Episode 239: Fixing the Broken Model of Traditional Fitness

If you are like many fitness enthusiasts, athletes, and those looking to improve their health and fitness while balancing the demands of work, family, and life, you may be struggling or disatisfied with the results.

Maybe you invested in your fitness journey and your body composition or fitness profile is not improving Maybe you're stuck in an injury cycle.

You are not alone. Many people are struggling to find their performance recipe within the framework of today’s traditional fitness model.

The fitness landscape is saturated with gyms, group fitness classes, strength programs, and get-ripped-quick schemes that promise everything under the sun yet usually deliver little in the way of long-term growth.

The stale routines and lack of results of programs that are narrow in scope and broad in guidance only compound the frustration by introducing a blizzard of information and performance-enhancing strategies that deliver nothing more than broken promises of improved body composition, better health, and longevity.

Today, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon outlines a better pathway to success. He introduces a training model that is tailored to your own life, builds on an athletic approach, and offers a simple and proven training method that defies the broken models of traditional fitness.

In this episode Matt covers:

Part One: The Definition of Success - Building a Smart Training Program That Suits YOU

(19:43) "So, control results, broad results across life and health, making sure that you're getting a sense of connection, and of course out of all, a deep sense of satisfaction for a job well done. This is what for me a commitment - that contract with yourself - a commitment to a smart program should be focused on delivering."

Part Two: The Broken Model - 5 Elements that Lead to Random Results and Potential Failure

(30:13) "Traditional fitness is globally designed for everyone. But there is a real case that, quite often that means that, it's not good enough for anyone. And the benefits that yield from this are short-term. But of course, the outcome and the risk is failure or injury."

Part Three: A Performance Model that Works - 7 Elements of a Successful Training Program

(33:27) "So just imagine if right now I could say to you, there's an approach that is absolutely proven effective in producing predictable results, and also helps develop great traits in organization. And underneath it all, it's shown that it improves your health. Wouldn't that be nice? Well, guess what? There is such a model. There really is. And that model is the development of an elite endurance athlete. "

Part Four: The Purple Patch Performance Center - The Model in Action

(57:37) "You've got your work, you've got your home, and you've got the gym. The club. That's your third space. And that becomes really important... By showing up and arriving here, you are fostering not just improvements in sport, but you're becoming a better person. It's actually building up your social network, a real social network."

The goal of today’s episode is to provide you with a framework for training to help balance your goals in sport and fitness with your time-starved life and provide a filter against the performance noise often found in the traditional fitness model.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 03:57 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

04:04 - 07:53 - Matt's News-ings

07:54 - 11:02 - Word of the Week

11:09 - 102:38 - Meat and Potatoes - Episode 239: Fixing the Broken Model of Traditional Fitness

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