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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 Podcast28 Des and Ryan Linden
Register to win a 3-Month Subscription to Linden & True Coffee! Visit purplepatchfitness.com/coffee for the details. On April 16th, 2018, Des Linden became the…
Purple Patch Podcast27 Laura Siddall - The Fear of Winning
Excellence doesn't often come without fear and doubt. Today, Matt dives into the internal struggle, the journey of achieving wonderful results, but focusing in…
Purple Patch Podcast26 Chris Mosier - Transgender Athlete and Five-Time Member of Team USA
Go to purplepatchfitness.com/transgenderathlete to receive more resources and information on Chris Mosier. Matt Dixon is back with another moving and inspiring…
Purple Patch Podcast25 Traits of Highly Talented People
How do you define talent? Is it a combination of physical traits that allows an advantage over competitors? Is it God-given innate talent and gifts given to…
Purple Patch Podcast24 Erin Taylor from Athletes for Yoga - Integrating Yoga into Endurance Sports
Matt takes a deep dive today with Erin Taylor, founder and head coach of Athletes for Yoga. Taylor is an international leader in yoga for athletes, and…
Purple Patch Podcast23 Lars Tandrup -Using an Athletic Mindset to Overcome Trauma
What do you do when you've lost everything? How do you start to rebuild? This conversation with new Purple Patch athlete, Lars Tandrup, is a story about…
Purple Patch Podcast22 Jordan Ouida - Boston to Big Sur - Marathon Training On Just Three Runs Per Week
Matt introduces us to Purple Patch athlete, Jordan Ouida. Ouida, based in Manhattan, is a husband, father, financial executive, marathoner and triathlete. And…
Purple Patch Podcast21 Maximizing Your Daily Energy Levels
For more tips, Download our FREE Cheat Sheet on Maximizing Your Daily Energy Levels Here's the Question of the Week: Are you surviving or thriving? You want to…
Purple Patch Podcast20 Functional Strength - Your Critical Performance Partner
To unlock and view the Free Purple Patch strength resources, visit, https://purplepatchfitness.com/freeresources In previous episodes, Matt has discussed…
Purple Patch Podcast19 Jesse Thomas -Part 2 - Balancing a Big Life as Husband, Father, CEO, and Pro Triathlete
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 professional…
Purple Patch Podcast18 Jesse Thomas - Part 1- Winning Wildflower: How a Borrowed Bike and Cheap Sunglasses Catapulted a Career
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 he decided…
Purple Patch Podcast17 Brad Stulberg - Achieving Global Performance Improvement
Click Here for Peak Performance Cheat Sheets! Brad Stulberg has been in the spotlight a lot recently. Last Fall, his book, "Peak Performance," written with…
Purple Patch Podcast16 Kyla Channell: Optimizing Hydration for Performance and Daily Life
This episode wraps up our in-depth discussion of both Nutrition and Fueling. If you missed previous episodes on this important Pillar of Performance, we…
Purple Patch Podcast15 Marina Gelman - How Adopting an Athletic Mindset Saved this Mother's Life
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 avid…
Purple Patch Podcast14 Hydration Habits in Training, Racing, and Daily Life
Matt covers the critical topic of hydration through two lenses. The principles and key actions around hydration in training and racing The role of hydration in…
Purple Patch Podcast13 Steve Magness and Matt Dixon-A Coaches' Collective on Performance
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 the…
Purple Patch Podcast12 Kyla Channell - Nutrition Through a Performance Lens
The kitchen doors swing wide open and your burning nutrition and fueling nutrition questions get answered in this episode with Purple Patch resident Endurance…
Purple Patch Podcast11 Nail Your Nutrition and Fueling - A Key Pillar of Performance
Underneath the Purple Patch Pillar of Nutrition, there are two main components: Fueling - This encompasses the calories you consume during a workout and…
Purple Patch Podcast10 Recovery- Your Key to Improved Performance
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 compelled…
Purple Patch Podcast09 Ed Baker - An Executive's Thirst for Self-Improvement
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 Stanford School…
Purple Patch Podcast08 Dr. Chris Winter, MD - The Unbreakable Bond Between Sleep and Performance
"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" by…
Purple Patch Podcast07 Carmel Galvin- Integrating an Athletic Mindset to Overcome Fears and Create Success
Matt dives deep with Carmel Galvin, CHRO of Glassdoor, about integrating high performance, training, and community into a time-starved life. In Part One of…
Purple Patch Podcast06 Bonus Episode - The Emerging Purple Patch Pros
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, and Laurence…
Purple Patch Podcast05 Performance Lessons from Purple Patch Pros - Part 1
This week, we are offering you a special edition of two episodes in which Purple Patch pros join Matt for roundtable discussions with professional Ironman…
Purple Patch Podcast04 Planning Your Endurance Training Season
Matt discusses the first Purple Patch Pillar of Performance: Endurance. He covers everything from how to set up your week, execute your training effectively…
Purple Patch Podcast03 Sami Inkinen - How a Time-Starved CEO Creates Sustainable High Performance
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 by health…
Purple Patch Podcast02 Performance in a Time-Starved Life
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 of…
Purple Patch Podcast01 The Purple Patch Story
Welcome to Episode One of The Purple Patch Podcast. Will this just be another triathlon podcast? Absolutely not. At Purple Patch Fitness, our mission is to…
Purple Patch PodcastPurple Patch Podcast - An Introduction from Coach Matt Dixon
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 reach your…