Episode 278: Purple Patch Case Study Series - #2 - David Farsai

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

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of the Purple Patch podcast, we present the second part of our Purple Patch Performance Case Studies series, where we share practical insights about performance by analyzing real-life examples.

Matt welcomes Purple Patch athlete David Farsai to the show. David is a busy executive seeking performance in sport, work, and life. He recently qualified for the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice after a remarkable performance at the IRONMAN Coeur d'Alene in Idaho.

Aside from his impressive racing accomplishments, David's story highlights the importance of coachability and offers a lesson in optimizing your coaching relationship. He discusses developing the appropriate mindset around coaching and how to apply coaching lessons and strategies on race day to achieve results.

David’s story is a valuable lesson for any time-starved athlete looking to improve their performance in all areas of life. Hopefully, it will inspire you and help you in your sporting journey.

About David Farsai

Partner at Mainsail, a software-focused private equity investment firm
Husband and father of two
Training and competing in triathlon since 2019
Purple Patch Athlete training 1 on 1 with Matt Dixon
Athletic background in youth team sports - Basketball

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 04:20 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

04:28 - 07:38 - Matt's News-ings

07:46 - 52:40 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 278: Purple Patch Case Study Series - #2 - David Farsai

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life.
0:24.2	Greetings, guys, just before we get going on the show, today we're going to hear a case study of
0:29.1	a busy executive seeking performance in sport, work and life. Now, David, our guest, has adopted
0:34.8	a performance mindset and is a great example of what I would
0:37.9	label high coachability, gaining performance gains across all areas of his life.
0:44.2	Success with anyone, and of course David being a prime example of this, requires a strong
0:48.6	platform of health and resilience.
0:50.9	It also requires some precision around focus on the things that are actually going to yield
0:56.4	performance gains. A tool in our toolbox that we leverage to refine our focus and get really
1:01.4	specific is Inside Tracker. David leverages Inside Tracker and by assessing his biometrics and
1:07.4	aligning it with the recommendations from the scientists and experts at Inside
1:11.1	Tracker, David and I are able to take actionable steps to deliver a platform of health and
1:17.8	ensure that his training is really productive. The measurable results and the tracking help with
1:22.5	accountability, the education, the resources are of course invaluable. And guess what?
1:27.8	InsideTracker is not just reserved for a purple patch athletes, just like David.
1:32.2	You can utilise it too.
1:34.1	All you need to do is head to insidetracker.com slash purple patch.
1:38.2	That's insidetracker.com slash purple patch.
1:41.2	And use this sneaky code.
1:43.1	Purple Patch Pro 20. That's Purple Patch Pro
1:45.7	2.0. You'll get 20% of everything at the store. A kickstart to your measurable results across
1:51.9	your performance journey. All right. Let's get on with the show.
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