The premise of the Purple Patch podcast is all about performance and helping you enhance your performance journey to become the best that you can be in sport and in life.

This week is part two of the in-depth performance discussion with Alex Hutchinson, who is a leading researcher on everything cutting-edge in the world of athletic performance.

Hutchinson is a science journalist who writes about fitness, health, and endurance sports for Outside magazine in his Sweat Science columns. His most recent book is the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a post-doctoral physicist for the U.S. National Security Agency, and competed for the Canadian national team in track, cross-country, and mountain running.

In today’s discussion series, Matt and Alex tackle the last two Purple Patch Pillars of Performance: Strength Training and Recovery. They also dive into the latest research on performance.

What are their thoughts and what does the research show about things like:

• Strength Training to Counter the Effects of Aging

• Strength Training Globally to Enhance Performance for Younger Athletes

• The Benefits of Muscle Confusion, Plyometrics and Heavy Weights

• Key Habits to Optimize Recovery

• How to Gauge Recovery and Metrics to Best Track

• Recovery Modalities that Actually Work

• Cutting Edge Research and Upcoming Trends

 

Episode Resources

Podcast Part One with Alex Hutchinson

Alex Hutchinson Outside Magazine

How to Make Your Strength Routine Evidence-Based

5 Laws of Sleep for Athletes

Why Bronze Medalists are Happier than Silver Winners - Jason G. Goldman

 

Purple Patch Resources

Join the Purple Patch Performance Academy

Email [email protected] with questions about team training and strength programming.

Purple Patch Podcast Page

 

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