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Purple Patch Podcast
Author and Triathlon Coach, Matt Dixon, will empower and educate you to integrate sport into life in order to reach your athletic potential because, it is through the lens of athletic potential, that you reach your human potential. In addition to topics such as planning your fitness into a time-starved life, the show will provide in-depth interviews, advice, and insight into optimizing your health, work, and life performance, along with the critical habits and approaches that facilitate the…
Episodes
Purple Patch Podcast148 A How-To Guide on Finding the Right Coach for Your 2021 Journey
A coach is not the catalyst to your success and breakthroughs don't lie in a software platform or a wristwatch. You are the one who determines if you achieve…
Purple Patch Podcast147 Matt Dixon's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
Matt Dixon is back with his 2020 Holiday Gift Guide and, in a year that was anything but ordinary, we hope these gift ideas spark a little extraordinary…
Purple Patch Podcast146 Strength Training is Not Weightlifting - with Coach Mike Olzinski
Some athletes think about "strength" in terms of push-ups and pull-ups, others think about bodybuilders and weightlifting. Strength training for multisport…
Purple Patch Podcast145 Prepping Your Best Performance in 2021
Let's set a framework for 2021 and to do so, it's important to know that what you do in the next nine to 12 weeks will likely determine your performance…
Purple Patch Podcast144 Mohamed Lahna - Accomplishment in the Face of Challenge and Adversity
What would you do if you were born without a femur in one of your legs and told you would never walk, especially, if you were born into a modest Moroccan…
Purple Patch Podcast143 Shake Up Your Approach to Running Improvement and Enjoyment
Are you frustrated with a lack of improvement in running? Do you suffer from a history of running injuries when you try and stick to a traditional running…
Purple Patch PodcastEpisode 142: The Dual Journey to Business Success and World Championship: The Story of Sami Inkinen
Growing up on a farm in Finland, Sami was always intrigued by health, wellness, and athletic performance. He did ride his bike or cross-country ski to-and-from…
Purple Patch Podcast141 Mark Allen - Master of Mindset, Perspective, and How to Find Performance in Your Life
Matt welcomes Six-Time IRONMAN World Champion, Mark Allen, to the podcast. In 2012, ESPN named Mark Allen the Greatest Endurance Athlete of All-Time and he's…
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140 Bob Babbitt - The Lightning Rod of the Endurance World
Bob Babbitt is, simply put, the lightning rod of the endurance world. In 1980, he participated in his first IRONMAN on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii, and has…
Purple Patch Podcast139 Poignant, Powerful, and Positive Life Lessons from a 50 Mile Ultra
As we finish 2020 and gear up emotionally for bigger and better times in 2021, we've got a chance to RESET, to lay the groundwork of mindset, habits, and…
Purple Patch Podcast138 Announcing "Performance Reset 2020" Virtual Event - Your Toolkit to Performance in 2021
Purple Patch is proud to announce Performance Reset 2020, a 3-Day Virtual Conference taking place live from San Francisco. Now is the time to reset from the…
Purple Patch Podcast137 Big Lessons from the Big Island
Yes, it's the week that triathletes, coaches, and spectators usually descend up Kailua-Kona for the annual IRONMAN World Championships. This week, Matt looks…
Purple Patch Podcast136 Parenting Through COVID-19 with a Coach's Lens - Fostering Development and Acceleration with Creativity and Communication
Our children have faced change across various arenas of life and, for most, it has been incredibly isolating. Many parents are struggling with how to support…
Purple Patch Podcast135 Ivan O'Gorman - The Values, Benefits, and Results of a Proper Bike Fit
We've got one for the geeks this week as I welcome Ivan O'Gorman of IOG Bike Fit and Consulting to the podcast for a deep dive on bike fitting and performance…
Purple Patch Podcast134 We're Looking Forward - Matt Answers Your Questions Leading Into 2021
Today, we take off the heavy cloak of 2020 and begin to set our path toward high performance in 2021. We do so in style -- via YOUR questions. Yes -- today's…
Purple Patch Podcast133 Scott Tindal Part 2 - Breakfast, Protein, and Nitrates!
