Big Idea Big Moves

Andrea Berlin-Schwartz is an ACE Certified Health Coach, Personal Trainer, Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Instructor, and Yoga Instructor.  She is a successful fitness entrepreneur who has her own app and is a passionate advocate for empowering women to discover their true potential and realize their goals. As a healthy lifestyle coach she works to integrate movement, mindfulness, nutrition, and se...

Taylor Dayne Loyd is a celebrated personal trainer, has been a CrossFit athlete and is a successful entrepreneur. Through her own in-person and remote coaching programs excels at helping others achieve their personal fitness goals through tailored strength and conditioning programs. In this episode Jamie and Taylor talk about her turbulent success journey from a troubled childhood and selling drug...

Yana Hempler is not just a runner; she's a record-setter, a community champion, and an inspiration to anyone who believes in the power of purpose to fuel their dreams. Yana is an internationally published fitness writer and certified running coach, whose journey from a running novice to a record-holder is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Yana has appeared in major publications such as Canadian Runn...

What if a health scare could be the catalyst for a life-changing transformation? Join us as we sit down with Adrienne Ferro, owner of Craving4Coaching, a health and fitness coach, certified personal trainer, and bodybuilding athlete, who shares her compelling story of overcoming weight problems and high blood pressure. Adrienne reveals how a deep dive into nutrition and fitness helped her shed 30...

Emily Renna is a member of the USA bobsled team. The former high school and college track and field star began training for the sport in January of 2020 and quickly earned her way on to the team. Since then she has been the 2023 National Push Champion, a National Champion in the 2-woman bobsleigh, and a World Cup Bronze Medalist.   Emily has a masters degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and...

Hattie Kanyo is a competitive CrossFit athlete, a 2024 CrossFit Games qualifier, an Exercise Science graduate, a fitness coach, traveller and health and wellness podcaster. She also won the ElFit Championship in Egypt at the end of 2023. In this episode Hattie and Jamie talk about punching her ticket to the 2024 CrossFit Games, how inspiring others is a privilege she takes seriously, and how minds...

Rachel Rettger played four years of collegiate tennis at Elmhurst University before turning to pickleball and her professional career.  She is a mixed doubles Nationals Gold Medal winner and plays for the Bay Area Breakers in the MLP Challenger league. While climbing the ranks in her sport she also works as a Sales and Marketing Associate at JOOLA and has an MBA in Finance. In this episode Jamie a...

Adelé Nicoll is a multi-time British shot put champion and Commonwealth Games athlete. She also has been climbing the rankings in bobsleigh since earning selection for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. She is most recently coming off a very successful season with her first World Cup silver medal as a pilot.  Not only a successful multi-sport athlete, she is also an entrepreneur with a Coac...

Alana Carter is a rising star in international sportscar racing. She placed first in the 2022 Formula Woman racing competition. Most recently, she placed fourth in class at Donington Park Circuit in the UK. She is now the the first driver confirmed to the Radical Academy which is focused on creating more opportunities for women, with the hope that this will help inspire future generations of girls...

Shannon Sperber holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, is Heart Math certified and a licensed Somatic Breathwork™️ facilitator. Her passion is helping people clear mental and physical blockages, using their breath, so they can show up as their true authentic self with more purpose, clarity and alignment. Shannon’s intention for every session is to hold a safe space for each person, so they can...

Alex Klein joined the Canadian Bobsleigh Program after a successful NCAA Division 1 basketball career at Bryant University where she was she made First Team All-Conference and was named Female Athlete of the Year during her senior year.  Following that, she played professional basketball in Europe. Her pro basketball career ended prematurely when she was diagnosed with a chronic auto-immune diseas...

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet is the 2014 CrossFit Games Champion where she was crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth. In addition to being a perennial favourite in that sport, she is the founder of the popular online fitness platform AlphaBabe. Fit, a chemical engineer, personal trainer and a busy mom. Together with her husband Dave Lipson they also have their own fitness podcast. In this episode Jamie an...

Mel Hagn is a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach who focuses on helping women in every stage of life. After a move to Canada, being a new mom in a new city, and leaving a successful corporate career, she turned to fitness as a way to overcome challenges.  Now Mel helps countless women through her coaching and online programs by focusing on helping her clients make fitness fit into thei...

