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. 👇
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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. 👇

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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.

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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

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