Between Sets with Vic and Matt

Between Sets with Vic and Matt
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Welcome to Between Sets with Vic and Matt, the podcast that lives in the space between sweat and self-discovery. Each episode, Vic and Matt hit the gym, press record, and dive into the conversations that matter most: fitness, health, mindset, and building a life that feels as good as it looks. Expect banter, insight, and a dose of realness as they chase what everyone’s after, a strong, balanced, and fulfilling life.

  1. Jul 11

    Ronaldo at 41 — Obsession, Ego, or the Most Inspiring Thing in Sport?

    Ronaldo is 41 years old and still playing football at the highest level. Some people call it inspiring. Some call it ego. The honest answer might be neither — and it might say more about all of us than it does about him. In this episode of Between Sets, Vic and Matt break down the Ronaldo question that the fitness and sports world is genuinely divided on. Because this isn't really about football. It's about identity, obsession, and what happens when the thing you've built your entire life around starts to slip — and you refuse to let go. In this episode: ✅ Is Ronaldo still performing at a level that justifies being at a World Cup at 41? ✅ The identity question — who are you when the thing that defines you is gone? ✅ Obsession vs ego — where's the line and has Ronaldo crossed it? ✅ What Messi vs Ronaldo's different paths tell us about how legends handle decline ✅ The fitness parallel — what happens to people who can't separate their identity from their training? ✅ Is Ronaldo inspiring the next generation or refusing to accept reality? ✅ The question that hits closest to home — is there something you're holding onto longer than you should? 💬 Inspiring or embarrassing himself? Give us your honest take in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt

  2. Jul 9

    Haaland's First World Cup - What Peaking at the Right Time Actually Means

    Erling Haaland scored a brace on his World Cup debut. Norway hadn't been to a World Cup in 28 years. And Haaland is 25 — statistically at the exact centre of his athletic prime. That's not a coincidence. That's what building toward something actually looks like. In this episode of Between Sets, Vic and Matt break down what Haaland's World Cup moment reveals about peaking at the right time — in sport, in the gym, and in life. As a trainer, Vic unpacks the science of athletic peaks, periodisation, and what it actually means to build toward something rather than just show up and grind indefinitely. In this episode: ✅ What athletic peaking actually means — and why most people never experience it ✅ Haaland at 25 — Premier League goals record, three Golden Boots, now finally a World Cup ✅ The science behind why elite athletes peak when they do ✅ Why training without a peak in mind is just maintenance disguised as progress ✅ The fitness parallel — are you building toward something or just hoping the peak finds you? ✅ What the 28-year wait meant for Norway — and why timing changes everything ✅ What Vic would actually programme for someone training toward a specific peak 💬 Are you training toward something specific right now — or just showing up? Drop it in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt

  3. Jun 30

    How Is Messi Still Doing This at 38? The Greatest Longevity Story in Sports?

    Messi is 38 years old, just came back from a hamstring scare, and Argentina's entire World Cup hopes still run through him. That's not normal. That's one of the greatest longevity stories in sports. In this episode of Between Sets, Vic and Matt break down how Messi is still performing at an elite level deep into his late 30s when most professional athletes are retired by 32.  From a trainer's lens, they dig into what athletic longevity actually requires and whether Messi's career is proof that age is more about how you train than how many years you've played. In this episode: ✅ What's actually happening in the body as elite athletes age — and why most decline by their early 30s ✅ What Messi is doing differently — recovery, load management, movement efficiency over raw athleticism ✅ Why longevity in sport isn't about fighting age — it's about training smarter as you age ✅ The mental side — staying motivated and relevant after 15+ years at the top ✅ What everyday gym-goers can actually learn from how elite athletes age ✅ Is Messi's longevity unique to him, or a blueprint other athletes could follow? 💬 Do you think Messi could still be playing at the next World Cup? Drop your take below. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt

  4. Jun 17

    How Do World Cup Players Actually Train? What It Actually Takes To Have Haaland's Body

    Everyone watching the World Cup is looking at Mbappé, Haaland, and Messi and wondering the same thing... How do these guys actually build and maintain that physique at the highest level? In this episode of Between Sets, we break down elite soccer fitness from a trainer's perspective, what it actually takes to perform at a World Cup level, why these athletes are built completely differently from bodybuilders, and what that lean, explosive physique actually requires behind the scenes. In this episode: ✅ What elite soccer fitness really looks like — strength, VO2 max, sprint conditioning ✅ Training for football performance vs. training for aesthetics ✅ Haaland's 6'5" frame and 160+ goal output — what's actually behind it ✅ Why position changes everything — a goalkeeper trains nothing like a striker ✅ Why soccer players look lean but not "jacked" — and whether that's optimal ✅ Vic's take — what he'd actually programme for someone who wanted to train like a World Cup player 💬 If you trained like a pro footballer for a week, do you think you'd survive it? Drop your honest answer below. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt

  5. May 20

    The Government Already Told Us — UFOs, Aliens & The Stuff Nobody Can Explain - Between Sets with Vic and Matt

