As Plant Based IRONMAN Jansen Andre marched himself to the top of the sand dunes in Morocco at 2am to discover his PURPOSE was HELPING PEOPLE, he knew it was time to come home.
Although Jansen didn’t have a father or father figure in his life he sure as hell had an incredible role model in his mum. Growing up in Melbourne Australia, he became quite unsure of who he was which led to quite a rebellious childhood however still achieving success as a child model and actor. “When I stopped trying to get approval from the kids in my school; I began to make my mother proud” as he embraced his femininity and love for all things around him.
Becoming a 2 time Ironman competitor while fueling as a whole food vegan, Jans is not only an athlete of great stature he's also a private chef and mental health coach now residing in the Gold Coast. Waking up every single day with gratitude and excitement is such an incredible feeling but “I am still human, and I have shit days as well” he tells me as he explains what it's like to always be the hype guy in his friendship circles.
Being a personal chef for several years now having owned a restaurant and cafe with his mum, food is like first nature. Exploring all things nutrition, diets and fasting to get the absolute best out of his performance as well as creating nutritional vegan food for many grateful clients. Which led Jans to launch his own podcast called The Awoken Athlete where he talks to professionals in the field to expose the greatness of living a life with a plant-based focus.
With all his current races being canceled and postponed Jans has founded a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation where he and his friends are going to run 160km to raise much needed funds for children with critical illness. Evocativ has teamed up with Jans and are offering 15% OFF all purchases and a $15 donation for every shirt purchased with code “JANS100” before the event on the 25th of September.
You can find Jans here:
Instagram - Plantstrongjans
Podcast - The Awoken Athlete
Fundraiser - The 160km fundraiser donation
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