Purple Patch Podcast
Episodes
20 Functional Strength - Your Critical Performance Partner
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To unlock and view the Free Purple Patch strength resources, visit, https://purplepatchfitness.com/freeresources In previous episodes, Matt has...
19 Jesse Thomas -Part 2 - Balancing a Big Life as Husband, Father, CEO, and Pro Triathlete
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 the Jesse Thomas story with Matt Dixon, Jesse and Matt reminisced about Jesse's surprising and humorous entrance into the world of professio...
18 Jesse Thomas - Part 1- Winning Wildflower: How a Borrowed Bike and Cheap Sunglasses Catapulted a Career
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Click Here to Register for the Jesse Thomas Wildflower Giveaway! In 2011, Jesse Thomas was a new pro triathlete. He was so new, in fact, that when ...
17 Brad Stulberg - Achieving Global Performance Improvement
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Click Here for Peak Performance Cheat Sheets! Brad Stulberg has been in the spotlight a lot recently. Last Fall, his book, "Peak Performance," writ...
16 Kyla Channell: Optimizing Hydration for Performance and Daily Life
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode wraps up our in-depth discussion of both Nutrition and Fueling. If you missed previous episodes on this important Pillar of Performance, ...
15 Marina Gelman - How Adopting an Athletic Mindset Saved this Mother's Life
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2000, at the age of 40, Marina Gelman lost her college-aged daughter in a tragic car accident. At the time, Gelman was a new fitness enthusiast and...
14 Hydration Habits in Training, Racing, and Daily Life
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt covers the critical topic of hydration through two lenses. The principles and key actions around hydration in training and racing The role of h...
13 Steve Magness and Matt Dixon-A Coaches' Collective on Performance
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two of endurance sports greatest thinkers go toe to toe on all aspects of performance? You get an educating and insightful "Inside t...
12 Kyla Channell - Nutrition Through a Performance Lens
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The kitchen doors swing wide open and your burning nutrition and fueling nutrition questions get answered in this episode with Purple Patch resident E...
11 Nail Your Nutrition and Fueling - A Key Pillar of Performance
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Underneath the Purple Patch Pillar of Nutrition, there are two main components: Fueling - This encompasses the calories you consume during a workout...
10 Recovery- Your Key to Improved Performance
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Athletes often think of recovery as a weakness or liability to their training. We see the hours that the competition appears to be logging and feel co...
09 Ed Baker - An Executive's Thirst for Self-Improvement
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Baker has most certainly lived an accomplished and fulfilling life. He was captain of his cross country team at Harvard and then went on to Stanfor...
08 Dr. Chris Winter, MD - The Unbreakable Bond Between Sleep and Performance
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Sleep isn't sexy, but it is a performance enhancer, and the wise leverage it to their advantage." - Dr. Chris Winter, MD Dubbed "The Sleep Whisperer"...
07 Carmel Galvin- Integrating an Athletic Mindset to Overcome Fears and Create Success
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt dives deep with Carmel Galvin, CHRO of Glassdoor, about integrating high performance, training, and community into a time-starved life. In Par...
06 Bonus Episode - The Emerging Purple Patch Pros
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You know it's going to be a good episode when Coach Matt Dixon refers to it as the "Brainiac Pro Edition!" Sonia Bracegirdle, Cecilia Davis-Hayes, a...
05 Performance Lessons from Purple Patch Pros - Part 1
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are offering you a special edition of two episodes in which Purple Patch pros join Matt for roundtable discussions with professional Iro...
04 Planning Your Endurance Training Season
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt discusses the first Purple Patch Pillar of Performance: Endurance. He covers everything from how to set up your week, execute your training ...
03 Sami Inkinen - How a Time-Starved CEO Creates Sustainable High Performance
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this eye-opening episode, Matt goes one-on-one with one of his athletes, Sami Inkinen. Growing up on a farm in Finland, Sami was always intrigued b...
02 Performance in a Time-Starved Life
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode Two of The Purple Patch Podcast, Performance in a Time-Starved Life. In this episode, Matt issues the challenge to shift our lens ...
01 The Purple Patch Story
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode One of The Purple Patch Podcast. Will this just be another triathlon podcast? Absolutely not. At Purple Patch Fitness, our mission...
Purple Patch Podcast - An Introduction from Coach Matt Dixon
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Purple Patch Podcast, hosted by Author and Triathlon Coach, Matt Dixon, will empower and educate you to integrate sport into life in order to reac...