.
0:32.8	It must be a special guest.
0:34.2	It is indeed.
0:35.3	We are joined and we are lucky to be joined by Jerry Rodriguez,
0:39.9	the Jerry Rodriguez of Tower 26, one of the preeminent swim experts in the world of Triathlon, a great
0:46.1	friend, a mentor to me. And if you know Jerry at all, you know that he is not a man of few words.
0:53.4	And you also know me by me. I can ramble
0:56.0	on with the best of them. So what we did is we decided to make two parts of this to make the
1:02.0	show length more digestible. I'm also going to make an executive decision. I'm cutting out
1:07.0	and I know I can hear you crying. There's no jingle this week. We're not going to do
1:12.3	Word of the Week. I'm going to save up my word of the week. We're not going to get the music.
1:17.1	We're not going to get questions this week. This is a succinct, straight in conversation
1:23.2	with Jerry Rodriguez of Tower 26. I hope you enjoy.
1:35.6	Well guys, the meat and potatoes this week, as ever, and for me personally, this is a special one,
1:42.4	and I think it's been a special one for you guys as well listening.
1:46.1	Today we welcome of Tower 26, Jerry Rodriguez.
1:50.0	Jerry, thanks for joining us.
1:51.9	How are you?
1:52.7	Thank you for having me.
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