Episode 304: The Complexity of Simplicity - Making Training Methodologies Simple and Actionable
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We recently received a question from a Purple Patch Tri Squad athlete, asking if the Purple Patch Coaching Team keeps up with recent trends and scientific advances when it comes to developing and evolving Purple Patch training. He was particularly interested in factors such as Zone 2 training, blood lactate testing, keto or fat adaptive diets, and the methods of Norwegian athletes in endurance performance. He also wondered why the Purple Patch Tri Squad doesn't add forced rest days each week when prescribing training.
At the core of his curiosity was a broader question: Does Purple Patch consider advances in training methodologies? We realized this was the perfect opportunity to frame this episode as one big Q&A session, with that being the only question.
In this episode, Ironman Master Coach Matt Dixon provides an answer. Using examples of his coaching approach for various athletes, Matt illustrates the dynamic lens that must be applied to each athlete while simplifying the training process by relying on a tried-and-true concept: Is it right for you? Does it make you faster? Does it help you show up in all areas of life?
Matt discusses the planning and ongoing research involved in prescribing simple, easy-to-implement, and effective programming for time-starved athletes. He highlights the hard work Purple Patch coaches dedicate to remaining on the cutting edge of performance to help athletes filter out the noise and distractions.
Matt simplifies athlete training in a constantly changing landscape. He shifts the approach to training globally as a time-starved athlete, ensuring that you achieve better sporting results while positively impacting your broader life.
Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 04:16 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
04:20 - 06:29 - A Message From Matt
06:44 - 10:55 - Word of the Week
10:56 - 37:45 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 304: The Complexity of Simplicity - Making Training Methodologies Simple and Actionable
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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. |
| 0:24.5 | In today's show, we're going to explore taking really complex concepts and dialing it down |
| 0:30.5 | into simple and actionable basics so that you can yield performance gains in whatever is important |
| 0:37.0 | for you. |
| 0:38.2 | A tool that we use at Purple Patch to achieve just that is inside tracker. |
| 0:42.6 | After all, our physiology is chaotic. |
| 0:45.4 | It's crazy what's going on inside of our body. |
| 0:47.9 | But by taking a look inside and filtering it out, |
| 0:51.5 | we can yield an action plan to get us to focus on the things that are |
| 0:55.8 | actually going to yield tangible results. And the good news is that our interventions are measurable. |
| 1:02.7 | In further and subsequent assessments, you can see whether you're yielding the performance gains |
| 1:07.6 | that you're looking for. InsideTracker is available for you. |
| 1:11.4 | You don't need to be a Purple Patch athlete to take part. |
| 1:14.1 | All you need to do is head to InsideTracker.com slash Purple Patch. |
| 1:17.6 | That's InsideTracker.com slash Purple Patch and use this code, Purple Patch Pro 20. |
| 1:23.2 | That's going to get you 20% of everything at the store. |
| 1:26.2 | All right. |
| 1:26.7 | Enjoy the show. |
| 1:36.8 | Music that's going to get you 20% of everything at the store. All right, enjoy the show. And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. And this week, |
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