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 coachingCoaching Philosophy -change the way endurance athletes are coached-more recovery, less volume focus-volume: it is derivative not objectivePro Triathlete Meredith B. Kessler (MBK)-How Matt took her from an 11:30 IM to 9:48 to champion by decreasing volumeCoaching pros vs. AGers-talk about the difference in how each type of athletes ticks-all about managing training into one's lifestyle -athletic IQA 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 CrawfordStrength Training-functional movement patterns-progression-How to incorporate all the way up to an A raceFueling-body fat issue-post race fuelingRecovery/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 feeland more!