Fast-Track Triathlete: Balancing a Big Life with Big Performance in Long-Course Triathlon - Softcover

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Matt Dixon is an exercise physiologist and an elite triathlon coach. Dixon has coached amateur and professional triathletes to over 300 Ironman® and Ironman 70.3® wins and podiums, 200 Ironman World Championship qualifiers, and several world championships.

He is founder and president of purplepatch fitness, a fitness and coaching company that caters to endurance athletes of all levels.

Dixon is an Ironman University Master Coach and a former professional triathlete and two-time Olympic trials finalist in swimming. He has a master’s degree in clinical and exercise physiology and contributes regularly to Triathlete, LAVA, Outside, and USA Triathlon magazines. He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Men’s Journal, Outside, Men’s Fitness, and Men’s Health. Dixon is a Camelbak Global Hydration Adviser and Powertap Educator.

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You can have it all . . . and triathlon, too.

It is hard to win at life when you are training for long-course triathlon. That’s because training for an Ironman® race is like a part-time job. Too many athletes make big sacrifices only to burn out or underperform.

Coach Matt Dixon opens the door to long-course racing for every athlete who has never had the time to take on a challenge this big. If you have 10 hours a week to train, you can do an Ironman. In as few as 7 hours a week, you can do an Ironman 70.3®. It may come as a surprise, but more is not better if it comes at the expense of the rest of life.

Fast-Track Triathlete offers you a custom training program and everything you need to know to make important decisions on volume and intensity on a weekly and daily basis. Dixon opens up his vault of workouts, sharing key sessions for both postseason and preseason training, and reveals a complete training plan for the 14 weeks leading up to your goal race. You get unprecedented access to the winning method of a world-class triathlon coach, including:

• 14-week comprehensive training plans for the buildup to Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races

• 10 weeks of key workouts for the postseason

• 14 weeks of key workouts for the preseason

• Instruction on scaling workouts for time and fatigue

• Travel protocols for training and racing

• A sport-specific strength and conditioning program

Dixon’s program will bring your triathlon goals within reach and develop you as an athlete season after season. The Fast-Track approach to triathlon will help you achieve fulfillment and success in sport and in life.

Matt Dixon is a world-class triathlon coach, former professional triathlete and elite swimmer, and an exercise physiologist. His Purple Patch coaching community is based in San Francisco, but his athletes span the globe. Matt is the author of The Well-Built Triathlete, a regular contributor to sports magazines and publications, an Ironman U® master coach, and a corporate speaker.