Soul Meets Strength — Coach Dave Marsh

The Coach

Dave Marsh

Coach. Educator. Athlete.

I built Soul Meets Strength because I was tired of seeing people destroy their health in pursuit of aesthetics. True transformation only happens when your health, function, and performance all move forward together.

With 15 years of real-life coaching experience working with athletes, CEOs, high performers and everyday people, I've developed a system that delivers visible results without sacrificing your hormones, metabolism, or longevity. No crash diets. No junk volume. Just smart, sustainable progress.

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Certified Personal Trainer Nutrition Coach Strength & Conditioning Evidence-Based Methods

Educator

Institute of HealthThe New Age of Exercise Science

Teaching doctors and clinicians how to apply exercise and metabolism in practice.

The Optimised Coach · Head of Coach EducationCoaching Clinics

A globally recognised mentoring group building better online coaches and better coaching businesses. I lead the coach education, raising the standard of coaching knowledge.

The foundation · Fitness

Three pillars
of every plan

Most coaches optimise for one thing. We build all three at once, because they're inseparable. Peak human performance is what happens when they move forward together.

Health · The markersThe numbers come first

HRV, resting heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, hormonal and metabolic health. If these are falling, no visible progress is worth it.

Function · Move wellResilient for life

Movement quality, mobility, balance and stability, and training without pain.

Performance · The outputWhat you can do

Strength, power, speed, sprinting and endurance. The output of the first two pillars done right.

Soul Meets Strength

From performance
to presence

A step towards conscious leadership.

A coaching programme for high performers who run on stress. You overthink. You live in your head and lead with logic. You've learned to switch off from your body and your emotions to get the job done. It works, until it doesn't. The same pattern that got you here is what's stopping you from growing, and from performing at the level you know you're capable of.

Soul Meets Strength brings you back into your body. Body, mind and heart, one training a week across six months: we regulate the nervous system, rehearse a new way of thinking and release what you've been carrying, so you can move through the barriers that have been holding you back. When all three align, performance stops being something you force and starts coming from presence.

I know this because I've lived it. As a coach and a leader, I ran on stress and logic for years, until it stopped working. I've been through this journey myself. Now I take my clients through it, to a new level of embodied presence in their training, their work and their life.

Body · RegulateNervous system first

Somatics, sleep, recovery, mobility, strength, metabolism, nutrition and hormones.

Mind · RehearseThe voice, the story, the standard

Awareness, values, identity, self-limits, boundaries and growth.

Heart · ReleaseDesire and meaning

Release, grief, purpose, polarity, devotion and service.

Presence under pressure sits at the centre. Every one-to-one client gets the full programme inside their Client Hub.

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Audit

Take the Performance Audit: ten minutes on where you are, where you’re going and why. You see your baseline straight away.

Assess

Your movement screen and functional blood work, then a strategy call where we map your six-month roadmap.

Execute

Your custom training and nutrition plan, delivered week by week with ongoing check-ins, adjustments, and direct coach access.

Evolve

Your plan evolves as you do. Data-driven adjustments every week ensure you keep progressing and never plateau.

★★★★★

"I'd been to physios and chiros for over a year and couldn't fix my movement issues. In 12 weeks with Dave I went from a 20kg front squat in pain to 40kg pain free — and I'm now prepping for a half marathon PB."

Kara Gibbons

12 Weeks · Mum · Coach · Business Owner

★★★★★

"I've been training for over a decade and never looked or performed like this. 7 months in — 5.4kg of muscle added, leaner than ever, and hitting numbers I thought were years away."

Joe Robinson

7 Months · +5.4kg Muscle · Body Recomp

★★★★★

"8 weeks, 5.8kg down, and I actually performed better in the gym throughout. No peptides, no gimmicks. Just Dave's process and showing up. First photoshoot is booked."

Josh

8 Weeks · -5.8kg · Photoshoot Prep

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Ready to
Operate at Your
Highest Potential?

I work with a select number of clients to ensure every person gets the full attention they deserve. It starts with the Performance Audit, then your movement screen, then a strategy call. By the time we speak, I already know where you are.

No hard sell. No pressure. Ten minutes, and you see your baseline straight away.

Take the
Performance Audit

Ten minutes on where you are, where you’re going and why. It’s the first step, before any call.

Ten minutes, on your phone

See your baseline score straight away

Then your movement screen and blood work

Then a strategy call to map your six months

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Free. Dave reads every answer before you speak.