Purple Patch Podcast

Matt dives into the murky and confusing world of muscle and tissue health. He explores key habits and objectives that promote muscular-skeletal health and, through another Purple Patch case study, provides a coach’s lens on things to do and even what NOT to do when you feel those niggles start to occur.

Today, through the case study of a Purple Patch athlete, Matt outlines a recipe for energy, success, and the ability to be the best person you can be even if you would never profess to be an athlete. In fact, you don't have to be an athlete to adopt an athletic mindset. You don't even have to aspire to be athletic. What you do need is the desire to excel, thrive, and be the best version of yourself.

Matt returns with a bonus "Ask Matt Anything" episode where he answers your questions related to returning to training after illness and surgery and the benefits of attending a Purple Patch Training Camp. Plus, Matt makes a special announcement about a new program that's coming soon, The Purple Patch Squad!

Are you chronically underfed and overstressed? Most time-starved athletes are. In the context of our busy lives, the vast majority of us tend to undercut calories relative to training demands. Unfortunately, the cost of doing so is immense. Through athlete case studies, Matt outlines his quick tips on how to time your meals relative to the time of day you train, what types of foods to eat before and after training sessions, and warning signs to heed if you are struggling.

This week, Matt has an in-depth discussion with Dr. Steve Ingham, performance scientist, coach, and author of the best selling "How to Support a Champion: The art of applying science to the elite athlete." Together, with their vast experience, they discuss the key traits and characteristics of creating sustainable and long-term performance.

In order to become a complete and well-rounded athlete, you must shift your perspective on functional strength towards one of performance enhancement.  In today's episode, Matt Dixon goes through real-life case studies of Purple Patch athletes who are challenged with integrating strength and conditioning into their schedule. He discusses their profiles, work/life situations, challenges, implementation of their plan, and the outcomes of aligning a successful, consistent and progressive strength routine

Today's podcast takes on two real case studies of Purple Patch athletes who have been challenged with integrating a recovery mindset into their busy routines. Their lessons? You cannot buy recovery. Changing your habits and mindset create the power of recovery and, yes, that takes courage and the willingness to evolve. True integrated recovery is your route to maximize your return on your training investment. 

Purple Patch coach and athlete, Matt Hurley, speaks openly and honestly about his past drug addiction, years of dealing, and subsequent prison sentence. With vulnerability, he shares his journey of hitting rock bottom, coming out the other side of darkness, and finally finding his very own purple patch.

Matt talks to new Purple Patch Pro, Chelsea Sodaro. She was a collegiate runner at Cal and also had multiple years as a professional runner. Now, she takes on long course triathlon. Chelsea has a wealth of insight and knowledge for all performance-minded people and, as you tackle your own performance journey, you'll realize that regardless of what level you compete, there is always a lot to learn.

This week, it's the story of a time-starved athlete, but not just any time-starved athlete. Cecilia Davis-Hayes is heading into her Residency into her fourth year in Medical School at Columbia and, at the same time, is still competing at the top level of professional triathlon. She is, quite possibly, the most inspiring athlete on the Purple Patch Pro Squad, and Matt discusses the motivations and strategies behind her success.

Your mission, as an effective coach or leader, is to create sustained performance and long-term buy-in from your team. This episode describes how to set up this culture both for you, the leader, and your team. Matt also illustrates the traits of effective leadership by drawing those parallels between coaching and management. When you successfully facilitate an intentional focus of action, you have, indeed, created a culture to thrive.

The backbone of the Purple Patch Podcast is education around performance in both sport and life, and Matt hits it head-on this week in this conversation with Andy Blow, Founder of Precision Hydration.  If you're a pro athlete, an amateur athlete, a fitness enthusiast, an executive or a busy professional looking for better energy management in life, you'll love this coaches conversation on the impact that hydration (or lack thereof) can have on your daily performance.

In "The Art of Being Coached," Matt dives deep on the roles of a coach and how to set up a culture of success from both the coach and the athlete perspective. He also gives listeners a peek into the Purple Patch coaching window with a real-life case study. The quest and hope for this episode is that you see the performance journey as a whole and have the tools to enter into an empowering and trusting partnership that breeds confidence, education, communication, and ultimately, success. 

This is a special episode for Purple Patch. It's our 50th episode! We launched in January 2018. and as we approach the end of the year, we thought it was a good time to take a step back and have a little review. Today, it's Matt's picks from some of the episodes of the last few months that are anchored and channeled on global life performance and reaching your potential via an athletic mindset.

Matt Dixon and his team of coaches came together to provide you with some of their holiday performance gift recommendations centered around our Four Pillars of Performance: Endurance Training, Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition, and Recovery.  These ideas aren’t quick fixes or magic shortcuts to performance success. They are simple, actionable, and authentic ideas for your performance-driven loved one.