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 first United States female to win the famed Boston Marathon in 33 years. While she admits that she often plays the role of “underdog,” this year was different. She went from “underdog” to champion in a race that brought with it epic wind, rain, and freezing temperatures. When others faded, she chiseled away and rose to the top, earnin...
Jun 26, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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 on areas that few are honestly willing to discuss. Laura Siddall is a professional triathlete showing the greatest vulnerability in her expressing fears, confidence, and challenges she has faced and managed on her path to world-class performance. There is a perception that pros don’t face the same obstacles, anxieties, and struggles as ag...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Go to purplepatchfitness.com/transgenderathlete to receive more resources and information on Chris Mosier. Matt Dixon is back with another moving and inspiring feature with a Purple Patch athlete. In 2015, Chris Mosier became the first openly transgender man to make the Men’s US National Team and, in 2016, he became the first trans athlete to compete in a World Championship. He is a 5-Time Member of Team USA, representing the United States in Sprint Triathlon, as well as both Short Course and Lo...
Jun 12, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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 the rare few that allow potential to meet performance? Are people just born with talent, while the rest of us have no hope? Matt dissects this idea of “talent” in today’s episode and what he has learned by working with some of the best endurance athletes in the world, as well as many CEOs and business leaders. All of them are gifted, yes, bu...
Jun 05, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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 architect of the only yoga for athletes platform on-line. She’s also an author of two book: Work In and Hit Reset . Integrating Yoga into endurance sports goes well-beyond simply attending a weekly 60-minute yoga class or 90-minute hot yoga session. Performance yoga, like Jasyoga, is a key tool in your approach to maximizing your individual perfo...
May 30, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 performance and emerging from tragedy. It’s not about race performance, per se, but a lesson of how stress and adversity can be a catalyst for human growth, development and adaptation. Last year, Lars and his wife lost everything in the wildfires of Santa Rosa, forcing him to shift his lens on what is truly important in life. He focused on not f...
May 22, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Matt introduces us to Purple Patch athlete, Jordan Ouida. Ouida, based in Manhattan, is a husband, father, financial executive, marathoner and triathlete. And, as you’ll hear in this episode, has successfully integrated sport into life with a little “out-of-the-box” thinking. Matt explores Jordan’s evolution in training and how he has managed to navigate and excel in his multisport career. In fact, Ouida recently ran two marathons, Boston and Big Sur, just two weeks apart, on a recipe of just th...
May 15, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 successfully integrate sport into life so that, yes, you improve and achieve your goals, but you want that, in turn, to lift your health, your ability to perform in the workplace, and, of course, bring the best version of yourself to your friends and family. That's what today's discussion is all about. Matt gets practical as he helps you ...
May 08, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 21
To unlock and view the Free Purple Patch strength resources, visit, https://purplepatchfitness.com/freeresources In previous episodes, Matt has discussed Endurance Planning, Nutrition and Recovery. Today, he dives deep into the Fourth Pillar of Performance: Functional Strength and its role within the scope of endurance activity. He tells the story of Purple Patch athlete, Jenny, a 46-year-old veteran triathlete who is struggling with a performance plateau. After absorbing the “whys” and “hows” o...
May 01, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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 triathlon racing with his unsuspecting win at the legendary Wildflower Triathlon . Since then, he's gone on to win six Wildflower titles, two Ironmans and countless 70.3s, performing at the top level for practically the last decade. Today, Jesse is still performing at a world-class level, but much has changed for him and his family. Now, he and...
Apr 26, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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 to race the Wildflower Triathlon at the last minute that year, there were no real pro spots left, so he ended up with bib number 87, the first number behind the female pro bibs. Picture this: He was on a borrowed bike and, fellow pro triathlete, Matt Lieto, let him borrow an aero helmet. Jesse slept in a closet the night before the race and...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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 co-Author, Steve Magness, captivated the attention of many an endurance athlete. I mean, who wouldn’t be captivated with a subtitle like, “Elevate your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success?” Most recently, however, this speaker and regular columnist at Outside Magazine, has garnered attention in a much different way...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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 encourage you to go back and listen to Episodes 11 and 12 on Nutrition and Episode 14 on Hydration. Today, we welcome back Purple Patch Fitness Resident Nutritionist, Kyla Channell, for a deep, granular and specific look at hydration, both in performance and in our daily lives. We all know hydration is important to our vitality and performance, ...