    The US government admitted UFOs are real. A man with a security clearance testified under oath to Congress that they've recovered non-human craft and biological material. And we just… moved on. In this episode of Between Sets, Vic and Matt go fully down the rabbit hole — and this isn't a tinfoil hat episode. Some of this is congressional testimony, declassified documents, and on-the-record statements from Navy pilots and Air Force officers. And some of it is completely unhinged. They're covering all of it. No correct answers. No agenda. Just two guys asking questions that literally nobody has good answers to. In this episode: ✅ The real government UAP disclosures most people missed ✅ The Tic Tac UFO, Phoenix Lights & Rendlesham Forest — cases that still have no explanation ✅ Area 51, the Moon Landing, Simulation Theory & the Fermi Paradox ✅ Bigfoot, the Bermuda Triangle, Lizard People & the Mandela Effect — rated ✅ If aliens are real, what does that actually mean for humanity? ✅ Rapid fire — Believe It or Leave It ✅ The one question they'd each want answered about the universe 💬 What's the one conspiracy you can't fully dismiss? Drop it in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @betweensetspodcast 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt #BetweenSets #UFO #Aliens #ConspiracyTheory #UAP #FitnessPodcast #GymPodcast #Podcast2025 #ConspiracyPodcast #VicAndMatt

  6. May 13

    Is HYROX the New Marathon? Why Everyone Suddenly Has a HYROX Bib Now

    Five years ago nobody had heard of HYROX. Now it's sold out in every major city and your feed is full of orange bibs. So what actually happened? In this episode of Between Sets, Vic and Matt break down the race that's taken over fitness culture — and they're being honest about what deserves the hype and what doesn't. Is HYROX genuinely the new marathon, or is it the CrossFit of 2025 — massive for a moment, then gone? From a trainer's perspective and a regular gym-goer's perspective, this is the conversation the fitness world is actually having right now. In this episode: ✅ What HYROX actually is — broken down simply for everyone ✅ How it exploded from one city in Germany to a global phenomenon ✅ Is it actually comparable to running a marathon — or is that just marketing? ✅ Who's really doing HYROX and why ✅ Is it good or bad for fitness culture overall? ✅ The CrossFit comparison — same trajectory or different outcome? ✅ Would Vic and Matt actually do one? (Honest answer inside) ✅ Hot takes — including whether wall balls should be illegal 💬 Have you done HYROX or are you training for one? Drop your time and experience in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe so you never miss one. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets #BetweenSets #HYROX #HYROXtraining #FitnessPodcast #GymPodcast #HYROXvsMarathon #FunctionalFitness #Podcast2025 #GymCulture #VicAndMatt

  7. Apr 30

    The Addiction Nobody Talks About - We're All Chasing Validation - Quick Pumps

    Likes. Views. Approval. We're all chasing it. Nobody wants to admit it. Today we do. In this episode of Quick Pumps, Vic and Matt go deep on the addiction that nobody in fitness — or life — wants to talk about. Validation. It shows up in why you post, why you train, why you dress the way you do, and even why you chose your career. And social media didn't create it… it just gave it an unlimited supply. This one's personal. And if you're honest with yourself, it'll hit. In this episode: ✅ Agree or Disagree — the most uncomfortable takes on approval and social media ✅ Hot takes on the fitness industry, going viral, and performing confidence ✅ This or That — 10k followers vs. 10 people who actually respect you ✅ Would You Rather — do great work nobody sees or average work everyone praises? ✅ Overrated or Underrated — follower counts, building in silence, posting your wins ✅ The question that stopped us both: are we doing this podcast for the right reasons? 💬 Be honest — what's something you've done purely for how it would look to other people? Drop it in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — hit subscribe and never miss a drop. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @betweensetspodcast 🎵 TikTok: @betweensetspodcast 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets #BetweenSets #QuickPumps #Validation #SocialMediaAddiction #FitnessPodcast #MindsetPodcast #GymPodcast #Podcast2025 #SelfAwareness #VicAndMatt

  8. Apr 23

    You're Not Growing, You're Just Consuming | The Self-Improvement Trap | Quick Pumps

    What if everything you're consuming about growth is actually keeping you stuck? In this episode of Quick Pumps, Vic and Matt call out the uncomfortable truth that nobody in the self-improvement space wants to admit — consuming content about success is not the same as being successful. And most people already know exactly what they need to do. They just don't do it. This one's going to hit different if you're honest with yourself. In this episode: ✅ Agree or Disagree — the most controversial self-improvement takes ✅ Hot takes on morning routines, journaling, therapy & vision boards ✅ This or That — 50 books a year vs. one real risk ✅ Overrated or Underrated — 75 Hard, life coaches, meditation apps & more ✅ The question that made us ask: is this podcast part of the problem? 💬 Are you actually growing — or just consuming growth content? Drop your honest answer in the comments. 👇 🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe and never miss a drop. ABOUT BETWEEN SETS: Between Sets with Vic and Matt is the fitness and lifestyle podcast that goes beyond the gym. Unfiltered conversations about fitness, mindset, money, self-improvement, and real life — recorded between sets, no filter, no fluff. CONNECT WITH US: 📸 Instagram: @itsthebspod 🎵 TikTok: @itsthebspod 🎧 Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Between Sets with Vic and Matt

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Welcome to Between Sets with Vic and Matt, the podcast that lives in the space between sweat and self-discovery. Each episode, Vic and Matt hit the gym, press record, and dive into the conversations that matter most: fitness, health, mindset, and building a life that feels as good as it looks. Expect banter, insight, and a dose of realness as they chase what everyone’s after, a strong, balanced, and fulfilling life.

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  • Creator
    Between Sets with Vic and Matt
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Between Sets with Vic and Matt
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