Matt Butler

The Performance Project Podcast

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Matt Butler and Ant are the coaches behind The Performance Project. This podcast is how they think — the decisions, systems, and philosophies behind building real endurance athletes. Real coaching. No fluff. Built for everyday athletes who want to understand the why behind the work.

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Matt Butler

Episodes

#Ep 2 | The Untold Origin Story of TPP 01.07.2026 1:04:52

8 athletes to 124 in two years — and it started with one guy messaging "do you think this is a good idea?" The Untold Origin Story of TPP Performance: Matt and Ant tell the real TPP origin story. The early days, the growth spurt that almost broke the business, the case for investing heavily in community over profit, and the night-before-Iron-Man contract that made Ant a co-owner. Business and coac...

#Ep 3 | The Athlete Coach Conversations No One Talks About 01.07.2026 1:23:13

"I'm gonna push you, or I'm gonna drag you. Either way, we're getting there." The Athlete Coach Conversation No One Talks About has Matt and Ant pulling back the curtain on the actual mechanics of the coach-athlete relationship: what athletes get wrong from day one, why "tired" can mean five different things depending on the athlete, and why treating a coach like a transaction instead of a partner...

#Ep 1 | The Hard Choices That Fixed Our Lives 30.06.2026 37:41

Matt and Ant open the TPP Performance Project Podcast with the stories they don't usually lead with. the kitchens, the drinking, the grief, the moment each of them decided to stop outrunning their own life and start doing hard things instead. This is the coach's version. Not the highlight reel. Ant lost his dad suddenly at 19 and spent years in a downward spiral before endurance sports became the...