Matt Dixon: Purplepatch Coach on His Pros Racing IM World Champs, Inside His New Book 'The Well-Built Triathlete,' and More
Coach Matt Dixon, the founder of purplepatch, takes us inside his mind on how to effectively coach athletes looking beyond just the day-to-day training. We dive inside the topics presented in his newly released book titled The Well Built Triathlete: Turning Potential into Performance. And of course we talk about the Ironman World Championships, Matt's pros racing Kona this year, etc...
Specifically we discuss:
The Well-Built Triathlete: Turning Potential Into Performance
-Insight on Matt's book - why he wrote it
-Empower the athlete!
Matt's Background
-How his athletic career shaped his coaching
Coaching Philosophy
-change the way endurance athletes are coached
-more recovery, less volume focus
-volume: it is derivative not objective
Pro Triathlete Meredith B. Kessler (MBK)
-How Matt took her from an 11:30 IM to 9:48 to champion by decreasing volume
Coaching pros vs. AGers
-talk about the difference in how each type of athletes ticks
-all about managing training into one's lifestyle
-athletic IQ
A detailed profile of Matt's pros racing Kona this year and how he keeps their training individual for the Big Dance:
-Aussie Tim Reed
-American MBK
-Kiwi Gina Crawford
Strength Training
-functional movement patterns
-progression
-How to incorporate all the way up to an A race
Fueling
-body fat issue
-post race fueling
Recovery/Health focus
-Matt's best (and free/cheap!) training tool
-pee strips to test recovery status, hydration, etc.
-technology to monitor recovery/well-being
-being intuitive with how you feel
and more!
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