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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Nick Santonastasso Inspires The Hell Out of Me - Born Without Legs And One Arm

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.93.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Nick Santonastasso (@nicksantonastasso) is an author, motivational speaker, bodybuilder, wrestler and coach born with a very rare condition called Hanhart Syndrome. Only 3 out of 12 others Born with this condition are alive. Although he survived, Nick was born without legs and with only a portion of one of his arms. Nick hasn't allowed any of those challenges to stand in his way of living the life of his dreams. During this conversation with Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios as the Wynn Las Vegas he talks about why the biggest disability is a bad mindset, why he believes he can accomplish anything, being an inspiration to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, learning from Tony Robbins, why he loves bodybuilding and more. This conversation with inspire the hell out of you like it did for me! For more info on Justin Schenck's Growth Now Summit that Nick Santonastasso and I are speaking at visit: https://www.growthnowsummit.com/ If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.9

All systems are good. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris, Bun, Bun!

0:35.9

Yes, here we go, my friends. Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Inside.

0:43.7

I'm CBV Chris Van Vleet and welcome back inside the Blue Wire Studios at the Windloss

0:49.5

Vegas. So good to have Nick Santana-Sasso joining us in person for this conversation and

0:55.9

it's just filled with so much inspiration from someone who hasn't let any obstacle get

1:01.7

in his way. And if you're not familiar with Nick, he was born with something called Hand

1:06.7

Heart Syndrome. And he'll tell you more about it, but he was born with no legs and just

1:11.8

one arm and he is a beast. He's a bodybuilder, an author, a motivational speaker, a coach.

1:21.4

He's climbed mountains. I mean, literally anything that he puts his mind to, he does. He's

1:27.2

so incredible. If you want to follow him on social media, it's just his name at Nick Santana-Sasso.

1:33.8

If you're not following me and you want to follow me at Chris Van Vleet and if it's your

1:38.3

first time here, please take a second to click follow or subscribe wherever you're listening

1:43.5

to the show right now.

1:45.3

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1:54.4

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