Matt Dixon and Scott Tindal return with Part 2 of their Coaches Conversation around Performance Nutrition. Today, they get specific on three important modules…
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132 Nutrition Planning for Athletic Performance with Scott Tindal - Part 1
Matt Dixon and Scott Tindal break down an often confusing and complex topic in this two-part podcast series on Performance Nutrition. Today, they lay the…
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131 Characteristics of an Athletic Mindset (Or, How to Be Like Pro, Sarah Piampiano)
If 2020 was a chapter in an athlete story, it would be classified as a massive challenge and a setback that includes disappointment and most certainly failure…
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130 Four Phases of a Successful Performance Culture
In Part 1 of this Two-Part Series, Matt presents a Model of Performance Culture for coaches and businesses. He defines each step and illustrates how he has…
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129 Matt Revisits Episodes on Leadership and Resilience
We're midway through the year and now is an appropriate time to take a step back and reflect on the unpredictable and unprecedented year we've had so far. For…
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128 Finding Your Performance in the Back Half of 2020
Despite the turbulence and despair of 2020, the challenges, and the crumbling race plans, we commit to making the end of 2020 all about performance excellence!…
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127 Heather Grahame - An Athlete's Adventurous Multisport Journey to Joy
Matt welcomes Purple Patch athlete, Heather Grahame, to discuss her adventurous multisport journey to joy. Based in Helena MT, Grahame spent 100k miles on a…
Purple Patch Podcast126 Jeff Troesch, Performance and Mental Coach - Part 2 - Dealing with THE NOW
Performance and Mental Coach, Jeff Troesch, returns this week to talk about navigating THE NOW - this era of COVID-19 and the lack of races and our usual…
Purple Patch Podcast125 Jeff Troesch, Sports Psychologist - The Truth About What Champions Think
Matt and Sports Psychologist, Jeff Troesch, talk about the role of a sports psychologist and some of the biggest myths regarding successful athletes…
Purple Patch Podcast124 Matt Dixon's Top Five Rules of Performance for Time-Starved Fitness Enthusiasts
For time-starved fitness enthusiasts, what are the five fundamental key rules to commit to on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis? What are these tips…
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123 Effective Coaching and Leadership- Leaning Into Your Biggest Assets
Today's show focuses on effective leadership - looking ahead over the coming months on how coaches should consider approaching the uncertainty with their…
Purple Patch Podcast122 Ask Daddy Anything - Matt Answers Your Questions on a Return to Racing, Fatherhood, and Silver Linings
In honor of Father's Day, we present our "Ask Daddy Anything" episode. Matt answers your questions related to: Return to Racing this Year Hopes and Fears for…
Purple Patch Podcast121 Recovery Revisited - Your Catalyst for Performance
Make no mistake, the fabric of society is being stretched and global stress is elevated for almost everyone. The acute awareness of the need for resilience…
Purple Patch Podcast120 Building Real Community - The Differences Between Inclusion and Belonging
What is the difference between inclusion and real belonging in a community? Can you have one without the other? Yes, indeed, you can. Unfortunately, there are…
Purple Patch Podcast119 Priming for Performance - It's Time to Ramp It Up
Over the last two months, you've stabilized, adapted and innovated. The weather is improving in most places, and maybe, just maybe, races are on the horizon?…
Purple Patch Podcast118 Staying Engaged - Keeping Your Team, Athletes, and Employees Engaged in the Journey
An effective coach or leader will be equipped to guide their pupils through the change. They will set the conditions to enable a course correction and…
Purple Patch Podcast117 Jesse Thomas - The Value and Lessons of a 10-Year Coaching Relationship
Jesse Thomas joins Matt to discuss his recent retirement from a successful 10-year professional triathlon career. This conversation with Matt and Jesse is full…
Purple Patch Podcast116 Going from Race-Able to Race-Ready: Your Manual for a Return to Competition
In this episode on our continuing series of #emergingstronger, Matt outlines a playbook for a "ramp to racing." A return to racing will happen soon. We don't…
Purple Patch Podcast115 Are You Going to Regress, Tread Water, or Emerge Stronger?
In this fog of covid-19 and in the midst of your "new normal," are you going to regress, tread water, or emerge stronger?
