The Matter Mentality Podcast
Go deep on performance science, nutrition, and training through personal experiences and unique conversations and stories from Ben Mayfield-Smith and his guests. Nothing is off the table! With education, motivation and training fascination - come along on the journey and build your Matter Mentality.
Episodes

Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
In this episode, I'am privileged with being joined by educator, nutrition specialist, physique coach, colleague and friend Tom Fox. We talk a wide variety of nutrition, coaching, bodybuilding, natural bodybuilding and nutrition myths we both like to see gone from the industry.
Follow this one for plenty of insights and knowledge bombs.

Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
In this episode, I am honoured to be joined by IBO super welterweight world champion, speaker, friend and all round good bloke Dennis Hurrican Hogan. In this episode we discuss Dennis's grit through Irish Ama Boxing right through to his professional career.
Overcoming adversity, setbacks and his determination to follow through on goals and dreams to be world number 1.

Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
In this episode, Ben updates on the trajectory and plans for Matter as a business in April and our plans further into the year! as always we are working to be as transparent as possible and help others succeed in this realm where we otherwise might have failed!

Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
This episode we are joined by Special Guest Erik Bustillo MS, RD, FISSN, CSC, CF-OL1, CPT and COVP of ISSN As you can see he has an array of titles and education that we explore. Discussing a variety of topics including nutrition, performance, sports nutrition, his approaches to education and much much more!
Find Erik on Instagram @erikbustillo

Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
In this episode, we talk exactly what it sounds like. Why you need to set boundaries and what those boundaries look like when you are pursuing big dreams or goals in life. This is more than just a training podcast, this is our way of helping you succeed in all areas of life

Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
In this episode, we chat with Major sponsor of the podcast and fitness business entrepreneur Dave Roby. His take off in the group fitness scene and the following expansion of community and business he's built with power-ups, cafes and velocity fitness.

Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Let's get into the complexities of data tracking. In this ep, Ben dives deep into the tracking debate and where he thinks a lot of the anti-tracking crowd goes wrong. No doubt you can expect some fun-filled rants and rambles, 45 minutes to talk about numbers must be worth something.

Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Today on the podcast, we're joined by the founder and administrator of the @thetinmen Instagram page. In our chat, we explore a deeper understanding of men's health and the issues faced by men in our lives. As psychology is our realm of study, we attempt to understand the current state of men's health and the limits they face.

Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Already 1 month down in 2023 - and there's big things in the works. In this episode, Ben goes behind the scenes of where Matter Athletica stands at this point of the new year, our plans for Q1 and exciting announcements for February.

Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
This week on the Matter Mentality podcast we are joined by a very special guest. Paul Jordan is a former Australian SAS operative who served in fields like Rwanda and the Banda Aceh tsunami. He also acted as a private security operative across major conflict zones including North Africa and the Middle East for journalists from the BBC, ABC and CNN. Paul was also a UN peacekeeper and security adviser. He has now turned to corporate speaking as well as writing, releasing his book ‘The easy day was yesterday; The extreme life of an SAS solder.'
This episode explores all of this and the mental tools he used to overcome and defy these extraordinary situations. Exploring how you might be able to implement some of these elite SAS skills into your everyday life.