Matt believes it is through the lens of your athletic potential that you will reach your human potential. Matt dixon interviews longtime purple patch athlete, tim deer, about his recent experience completing the badwater 5 ultraendurance race from death valley to mt. The badwater 5 is billed as the most demanding and extreme running race offered anywhere on the planet. Matt dixon explains the purple patch approach to training zones.
Weekly educational coachs bulletin from matt dixon. Listen to purple patch podcast episodes free, on demand. You might also know him as jesse thomas coach amongst countless other ironman pros and the host of purple patch podcast. In an ideal world, all ppf athletes would live near matt dixon and be individually coached by him. Purple patch functional strength training intro youtube. This month we sat down to talk with matt dixon of purple patch fitness to learn more about his amazing background and how he uses.
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Coaches, pros, athletes directly coached by matt, 1. Since then, hes gone on to win six wildflower titles, two ironmans and countless 70. In part 1 the jesse thomas story with matt dixon, jesse and matt reminisced about jesses surprising and humorous entrance into the world of professional triathlon racing with his unsuspecting win at the legendary wildflower triathlon. Check out episode 144 to hear how matt dixon is helping the purple patch community get through the covd crisis. Access to support to ask our coaches basic training information.
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We are purple patch, and with this in mind we are making some changes to our weekly news and education. Matt dixon guest starred on simon wards podcast last week. While dixon s purple patch coaches people all over the world, dixon s approach is far from generic. This is not reality and so online coaching is the option for those not in the bay area. Dixon has helped over 300 athletes to qualify for the ironman world championship in kona, hawaii, and also coached the 2016 70. The importance of good, basic habits purplepatch fitness. Matt dixon is the head coach of purple patch fitness. Cnn met up with matt dixon and purple patch to discuss healthy tips for. Cnn met up with matt dixon and purple patch to discuss healthy tips for managing the stress of travel.
Purple patch podcast jesse thomas part 2 balancing a. Executive training as featured on cnn purple patch fitness. Since the beginning, matt dixon and purple patch fitness have coached worldclass athletes to world and professional championships. Pro triathlon training at matt dixons purple patch. The purple patch squad is the highperformance training community for timestarved triathletes around the world. When we delivery anything, we never deliver a stockstandard plan, said matt, in support of that, my biggest passion is education and each athlete is different, said matt dixon. The start line is at badwater basin, death valley, which. In order to establish training zones for riding and running training, you will execute threshold assessment workouts. Biweekly live webinars and discussion forums led by matt dixon on specific subjects around performance. Matt dixon is a worldclass triathlon coach, former pro triathlete and elite swimmer, and an exercise physiologist. Dixon s method breaks new ground in triathlon training, introducing a new, comprehensive approach that builds the.
Why just finish your workout by punching the clock and following instructions. These workouts will provide the framework to ensure your training zones are aligned with your current state of. Triathlon training with sarah true and matt dixon s purple patch fitness pro team. While longdistance triathlon races like the ironman, ironman 70. Hes combined his unique expertise and experience to form the backbone of his coaching philosophy, the purple patch pillars of performance. By matt dixon, coach and founder of purplepatch fitness as a purplepatch athlete, education is a driver behind all training prescription.