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172. Sacrificing to Achieve Greatness, Investing in Yourself, and Leaving a Lasting Impact Through Ironman Coaching with Natasha Van Der Merwe
Natasha Van Der Merwe is a long-time endurance coach and professional triathlete from 2010 to 2023. Since 2009, Natasha has coached hundreds of athletes both online and in person covering all aspects of the sport as well as how to fuel for training and race day demands.
She coaches multiple Professional Triathletes, most notably, 2 x Ironman Champion, Alice Alberts, and has worked with multiple well-known CEOs and Personalities like Nick Bare, Steve Weatherford, Phil Daru, Bobby Dautrich, Bubbie Golf, Devon Levesque, Matt Jansen, Domenic Iacovone, and Jimmy Decicco.
In this conversation, we explore her journey, from learning to find happiness with less to lessons from humble beginnings. Natasha discusses the role of faith in her leadership, her shift from pro triathlete to coaching, and the sacrifices for excellence. Natasha emphasizes self-investment for greatness, mental strength in athletes, and the critical role that faith has and continues to play in her life as she strives to leave a lasting impact.
Key Points:
- Learning to live and be happy with less
- Lessons learned from humble beginnings
- Keeping God at the center of her life as a leader
- Giving up being a professional triathlete to go all-in on her coaching business
- Coaching Nick Bare to an Ironman
- The sacrifices required to become the best
- Funding her professional Ironman career by starting a bike transport company
- How much it costs to do an Ironman
- Invest in yourself if you truly want to become great
- How to build mental strength as an athlete
- Fueling strategies to optimize performance and recovery and mistakes to avoid
- Why you MUST do strength training and plyometrics as a triathlete
- Peak Ironman training schedule
- How to maintain healthy hormones as an endurance athlete
- Natasha’s Day in the Life
- How faith has made her a better mom, coach, wife, and community builder
- Natasha’s definition of Pure Ambition
Connect with Natasha:
https://www.nvdmcoaching.com/
YouTube
Connect with me:
Download my FREE training app here: Upspace App
Instagram: @dominicfusco
TikTok: @dom_fusco
YouTube: Dominic Fusco
LinkedIn: Dominic Fusco
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Improve your metabolic health, get into flow state, and start living better with and get 30% off Ketone-IQ with code “FUSCO” at https://hvmn.com/FUSCO
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Natasha Van Der Merwe is a long-time endurance coach and professional triathlete from 2010 to 2023. Since 2009, Natasha has coached hundreds of athletes both online and in person covering all aspects of the sport as well as how to fuel for training and race day demands.
She coaches multiple Professional Triathletes, most notably, 2 x Ironman Champion, Alice Alberts, and has worked with multiple well-known CEOs and Personalities like Nick Bare, Steve Weatherford, Phil Daru, Bobby Dautrich, Bubbie Golf, Devon Levesque, Matt Jansen, Domenic Iacovone, and Jimmy Decicco.
In this conversation, we explore her journey, from learning to find happiness with less to lessons from humble beginnings. Natasha discusses the role of faith in her leadership, her shift from pro triathlete to coaching, and the sacrifices for excellence. Natasha emphasizes self-investment for greatness, mental strength in athletes, and the critical role that faith has and continues to play in her life as she strives to leave a lasting impact.
Key Points:
- Learning to live and be happy with less
- Lessons learned from humble beginnings
- Keeping God at the center of her life as a leader
- Giving up being a professional triathlete to go all-in on her coaching business
- Coaching Nick Bare to an Ironman
- The sacrifices required to become the best
- Funding her professional Ironman career by starting a bike transport company
- How much it costs to do an Ironman
- Invest in yourself if you truly want to become great
- How to build mental strength as an athlete
- Fueling strategies to optimize performance and recovery and mistakes to avoid
- Why you MUST do strength training and plyometrics as a triathlete
- Peak Ironman training schedule
- How to maintain healthy hormones as an endurance athlete
- Natasha’s Day in the Life
- How faith has made her a better mom, coach, wife, and community builder
- Natasha’s definition of Pure Ambition
Connect with Natasha:
https://www.nvdmcoaching.com/
YouTube
Connect with me:
Download my FREE training app here: Upspace App
Instagram: @dominicfusco
TikTok: @dom_fusco
YouTube: Dominic Fusco
LinkedIn: Dominic Fusco
Affiliates:
OrganifiGet 20% off the best products on the market to look, feel, and perform your best in all areas of life with Organifi: www.organifishop.com/discount/DOM
Elevate your hydration and hit your protein goals with no sugar and nothing artificial and get 20% off with code DFUSCO20 at https://pwrlift.com/discount/DFUSCO20
Improve your metabolic health, get into flow state, and start living better with and get 30% off Ketone-IQ with code “FUSCO” at https://hvmn.com/FUSCO
Want to help the show grow? Sweet! Here’s what you can do:
- Share this episode with someone who would find value in it.
- Leave a 5-star rating and review on the podcast app and let me know your honest opinion!
- Share this episode on your IG story and tag me @dominicfusco
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