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Episode 114: The Road to Sustained High Performance: Achieving Your Goals with Carmel Galvin
Whether you're an athlete, an individual, a parent, a leader, or a business, we've all been navigating through several different phases of this thing called…
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113 Performance and Resilience for the Mature 50+ Crowd
This week, we showcase a recent live presentation Matt debuted for GetSetUp, a resource and education site that focuses on re-skilling Seniors who then teach…
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112 Training for the Times
For many, the compass or guiding light of race targets are hidden by the fog of COVID-19, with little real understanding of when the fog will lift. How do you…
Purple Patch Podcast111 Developing Resilience for Your Team, Your Athletes, and Your Company
This week, it's part two of our double-header on resilience. If you missed last week's episode on developing resilience within yourself, you can listen HERE…
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110 Resilience - The Platform of Your Performance Journey
This episode is part one of a two-part episode on RESILIENCE. There are two arms of building resilience: Resilience for yourself - Your platform to develop…
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109 Stabilize, Adapt, Innovate
As the daily reality of living in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic starts to settle in, we appreciate that this is an incredibly challenging time for…
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108 BONUS: "Meetings with Matt" Replay - An Athlete Q&A on Covid-19
This BONUS episode is from a LIVE "Meetings with Matt Office Hours" recorded on Monday, March 18th, 2020. Many of us have lost our compass -- events canceled…
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107 Navigating Adversity in Covid-19
This is a time for resilience and call-to-action from Coach Matt Dixon and Purple Patch Fitness. What should you do as a performance-minded individual in these…
Purple Patch Podcast106 Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint - An Executive's Performance Optimization Challenge
Live from our recent Kona Empowerment Camp, Matt speaks with long-time Purple Patch athlete and CEO of ChargePoint, Pasquale Romano, about integrating sport…
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105 The Quiet Leader - Having Influence from Within
You hold a power of influence that is greater than you can imagine. Even if you're not in a traditional position of leadership, you can enable quiet change by…
Purple Patch Podcast104 Andy Blow from Precision Hydration - Sweat Testing and Practical Application
Andy Blow, Founder and CEO of Precision Hydration, makes a return visit to the Purple Patch Podcast to discuss sweat testing and practical application with…
Purple Patch Podcast103 The Swimming Show: Cures for the Adult Onset Swimmer
If you are one of the many triathletes who struggle with the swim portion of a triathlon, you are likely an adult onset swimmer, the subject for this week's…
Purple Patch Podcast102 You Can't Bulldoze Your Way to Performance
Your athletic journey should be one of longterm development and integration into life. Ultimately, a healthy journey will expand your life view, improve your…
Purple Patch Podcast101 Victory vs. Personal Performance and Improvement
Did you know that winning can be a highly frustrating experience for a champion? Hard to believe, right? How is that even possible? Today, Matt parks this…
Purple Patch PodcastOur 100th Episode!
Matt celebrates YOU, the loyal Purple Patch podcast listener. He also reflects and reviews some of the key takeaways from the first 100 shows, along with the…
Purple Patch Podcast99 Going from Good to Great- Athlete Development and Evolution
Matt discusses the long-term evolution of athletes with two real-life case studies of everyday people and athletes who reimagined and reinvented their approach…
Purple Patch Podcast98 Four Words for Peak Performance in 2020
This foundational episode of the new year introduces your path-to-performance optimization for 2020 and it's all anchored around four magic words. Yes. four…
Purple Patch Podcast97 Tom Andrews - Leadership, Vision, and Navigating Big Moments of Change in Business and Athletics
Tom Andrews is founder of TJA Leadership - a leadership strategy firm that works with some of the largest corporations and executives in big moments of change…
Purple Patch Podcast96 Matt Dixon's Holiday Gift Guide
Matt Dixon is back with his 2020 Holiday Gift Guide centered around his four pillars of performance. These ideas aren't quick fixes or magic shortcuts to…
Purple Patch Podcast95 Youth Development in Sport - Performance Anxiety, Specialization, and the Journey
In this episode, which is a sequel to our original Episode 47 on "Childhood Development in Sport," Matt explores three critical components of development in…
Purple Patch Podcast94 Purple Patch Best Of - Highlights of Elite Behavior, Effective Communication, Proper Feedback and Identifying Talent
In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, we're taking the week off and featuring a few "Best of" segments from recent episodes. The…
Purple Patch Podcast93 Sarah Gott and Sandy Holbrook James
Two Purple Patch athletes, Sandy Holbrook James and Sarah Gott, share their journeys of integrating multisport into their time-starved lives and how they both…
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92 The Healthy Athlete
In this powerful episode on healthy development and mindset in sport, Matt outlines optimal coaching habits for creating healthy athletes, lists the top 10 key…
Purple Patch Podcast91 Performance Nutrition
Matt gives a back-to-basics approach to daily nutrition and hydration habits for peak performance. He: Outlines the various components of nutrition to consider…
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90 Squad Cast - Matt Gives Context and Answers your Questions on the Purple Patch Squad
We've received so many questions about the Squad Programming that this entire episode digs deep this new evolution of Purple Patch Programming: What is the…
Purple Patch Podcast89 The Pain and the Beauty of Sport
Matt explores the question, 'What Happened?' at this year's IRONMAN World Championships. Performance predictability and all other signs pointed to a magical…