On this week's episode of the Purple Patch podcast, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon delves into the topic of stress. Dealing with stress is crucial for personal growth, but it can also negatively impact your daily performance.
In this episode, Matt highlights the role of stress in nutrition and eating habits and emphasizes three key areas where your approach and the role of stress can determine your success or struggle.
Matt explains how different stressors can affect athletes' eating habits. He describes how stress can create weaknesses by disrupting regulatory processes that help us maintain healthy eating habits, which can derail adherence to a smart eating plan.
Matt offers guidance on how to adjust your mindset and approach to the quantity, quality, and timing of your meals to better cope with stress, develop a strategy, and improve your overall health. He also discusses supportive habits in other areas of performance, such as sleep and training, that can complement your nutritional approach. Additionally, Matt talks about the concept of "race weight" and how focusing excessively on it can increase stress, create an unhealthy relationship with food, and derail your goals.
We recommend listening to this episode before making any changes to your eating habits. It will help you broaden your perspective and understand what you can do to achieve your desired results. Whether you want to improve your race day performance, change your body composition, maintain good health, or be more productive at work, managing stress is crucial to adopting a healthy approach.
In this episode, we also provide resources for anyone looking for expert guidance on their nutritional journey. Click below for more information on how to better understand and manage your nutritional needs.
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Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 03:55 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
04:18 - 07:41 - Matt’s News-ings
07:56 - 10:03 - Word of the Week
10:10 - 46:05 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 309: Understanding Nutrition and Stress
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