Dan Grieb had a successful business, he was a great husband, a great father, and a great mentor, and he still is today, but he remembers looking up one day and being 320lbs.

He was constantly told that you couldn’t have it all. That if you wanted to be healthy, something else had to take a hit. So what did Dan do? He changed his environment.

He began surrounding himself with people who inspired him, and ended up making a commitment - To train for one year, lose 100lbs, finish an Ironman event, and then do 10 more!

This commitment led Dan down a path of joy, fulfillment, and connection.

One of his life highlights has been leading Chris Nikic who was the first person with down syndrome to complete an Ironman triathlon in under 17 hours. This journey has changed his life forever and taught him life lessons that he will carry with him and apply to his future coaching, professional and personal relationships.

Dan is a certified leadership coach under John Maxwell. He is an Ironman certified coach, Certified Performance Coach, Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming and a Nationally Recognized Expert in Real Estate. Dan's coaching style is known to be very intense but with a huge focus on building and developing relationships.

Dan has been featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Fox News Sports, Barstools Sports and many more, for his business and athletic accomplishments.

In this episode of the Fall In Love with Fitness podcast, Dan and I discuss why he decided to commit to competing in 10 Ironman events, what it was like to coach, lead, and befriend Chris Nikic, and how he lives his everyday life today.