Episode 273: The Four Pillars of Performance - Case Studies of Purple Patch Methodology in Action
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
It’s been 15 years since the start of the Purple Patch journey.
While many elements of the Purple Patch program have evolved, and we continually seek to grow, improve and enhance our coaching, our central belief and approach to coaching have remained unchanged.
We believe athletes of all levels can achieve optimal endurance performance by following a balanced training approach. Our methodology, based on four pillars of performance, is designed to provide a simple framework that helps athletes understand and commit to their athletic journey.
The Purple Patch Pillars of Performance:
- Endurance
- Strength
- Nutrition and Fueling
- Recovery
On this episode of the Purple Patch Podcast, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon gives us a look at the methodology in action through 3 case studies that illustrate how the pillars are put to use and how they were able to deliver performance for athletes across genders, skill levels, and a range of goals.
We look at these principles through the lens of a pro athlete building their sports career and recovering from injury, a time-starved executive pursuing lofty goals in sport and in the office, and a busy executive reaping the rewards of a strong platform of health.
The four pillars drive our long-term success with the Purple Patch Pro Squad and our approach with C-Suite executives and leadership teams. These pillars guide time-starved athletes to thrive in both sport and life and help develop a predictable and sustainable high performance for those in demanding work roles. They are the backbone of our success.
The aim of this episode is to help you apply many of the practices and lessons of our methodology to your own journey, to create more purple patches in your life.
Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 03:26 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
03:33 - 06:52 - Matt's News-ings
06:59 - 01:04:35 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 273: The Four Pillars of Performance - Case Studies of Purple Patch Methodology in Action
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:12.0 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:16.0 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life. |
| 0:24.1 | We all appreciate that high performance doesn't occur by accident, but at the same time, |
| 0:29.5 | it doesn't need to be overcomplicated. As you're going to hear today, building your approach |
| 0:34.2 | around a set of principles and a guiding methodology is appropriate for the |
| 0:37.5 | world's very best athletes, but also for everyday folk that are just seeking to thrive |
| 0:42.0 | across health and life. |
| 0:44.0 | Now at the elite level, it's always a constant tension, a balance of the incremental gains, |
| 0:49.7 | the finer qualities of high performance, all built around the other side of the equation of just |
| 0:55.8 | repeatable basic fundamental habits. For an executive, it might be as simple as establishing |
| 1:02.8 | four to five habits under each of the four pillars of Purple Patch performance that we're |
| 1:07.7 | going to break out today. Or as we like to say, four pillars, 21 habits. |
| 1:13.5 | But there is a way that you can build on all of that |
| 1:17.4 | and supercharge your results to help make them quantifiable. |
| 1:21.8 | It's inside tracker. |
| 1:23.2 | By assessing your biometrics and then following the guidance |
| 1:25.8 | and advice from the team of scientists and experts inside tracker, you can nail down your focus. |
| 1:31.8 | You can increase your performance yield. |
| 1:34.0 | But better yet, over the course of time, you can get measurable results so that you can |
| 1:38.2 | see improvements, and that's really validating. |
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