44 Take a Break, But Don't Be a Post-Season Sloth

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

🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

To evolve and improve long-term REQUIRES blocks of serious rejuvenation and rest.

In work, sport and life, it is impossible to optimize performance if you never get off the hamster wheel. Quite simply - to grow requires rest.

But, how exactly should you integrate blocks of rejuvenation without throwing away all of the blocks of solid training in the last months?

In this episode, Matt talks about the dangers and pitfalls of an "all in" or "all out" attitude. He also stresses the benefits that a short break can have on post-season training.

Why do you need breaks both physically and emotionally?
How exactly should you approach a season break?
What can you expect from a short break away from training?
What exactly is post-season and what type of training should you do when your next race is still months away?
Should you expect dips in fitness?
Why are scheduled breaks so hard for athletes to embrace?
Why shouldn't you turn into a sloth for a few months?

Remember, life is not a hamster wheel. In the cycle of performance, you want long-term development, but you also need time to rest, rebuild and continue to develop technically.

Scheduled breaks are the first step in a new progression, just don't turn into a sloth!

Matt has put together a video that explains the Purple Patch season planning methodology, specifically the endurance training component and how we can help you develop your best season of performance. Visit https://purplepatchfitness.com/seasonplanning to unlock the video.

:00-1:30 Matt's Weekly Introduction
1:30- 6:10 Word of the Week: MISSION
6:25-26:25 The Meat and Potatoes: Taking a Break
26:40-32:30 Question of the Week: Snorkel Use
32:40-34:47 Episode Recap

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.5	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.3	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 in a great sport into life.
0:20.4	And welcome once again to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon.
0:27.0	And today, well, let's get cracking with these words, the words that are the curse of the
0:31.6	endurance athlete, monotony, staleness, overtraining, overreaching. We tell you to achieve consistency and at the same time
0:43.3	we preach the power of rest. We command that you toughen up. And yet we tend to go really easy on the
0:50.0	easy days. It's that balance between training and rest, toughness and smart training.
0:56.8	Today, we're going to talk about integrating breaks, big rejuvenation. And we're also going to
1:02.9	talk about restarting training and the value and the importance of what I call postseason.
1:10.1	How your actions at the end of a training cycle at the end of a season
1:14.1	are likely to be the most important in setting you up for the opportunity
1:18.3	for real performance gains and growth in the coming year.
1:22.6	But before we talk about, well, taking it easy today,
1:29.6	let's talk about the word of the Week. We like the way he thinks, serious with a wink.
1:34.2	Let's open the book. It's time to take a peek.
1:39.0	It's the Dixenary Word of the Week.
1:47.3	This week, the Word of the week, it's mission.
1:57.2	You see, it's improbable that you will consistently thrive and meet your goals without real mission and purpose.
2:04.3	Whether we're discussing a company or an athlete, identifying mission is really helpful beacon to help you guide, decision making and setting forth a plan. I want to give you an example.
2:11.2	I'm actually going to talk about us, Purple Patch. Let's think about our mission as a company.
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