84 Postseason: Prepare to Chase Your Best Performance in 2020

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 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The most common mistake of amateur athletes is to take too much of an unstructured break between the last race of the season and then ramping back into specific work. The other is to stubbornly train on with the same vigor, fearful of losing fitness.

So how do we balance both rest and progression within a phase of training?

We set the proper mindset for the Postseason:

The postseason is a phase of preparation, in which you develop the bedrock of technique and tissue readiness, which will maximize the yield of your hard work awaiting you in the months ahead.

In this episode, Matt outlines:

Keys to a successful postseason phase
Ideas on how to refresh and rejuvenate
Objectives of postseason - what do you want to accomplish?
The importance of Strength and Conditioning

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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 integrate sport into life.
0:19.5	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:22.2	As ever, your host, Matt Dixon.
0:24.9	So let's map a scenario that's occurring all over the endurance sports as we speak.
0:31.0	Your final race of the year is complete, good, bad or ugly.
0:35.5	You're ready for a break.
0:40.3	Turn your back on the sport, spend additional time with family, friends, other activities, maybe even a few extra beers. But at the same time, your mind
0:46.9	wanders towards next year and the goals that you'd like to achieve right now, today, you're fit,
0:54.1	you've made gains. And despite knowing it's important
0:57.9	to step back and rejuvenate, the competitor in you wants to drive forward. You don't want to lose
1:03.3	all that fitness, all that hard work. Is it just going to be flushed down the toilet? You need to
1:09.6	rest, but you want to progress. Well today, I tell you how.
1:15.3	You do need a break. And yet, you're just about to enter what I believe to be your most critical
1:21.6	predictor in your success for the upcoming season. Sound like a paradox? It isn't.
1:28.1	Stay tuned and I will explain all.
1:31.1	Today, we break your performance cycle.
1:34.8	You lay the platform for next year,
1:36.8	all while resting up and having a few cheeky beers.
1:40.5	Today, the season break and postseason.
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