Episode 253: Applying the Science of Strength - Integrating Strength Training for Specific Athlete Populations
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Strength and conditioning are an integral part of every Purple Patch Athlete’s training program. It is just one of our four Pillars of Performance: Endurance, Strength, Nutrition & Fueling, and Recovery.
In this episode of the Purple Patch Podcast Matt moves beyond how to build a strength program and the general benefits of strength training, and instead focuses on strength training as it pertains to three specific groups of athletes:
- Endurance Athletes
- Female Athletes - 35 to 60 years of age navigating perimenopause, and menopause.
- Mature Athletes - Men and Women over the age of 45.
Matt provides research on how to leverage the benefits of strength training to tackle the unique physiological challenges each group faces.
An Outline of the Discussion
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Defining strength and conditioning: A brief overview of strength training and the resources Purple Patch provides.
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The benefits of strength training for Endurance Athletes:
- Improving coordination, power, speed, endurance, and muscular resilience.
- How to integrate a structured and progressive program.
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Navigating perimenopause, and menopause:
- The benefits of strength on body Insulin regulation, energy utilization, bone density & cognitive health.
- The benefits of heavy lifting and muscle recruitment.
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Mature Athletes:
- A focused look at cognitive health.
- Positive impacts of strength training on mood, daily energy, and reduction of disease risk.
We hope this episode will encourage you to embrace strength and conditioning and integrate it into your program, to improve your body, your mind, and your performance no matter what stage of life you are in.
More on the data provided in this episode:
The Effect of Strength Training on Performance in Endurance Athletes
Explosive-strength training improves 5-km running time by improving running economy and muscle power
Exercise beyond menopause: Dos and Don’ts
Information on Next Level by Dr. Stacey Sims
Purple Patch Podcast Episode 146: Strength Training is Not Weightlifting - With Coach Mike Olzinski
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00:00 - 8:39 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
08:46 - 12:17 - Matt's News-ings
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16:13 - 52:35 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 253: Applying the Science of Strength - Integrating Strength Training for Specific Athlete Populations
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:06.9 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:12.9 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:16.9 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere |
| 0:20.8 | integrate sport into life. |
| 0:25.1 | Hey folks, I want to talk to you a little bit about Inside Tracker |
| 0:28.2 | and how it relates to this week's show. |
| 0:31.0 | So we are going to focus and hone in around strength and conditioning, |
| 0:35.2 | but specifically around three main groups, endurance athletes, |
| 0:39.5 | female athletes that are navigating perimenopause and menopause, and the mature athlete, |
| 0:44.5 | those that are, let's label it, over 55 years of age. All of these groups are ideal candidates |
| 0:50.6 | to take a look inside, to establish a baseline of their biometrics and then hone in on focus |
| 0:57.0 | so that they can get precise around the biggest yield around their performance gains. |
| 1:03.0 | Now, from today's show, we're going to encourage you to embrace strength and conditioning |
| 1:08.0 | and integrate into your program. So if you do fall under the banner of one of these populations, |
| 1:14.3 | it's a perfect opportunity to actually get a baseline within side tracker, |
| 1:19.1 | integrate strength, as well as some of the other habits and strategies that we talk about |
| 1:23.5 | into their show. |
| 1:24.4 | And I will be surprised, not only will you feel better and perform better, |
| 1:29.3 | but you are going to see measurable gains that you can track in all of the elements that are |
| 1:34.9 | aligned with improved health and performance. We use a purple patch with our athletes and, of course, |
| 1:41.0 | we really love it with the populations that we talk about today it's very simple and |
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