He’s a regular at Fitness First, but between the curveball that is COVID-19, and the reality of having a new baby, hitting the gym has been hard work over the past few months.
If you swing past Matty’s Instagram, you’ll see a series of shirtless pics which prove he’s fitter than you, and me, and most people you know. Once a day I’ll use the Swisse Charcoal Face Wash For Men and Swisse Daily Face Moisturiser, then I use their Deep Face Scrub for Men once a week – that’s it!” Early endorphins “If you’re after an easy routine using naturally derived products that work well, I can’t recommend Swisse enough. “Now that I’m almost in my mid-thirties, I’m doing anything possible to make sure my mug is in decent shape,” he laughs. Despite a hectic schedule, Matty still finds time to look after himself. You don’t become The Bachelor™ by dropping the ball and letting yourself go. That’s not to say he’s rocking up to Nova or Network Ten looking like he’s half asleep. “You can wake up and get dressed for work while still feeling semi-fresh in half the time – I’m all about efficiency.” “I’ve cut down my showers to one a day, and I always have it at night time,” he explains. I can’t even talk to another person until I’ve spent twenty minutes standing under scalding water, but amazingly, Matty has started skipping the wake-up shower. Sadly, the snooze days are over.” Skip the shower, but treat yo’self “But Laura normally does all the night feeds with Marlie-Mae, so if I have my alarm set early for work, the risk of potentially waking her up fills me with so much guilt that I’m normally up after two rings of the alarm. “I feel like becoming a dad has made me better at getting out of bed, pre-baby I’d probably hit snooze ten times before getting up,” he says. Otherwise, I let Marlie-Mae be the alarm clock, which could be anywhere from 6.30 am to 8 am.”Ī reformed snooze-button addict, Matty, 33, admits that since his daughter’s arrival, sleep-ins are off the menu. “I’m up at 6 am if I’ve committed to training in the morning. “My wake-up time is a bit of a mixed bag these days,” says Matty. Win the morning, win the day! That whole vibe.īut it turns out Matty J is a bit all over the shop, which makes him just like the rest of us, which makes him even more likeable.Īnyway, this is how a former Bachelor starts each day, and he seems to be crushing it, so maybe take notes. I figured it would be an aspirational chat, featuring Mark Wahlberg levels of insane scheduling – Gym at 2 AM, Brekky at 4 AM– and I’d walk away inspired. So when the opportunity presented itself to have Matty J run us through his morning routine, it was a no brainer. See what I mean? He’s got his shit together.
Now, he’s even the face of the Swisse Men’s Skincare Range. When he’s not crushing the dad-thing, Matty can be heard on Nova 96.9 and seen hosting Network Ten’s Luxury Escapes.
Last year, he and his bride-to-be Laura Byrne, welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Marlie-Mae. Oh, and to find true love.Īs luck would have it, Matty did both, and these days, he is living the dream. Like most people who sign up to these shows, Matty was there for one reason only: to leverage the exposure and score a plum gig working in media. She ended up picking the other guy, but the marketing guns at Channel Ten realised they were onto a good thing and lured him back the following year to become The Bachelor. Unfortunately for Matty, Georgia didn’t see it.