Welcome to Carbon Coaching: Confidence Beyond the Mirror—the podcast for people who are tired of fad diets, quick fixes, and bullshit fitness advice.
Hosted by Matt Sloper, online fitness coach and founder of Carbon Coaching, this show goes beyond surface-level transformation. It’s about the mindset shifts, the uncomfortable truths, and the hard-fought wins that come from choosing yourself day after day.
Each episode is a raw, honest conversation blending expert coaching with personal life experience. From sustainable weight loss and building physical strength to reclaiming confidence in your body, your routine, and your relationships then this podcast is here to challenge your excuses, empower your decisions, and help you build a body and life you actually feel proud of.
If you’re over 30, stuck in a rut, and ready to show up for yourself, you’re in the right place.
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Welcome to Carbon Coaching: Confidence Beyond the Mirror—the podcast for people who are tired of fad diets, quick fixes, and bullshit fitness advice.
Hosted by Matt Sloper, online fitness coach and founder of Carbon Coaching, this show goes beyond surface-level transformation. It’s about the mindset shifts, the uncomfortable truths, and the hard-fought wins that come from choosing yourself day after day.
Each episode is a raw, honest conversation blending expert coaching with personal life experience. From sustainable weight loss and building physical strength to reclaiming confidence in your body, your routine, and your relationships then this podcast is here to challenge your excuses, empower your decisions, and help you build a body and life you actually feel proud of.
If you’re over 30, stuck in a rut, and ready to show up for yourself, you’re in the right place.
Training in your 30s isn’t about doing less..it’s about doing what matters. In this episode, we explore how lifestyle changes, desk work, and years of accumulated stress affect your body, and why warming up properly, stretching, strength training, and cardio all play a crucial role in long-term health and performance.
If you’ve ever followed a generic training plan that didn’t suit your body, your injuries, or your life, this episode will resonate. We break down why one-size-fits-all coaching fails, how custom-built programs change everything, and why removing guesswork is the key to staying consistent, confident, and pain-free long term.
Intermittent fasting might reduce calories, but for many women it destroys energy, focus, and performance at work. In this episode, we break down why fasting is so popular, why people see weight loss on it, and why skipping breakfast leaves career-driven women exhausted, foggy, and underperforming.
If your glute workouts leave you sweating and burning but your shape never changes, this episode explains why.
We unpack the science behind muscle growth, the difference between fatigue and stimulus, and why banded booty classes fall short when glute development is the goal.
Losing weight doesn’t automatically make you confident. So if you’ve discovered that the hard way, this episode is for you. We break down why body change alone doesn’t fix self-worth, where real confidence actually comes from, and how consistency, competence, and follow through build a confidence that lasts far longer than any number on the scale.
You’ve stepped on the scales after Christmas and you’re up 2–4kg. Your first instinct? Eat less. Train harder. Panic. In this episode, I explain why that reaction is the fastest way back into a binge/restrict cycle. We break down why most of that weight isn’t fat, why immediate restriction backfires, and what to do instead if you actually want to lose fat, keep energy, and break the January cycle for good.
Big goals aren’t the problem for YOU. refusing to change is.
In this episode, we break down why setting uncomfortable, ambitious goals is essential for real transformation, how to reflect honestly on last year’s failures, and how to build the systems required to actually achieve what you say you want.
Seeing reputable coaches put women on 1300 calories needs to stop.
In this episode, we break down, with NHS data, scientific research, and real client outcomes why extreme calorie restriction is dangerous for women’s hormones, metabolism, energy, and long-term fat loss.
Think your schedule is the reason you can’t lose weight? It;s Not. In this episode, we break down why busyness isn’t the problem, your lack of structure is.
After a little over 52 weeks in the Carbon COaching Program our client Craig shares his struggles and accomplishments having built out a new version of himself.
You want to lose fat… but you’re not tracking your food. In this episode, we break down the tough truth about why you’re stuck, why tracking matters, and how avoiding the data is the exact reason your progress keeps stalling. Brutal honesty, practical tools, and a wake-up call you probably need.
If the idea of stepping on the scales terries you i understand. You've had the perfect week, trained, watched what you ate but the scales still went UP?!
Ever wondered where the whole “10,000 steps a day” thing even came from? it wasn’t science, it was marketing. In this episode, we dive into the truth behind the famous step target, how daily movement really impacts fat loss and health, and what the research actually says about step counts, calorie burn, and longevity.
Think creatine is just for men? In this episode, I break down why women naturally have lower creatine stores, what the latest science says about supplementation, and why creatine could be a game changer for your strength, recovery, and long term health.
Still think eating healthy is too expensive? In this episode, I break down how much the average person in the UK spends on booze, coffee, and takeaways, and compare it to the actual cost of cooking healthy, protein-packed meals at home.
it’s not a money problem..it’s a priorities problem.
If you’ve been eating less and doing more cardio but your fat loss has completely stalled, this episode is your wakeup call. I'm going to break down why under-eating and over-training sabotage results, why strength and protein are the real fat-loss drivers, and how to finally start seeing progress again, without starving yourself or living on a treadmill.
Think losing weight will finally make you confident? Think again. In this episode, I break down why confidence isn’t just about the number on the scale, what actually builds self-belief, and how you can start developing unshakable confidence long before you hit your goal weight.
Welcome to Carbon Coaching: Confidence Beyond the Mirror—the podcast for people who are tired of fad diets, quick fixes, and bullshit fitness advice.
Hosted by Matt Sloper, online fitness coach and founder of Carbon Coaching, this show goes beyond surface-level transformation. It’s about the mindset shifts, the uncomfortable truths, and the hard-fought wins that come from choosing yourself day after day.
Each episode is a raw, honest conversation blending expert coaching with personal life experience. From sustainable weight loss and building physical strength to reclaiming confidence in your body, your routine, and your relationships then this podcast is here to challenge your excuses, empower your decisions, and help you build a body and life you actually feel proud of.
If you’re over 30, stuck in a rut, and ready to show up for yourself, you’re in the right place.
