Episode 267: Case Studies - Performance Successes and Cautionary Tales
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, we focus on athletes like you. Ironman Master coach Matt Dixon puts a spotlight on four case studies anchored in performance.
Matt breaks down the lessons we can learn from those who have excelled in their performance journey as well as those who were less fortunate and serve as cautionary tales about the pitfalls on the way to improved performance.
All of the case studies are real athletes that either Purple Patch or Matt has trained.
We look at the training process through the lens of a former rugby player reigniting his fire for fitness by finishing marathons and committing to his performance journey.
This is a great story of integration of sport into your life, not just to develop a pride and satisfaction from the outcome, but about becoming a better version of yourself. And having the rewards be the journey itself throughout the daily routine. - Matt Dixon
We also delve into the athletic mindset by following the mini-victories of an athlete emerging from massive injury to achieve great personal success.
Through the stories of an athlete with aspirations of going pro, suffering from a lack of patience for the process, and a committed triathlete falling into performance decline, Matt illustrates some of the common elements that can derail a performance journey and ultimately steal joy away from the sport.
There's no shortcut. There's no easy way. It takes patience, it takes commitment and it takes developing your strengths and your race craft so that when you step up -- it is still always going to be a huge seismic step up to be pro -- but you can be ready emotionally, physically, and from a race craft standpoint. And that takes real guidance, structure, and long-term planning. - Matt Dixon
All four stories, from the negative to the inspiring, provide perspective on the coaching process and how to focus on building performance, rather than focusing on outcomes so that you can become the person and athlete you want to be.
Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 04:15 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
04:23 - 52:23 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 267: Case Studies - Performance Successes and Cautionary Tales
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic |
| 0:11.6 | potential through the lens of athletic potential you reach your human potential. |
| 0:16.5 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:24.5 | Creating a platform of sustained high performance is no easy task. It requires commitment, |
| 0:30.8 | as well as finding a recipe that enables you to create consistency, integration of training |
| 0:35.7 | into life commitments, and of course, breaking through |
| 0:38.4 | plateaus so that you can achieve sustainable results. At Purple Patch, our athletes tend to |
| 0:43.4 | leverage inside tracker to amplify their results of the hard work they put in. By assessing biometrics |
| 0:49.5 | and following the recommendation and device from the team of experts inside tracker, |
| 0:53.6 | they and you can expect to |
| 0:55.5 | dial in your focus and get trackable results in your platform of health. So whether your goal is a |
| 1:01.7 | world championship or just simply better energy throughout the day, Inside Tracker can become a valuable |
| 1:06.7 | tool in your performance toolkit. Now a special note this week also something brand new for |
| 1:12.1 | InsideTracker and women, I think you should listen to this one because it's an important one |
| 1:16.9 | around your health. In InsideTracker's ongoing effort to stay on the cutting edge of personal |
| 1:22.1 | health and analysis and guidance, it is now live with three new women's health biomarkers, progesterone, |
| 1:29.6 | estradiio and Tsh, that's thyroid stimulating hormone. And guys, you are not left out of the |
| 1:35.5 | equation either. You are now received TSA as a part of your blood profile and packet of information. |
| 1:42.3 | The good news is that you don't need to be a Purple Patch athlete |
| 1:45.6 | to take advantage of both the new little hormone markers, |
| 1:50.1 | but also on top of it, everything else that comes with Inside Track already. |
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