REBROADCAST - Traditional Off-Season is Dead- Here's What Actually Works
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! In the episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon discusses the importance of a structured off-season for athletes to avoid performance regression. He emphasizes the need for consistent, lighter training rather than complete shutdown or high-volume base building. Dixon highlights the significance of maintaining rhythm, technique, and strength during the off-season to ensure better performance in the next season. He advocates for focusing on specific projects, such as improving technique or building strength, and stresses the importance of organizational effectiveness and supporting habits like sleep and nutrition. Dixon concludes by encouraging athletes to view the off-season as a performance accelerator rather than a break.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to do a rerun of what I would label a very important show, because we're going to dig into once again off-season, now that all the world championships are over. |
| 0:10.4 | The reason this subject is so important, as you might have heard me say so many times before, but if I had to find one biggest predictor of an athlete going through to a whole new level, a breakout season, |
| 0:23.2 | the one thing I always identify for athletes of every level on the spectrum is a really well |
| 0:32.1 | executed off-season. It is the biggest predictor. And so now that we are mostly over with the season, I think |
| 0:41.4 | it's a really good time to bubble it up to the surface. In September, we talked about these, |
| 0:46.1 | but I want to bring it back forward again for those that have just finished the World Championships, |
| 0:51.1 | or of course, if you want to go back and listen to why this is such an |
| 0:56.1 | important phase. And at Purple Patch, this is my favorite time of the year to welcome people |
| 1:01.9 | into the team. From the ground up, this gives us the best opportunity to establish the habits, |
| 1:08.2 | get all of the frameworks in place, ensure that we're aligned on what |
| 1:12.3 | success looks like and help you excel. And so if you would like to reach out for a complementary |
| 1:17.3 | needs assessment, info at purple patchfinness.com. This is the time, even if you don't want to join right |
| 1:24.0 | now, this is the time to have your needs assessment, make sure that we |
| 1:27.9 | can understand what your goals are and how we might help. Just reach out to the website, we'll set up |
| 1:32.9 | a no pressure call and if nothing else, you're going to get some really helpful information to |
| 1:37.9 | help you on your journey, not just over the coming months, but over the course of the coming |
| 1:41.9 | season. Enjoy today's show. I'm Matt Dixon and welcome |
| 1:45.6 | to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human |
| 1:51.1 | being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your |
| 1:56.1 | human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life. |
| 2:12.4 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, Matt Dixon. And let me tell you what a season this was. |
| 2:20.2 | Goodness me, I'm going to focus just on triathlon as I do this introduction. But of course, there is a magical world of endurance sports and even life performance beyond this. |
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