Sara Sutherland is an entrepreneur, certified trainer, busy mother of 4 young kids and a health and wellness expert. She is a former collegiate athlete who has spent over a decade in corporate sales and management and has a master’s degree in business.  She co-hosts her own podcast Nacho Fitness Coach, is a published author, and has been featured on network television and in publications ranging f...

This episode first aired in 2022 as Jeffrey prepared for the 2023 CrossFit Games season where he was eventually crowned the Fittest Man on Earth. You will find inspiration, tangible actions and insights into his competitive mindset in this episode. Enjoy! In this interview, Jeffrey Adler was fresh off of an amazing 5th place finish at the 2022 NoBull CrossFit Games.  In addition to now being the r...

This episode originally aired in 2022 and is a great listen (or revisit for long time listeners) to jumpstart your start of the year motivation. Mindi O'Brien is a world-class athlete, fitness coach, wellness expert, and a champion of health and lifestyle improvement. With over thirty years of hands-on experience, Mindi has been shaping the lives, minds, and bodies of people across the globe. Mind...

Nicole Rakowski is an entrepreneur and fitness expert.  She is the co-founder, chief fitness officer and industry expert behind the Fitness App, Fitsentive. Nicole is also a competitive bodybuilder who has been featured on the covers of publications like STRONG magazine, a successful Keynote Speaker, and was recently named to the New York City Journal's Top 40 under 40 list. A passionate life long...

In this episode of the podcast,  entrepreneur, consultant, author and host of the Big Idea Big Moves podcast,  Jamie Allison, works though the steps for setting whole life goals. Drawing from the high performance habits of our past guests that include astronauts, CEOs, pro athletes, and entrepreneurs, Jamie outlines the process for being intentional in our life design.  Listeners will learn the im...

Maddison Illsley is a member of the Great Britain Women’s Bobsleigh team. Her debut in the sport was a memorable one for her when she and pilot at the time, Nikki McSweeney, achieved a wider podium finish at their first competitive international race together in Lillehammer, Norway last year.  Maddison juggles her athletic pursuits while also managing her career as an engineer. In this episode Mad...

Marley Alles is the driving force behind rax, a peer-to-peer wardrobe rental app.  Her entrepreneurial vision is not only reshaping the fashion industry with rax,  but is also breaking down the barriers that young female founders often face in the business world. Before striking out as an entrepreneur herself she advised other brands on go-to-market strategies and growth tactics. She earned her de...

Lindsay Webster pays us a return visit to the podcast. Lindsay is the Skyrunning Series Champion 2022 🏆. She is a 9x OCR World Champion and 4x Spartan World Champion. She just finished winning the 2023 Spartan Trifecta World Championship in Sparta, Greece. For those that follow obstacle racing she is widely considered to be the the greatest of all time.  Lindsay also shares her athletic expertise...

Kirra Collins is President of Rockstars Training, is a Certified Elite Personal Trainer and an Adaptive & Inclusive Trainer. She also runs a non-profit called Her Strength that focuses on providing financial support and helps women use fitness as a way to cope with life challenges.  Kirra began her healthy lifestyle journey as a nutritionist, she is a published International Fitness Model, spo...

Whitney Johns is an accomplished athlete, personal trainer, model and a successful entrepreneur with her own online training and nutrition businesses. She is a popular health and wellness influencer with over 1M followers on Instagram alone, and many more across all platforms. She has been featured in multiple publications from Muscle and Fitness to Vitality Magazine and most recently she took up...

Lexie Adzija recently finished up her NCAA career as captain for the successful  Quinnipiac women’s hockey team.  Lexie had signed with the PHF’s Riveters for this upcoming season, but her plan of playing pro hockey was delayed for the time being with a league buy-out and the emergence of a single professional league beginning in 2024.   Lexie was named Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year i...

Theresa Ivancik is a professional female bodybuilder with the IFBB Pro league, fitness model, and entrepreneur. In 2022 she was the Indy pro champ and at the Olympia (the Superbowl of her sport) she placed 7th in the world.  She is on that path again after qualifying for this year’s Olympia.  She is part owner of Harlan’s Elite Fitness and Elite Customs and is a certified personal trainer and onli...