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Purple Patch Podcast

Episode 351: Go Time! Key Considerations of dialing in your Winter to Spring: From PREP to BUILD

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

4.8647 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon and Purple Patch Coach Max Gering discuss the importance of strategic training for IRONMAN and half IRONMAN races, emphasizing that 8-12 hours of training per week can be optimized for performance. They highlight common mistakes athletes make, such as neglecting strength training, ramping up training too quickly, and failing to increase calorie intake as training volume increases. They stress the importance of maintaining a balanced approach, including proper nutrition, hydration, and recovery. Max also underscores the need for athletes to have fun and maintain a positive mindset, suggesting that enjoying the journey is crucial for long-term success and performance.

 Max raises the issue of athletes forgetting to have fun as they ramp up their training. Dixon shares a story about an athlete who significantly improved her performance by increasing her calorie intake, highlighting the impact of proper fueling. Together, they share reflections on what Purple Patch has been focusing on with it’s Athletes over the last few months, along with telling advice on common mistakes to avoid in preparation for this season.

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0:00.0

If I'm sitting in front of an audience, and I often love to ask a question, how many hours do you think it's necessary to train if you really want to perform well in an ironman?

0:12.4

The response is typically 18, 20, 22 hours, somewhere in that range.

0:18.2

But if you're stuck in this thinking that you really need to train

0:21.4

20 or more hours every single week to perform at your best Ironman or half Ironman, you need to think

0:26.9

again. You see, there is a smarter and more strategic approach, one in which training integrates

0:33.3

into your life. And I want to tell you how. I'm hosting a free webinar next week so that we can

0:39.7

peel back the curtains and show you how to do it. Join me on March the 13th at 9 a.m. Pacific. That's

0:47.4

New Neesden or for the important people in the world, the British people, that's 5pm for you folks.

0:53.3

You can learn how to optimise your training on just 8 to 12 hours a week.

0:58.1

And you can train and race faster.

1:00.8

That's a good thing.

1:01.9

You can avoid injury.

1:03.9

And you can also get to balance life outside of your sport.

1:06.9

In fact, it's additive to everything that's important,

1:10.6

whether it's how you're showing up

1:11.7

for your family or friends or how you're showing up in the workplace. In this webinar, you're going to

1:16.6

discover why traditional training tends to lead to burnout and instead how to maximize your performance

1:22.5

in minimal time. Key strategies for nutrition, hydration, recovery. Plus, we'll give you some free trial

1:29.7

access to our video-based coaching, something that's a lot of fun, but also really valuable.

1:34.7

And we're going to give you a free training PDF so you can put some of the principles and

1:38.8

action them into some real world training strategies for yourself. Save your spot now. Head to the URL in the show

1:45.5

notes. Join us. And if you cannot attend live, do not despair. If you register, we will send you

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