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

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.

Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down for 2 hours with Coach Kav. He is the founder of AthleteHQ, has worked with elite athletes like Yohan Blake, Landon Collins, Keenan Reynolds and many more.
His programs and culture have helped 50,000 plus athletes go on to further their career or life. He is a 5 sport athlete and Newyork times best selling author. We talk about all of this and much more! This is the Matter Mentality.
This is the second hour of that conversation.

Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down for 2 hours with Coach Kav. He is the founder of AthleteHQ, has worked with elite athletes like Yohan Blake, Landon Collins, Keenan Reynolds and many more.
His programs and culture have helped 50,000 plus athletes go on to further their career or life. He is a 5 sport athlete and Newyork times best selling author. We talk about all of this and much more! This is the Matter Mentality.
This is the first hour of that conversation.

Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
In this weeks episode, Ben shares how life and business are travelling post competitive season. It's all about getting back to health, focusing on the business and getting back to helping clients do what they do best with Matter Athletica. Achieve goals!

Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
In this episode, we explore everything that happened mentally for me from 2 weeks out of the first show. And the direction that we're seeing the bodybuilding world going. Pros and cons, it's all laid bare from a very tired and exhausted bodybuilder.

Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Caloric restriction is often explored by coaches in this industry. Subjects like, 'how we burn extra fat for fuel' and 'how we get lean and keep muscle'. Very few explore the psychology of fat loss and what that entails. In this episode, we look at some of the key responses you will experience psychologically in your journey to being shredded that we think are worth knowing.