395 - Fueling, Workout Timing, and How to Find Your Edge: Insights from Real Athletes
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.9 • 651 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! On this episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon and Coach Max Gering discuss high performance through reflection, managing training in a busy life, and athlete stories. They emphasize the importance of reflection for athletes, suggesting weekly and quarterly evaluations to track progress and set goals. They advocate for morning workouts for consistency but acknowledge the need for flexibility based on individual schedules. They highlight the significance of community and support in athlete success, sharing stories of athletes overcoming challenges through simplification and team dynamics. The conversation also touches on the integration of AI in coaching to enhance efficiency and human connection.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Team, it's a great show today. I'm joined by Coach Max Gehring. We're going to talk all about |
| 0:06.0 | high performance through three lenses. Number one, we're going to tell some athlete stories. |
| 0:10.8 | Number two, we're really going to focus on a high performance trait, which is reflection, |
| 0:14.9 | really important, understand how it can empower your journey, and also we're going to unpack |
| 0:20.0 | some secrets in how to manage training |
| 0:22.2 | in a very busy life. If today inspires you, and then feel free to reach out, Max would love to |
| 0:27.8 | have a strategy call with you, help you on your journey. It's complementary. Why don't you take advantage? |
| 0:33.5 | If nothing else, you are going to get the opportunity to set your vision for the next quarter |
| 0:39.2 | and of course the rest of this year. Info at purple patchfitness.com. Also, a call to action for all |
| 0:47.1 | coaches out there. Are you interested in joining the Purple Patch team? It's very rare. We have a |
| 0:53.6 | very tight-knit coach of our group of coaches, |
| 0:56.7 | but we are looking to add to the team. This is an absolutely full-time position. It has benefits, |
| 1:03.2 | everything that you might expect from a world-class organization that is Purple Patch. |
| 1:07.5 | If you or if you know someone who might be interested, feel free to check out the link |
| 1:14.1 | in the show notes. You can also go to Purple Patchfitness.com and scroll all the way down to the |
| 1:18.5 | careers page. It is posted up there. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain some mentorship from me, |
| 1:24.6 | but also be part of a team that's dedicated to help people getting |
| 1:27.8 | the most out of themselves. Finally, when you listen to today's show, just a quick little request, |
| 1:33.8 | can you please, please, please subscribe and share it with anyone who you think might find |
| 1:39.7 | this topic or, of course, the Purple Patch podcast at large, helpful. It really helps us gain more ears and, of course the Purple Patch podcast at large helpful it really helps us gain more |
| 1:45.8 | ears and of course inform the athletes to help you get even better all right thanks much enjoy |
| 1:52.9 | the show i'm matt dixon and welcome to the purple patch podcast the mission of purple patch |
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