From Tennessee to Vanderbilt Coach | Creating the Women's Gym That Nashville Needed
The New Beginnings Center has helped 4,500 Nashville women get strong — at no cost. Tash Weddle is changing what fitness access looks like in Middle Tennessee.
Tash Weddle is a master strength coach with 17 years of collegiate experience at the University of Tennessee, Purdue, and Vanderbilt — and she left that world behind to build something Nashville had never seen. In this episode, she breaks down how the New Beginnings Center pairs a for-profit women's training gym with a free nonprofit coaching program under the same roof, how 25% of every paying client's dollar funds that access, and what a holistic fitness transformation actually looks like for women who've never had it before.
KEY TOPICS
How TNB Fitness funds free training for low-income Nashville women — and why the model works
The habit-based nutrition approach that gives participants an 80% success rate (and why doing less at once leads to more)
The scholarship structure: why a single Nashville woman earning under $56,000 a year pays nothing
Mindset coaching — vision boards, self-sabotage work, and dismantling the limits women set for themselves- Tash's long-term vision: a place like this in every major city and small town in America.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction to Tash Weddle and New Beginnings Center
01:01 The Journey to Empowering Women
03:31 Overcoming Obstacles in Coaching and Personal Experience
05:46 The Structure of TNB Fitness and Its Impact
08:14 Nutrition and Holistic Health Approaches
11:03 Mindset Coaching and Long-Term Success
14:43 The Impact of Nutrition on Health
15:54 Mindset Coaching and Habit Formation
16:27 Accessibility and Affordability in Health Programs
17:45 Empowering Women Through Fitness
19:38 Challenges and Future Goals for Nonprofits
21:19 Fundraising Strategies and Community Engagement
22:57 The Vision for a Healthier Future
25:44 Getting Involved and Making a Difference
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