Episode 179: Matt Dixon Talks Philosophies of High Performance on "The Greg Bennett Show"
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Greg Bennett Talks Sports Philosophy with Matt Dixon
Matt is on holiday this week, so we're releasing a recent interview he did on “The Greg Bennett Show,” hosted by former Olympian and professional triathlete, Greg Bennett.
It was a perfect match as Matt and Greg share many of the same philosophies around high-performance sport and life.
In this episode, Matt:
Shares his journey from collegiate swimmer to pro triathlete.
Discusses the key lessons he learned during that time to become the great coach he is.
Describes how he takes a holistic view of an individual when working with them, understanding their work and family life, what stressors do they have, and other non-negotiable obligations.
Summarizes the four pillars of performance - Endurance, Functional Strength, Nutrition &Fueling, and Recovery.
Dissects how to use data from wearables and why some people will be more comfortable with more data than others.
Frames why fueling immediately after working out with protein and carbohydrates is so important.
Show Notes from The Greg Bennett Show
About Greg Bennett
Greg grew up in Sydney, Australia. With two competitive brothers and life spent outdoors, Triathlon was a natural fit for Greg. Although passionate about the sport it took almost a decade to reach the world stage.
By 25 years of age, Greg was winning international titles. By 30, Greg was winning the World series on multiple occasions and competing for Australia at the 2004 Olympics, where like Laura he also placed 4th.
Growing up Greg had a strong desire to become better, better than he was yesterday. His family were all driven goal setters who would would sit down at the start of each year and write and share their goals. At the time this was a chore for a kid who wanted to be outside, but it was the template for the discipline and dedication to reach the highest level in sport and sustain it for almost three decades.
Greg raced over 500 international races and won over 100. His story of having a winning rate of less than 10% for the first half of his career and converting that rate to over 50% for the second half of his career is entertaining and inspiring and incredibly informative. Greg went on to win multiple World titles, the worlds largest prize purse wins, be awarded the International Triathlon Unions President trophy, be named one of the “Top 15 Triathletes of all time” (Inside Triathlon, 2011), “Top 25 Triathletes of all time” (Triathlete magazine, 2014) and “Triathlete of the year” on multiple occasions (Triathlete magazine).
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