Apr 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 runner. Overcome by grief after the accident, however, she holed herself up for almost two years and focused only on work to numb the pain. Unfortunately, during this time, she abandoned her fitness goals, started smoking again after a long hiatus, and put on weight; reaching over 200 pounds. Ironically, it was another tragedy a short time la...
Apr 03, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 your daily life, including recovery from training, tissue health, mental alertness, and energy management In addition to discussing the importance of hydration in these two key areas, Matt then lays out simple habits that you can integrate into your routine. On the topic of Training and Racing, you’ll also hear his perspective on: The man...
Mar 27, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 Coaches Studio“ episode from Matt Dixon along with author and coach, Steve Magness, co-author of the book, Peak Performance. This conversation definitely raises the collective process of coaching and you’ll hear their thoughts and opinions on many topics like the: Role of a Coach Necessary Components Successful Athletes Possess Habits and Traits...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The kitchen doors swing wide open and your burning nutrition and fueling nutrition questions get answered in this episode with Purple Patch resident Endurance Sports Nutritionist, Kyla Channell. A graduate of U.C. Davis, Kyla Channell works with athletes of all levels at both Purple Patch and her own company, Nutritional Revolution . In addition to helping athletes fuel and hydrate properly for their activities, Kyla and Nutritional Revolution work with clients of all ages, activity levels and t...
Mar 16, 2018•59 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Underneath the Purple Patch Pillar of Nutrition , there are two main components: Fueling - This encompasses the calories you consume during a workout and immediately following Nutrition - This includes your daily eating habits outside of training including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. In this episode packed with meaningful and easy-to-implement guidelines, Matt goes into depth on both fueling and nutrition with a case study of a real-life Purple Patch athlete, Mike. Mike is like most age...
Mar 06, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 to match or even beat it. Unfortunately, our barometer of success is often a simple accumulation of training hours without regard to the quality of those hours or what we do in between. If we do give a thought to recovery, it's usually in the form of a rest day or a little foam rolling after a tough session. But, is this true recovery? Are ...
Feb 27, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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 of Business . While there, he trained and ran in the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2007. Baker’s business credentials are also rather impressive, serving as Head of International Growth at Facebook and then VP of Growth and Product at Uber until the Spring of 2017. What more could one person want to accomplish? What could possibly be next for...
Feb 22, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
“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 Arianna Huffington , Dr. Chris Winter, MD, is the medical director of the Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine in Virginia and also one of the country's leading sleep researchers. When he is not seeing patients in his private clinic, he is often traveling across time zones to work with professional basketball, baseball, and hockey team...
Feb 20, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 this conversation, Matt and Carmel talk about the evolving work culture of today's generation. There is an undeniable connection between work performance and life. Who you are outside of work is who you are at your job. Galvin discusses how companies like Glassdoor are prioritizing a company culture that enables optimized health, which ultim...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 Delisle are the antithesis of what you might stereotype as a typical professional athlete. Yes, all three are brand new pro athletes starting their journey to world-class, but they have already excelled in many other areas of life. Collectively, their academic, business and sporting accomplishments make up a body of work that is highly im...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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 triathletes like you've never heard before! In Part 1, Coach Matt moderates this honest discussion with three of his elite pros, Kevin Collington , Laura Siddall , and Sarah Piampiano , about goal-setting, managing fears, training management, race day mindset, definitions of success, and so much more. All three are IRONMAN champions and, yet, ...
Feb 06, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Matt discusses the first Purple Patch Pillar of Performance: Endurance . He covers everything from how to set up your week, execute your training effectively, and consistently nail the basics. You will hear why the focus of your training should be to achieve the necessary volume in order to receive positive adaptations, but still avoid accumulated fatigue. As he says in this episode, "If training becomes a monkey on your back, you will rip the monkey off." So, how exactly do you set up your trai...
Jan 30, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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, wellness, and athletic performance. He did ride his bike or cross-country ski to-and-from school most days, after all! He moved to the United States in 2003 to attend Stanford Business School , and it's there where he met his friend and business partner, Pete Flint, and, together, they founded Trulia , eventually turning it public. Today...
Jan 23, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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 training success away from simply “punching the clock” or achieving a certain number of training hours per week. By using a real-life case study from a Purple Patch athlete, Matt illustrates the corrosive effects of trying to do too much without the proper training focus and balance. It's a story that may sound all too familiar. There is no magi...
Jan 16, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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 empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. It is through the lens of your athletic potential that you will reach your human potential and our interviews and conversations will be driven by this mission. The podcast will not only help you improve performance in your chosen sport, it will help you successfully in...
Jan 09, 2018•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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 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 an...
Jan 02, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
