Chasing Common Ground: Lifestyle Conversations with Chris Liddle

Anthony Do is a film maker who got his start via a passion for telling stories of his travels. He is incredibly creative but at the same time extremely hard on himself.  He called me from Iceland where he is currently Hafþór Björnsson's videographer. Anyone not knowing who that is, it's The Mountain from Game of Thrones also known as one of the strongest men in the world.  Anthony has worked for a...

He's a teacher, personal trainer, cancer survivor, podcast host, just got engaged 9 days ago and he likes cookies as much as me. He's my new American home slice. Ironically he drinks Tim Hortons coffee more than I do. If you've made it this far, you'll enjoy this one a lot. We crushed two episodes today. I'll be appearing on his podcast, "Cool, Calm, & Chaotic" on Wednesday. It will be a good comb...

Coach as he is most often referred to, has a lot of wisdom to share. That goes without saying. The life experience he has from his various roles working with young offenders as well as his wealth of experience working with athletes has made him into the individual he is today.  We talked about the joy that he gets from being a grandparent, a husband, and from seeing people get that light bulb mome...

Namrata Gill is currently a Sergeant with the Edmonton Police Service but she grew up in India and moved to Canada at the time of her arranged marriage. Namrata experienced domestic violence in her marriage which shaped her into the strong leader she is today. Not everyone realizes the trials and tribulations that people face in life to become the people they look up to and admire. This episode is...

Carl Paoli was born in the U.S. to Swedish parents. He grew up in Spain and learned from an early age how to connect to and be conscious of others. Carl has always been an active person. It has lead him to explore many different sports such as snow boarding, skiing, wake boarding, water skiing, karate, among others. Gymnastics however, is what truly molded a lot of what makes up the human that he'...

Jordan Syatt is a 5x World Record Powerlifter, Gary Vaynerchuk's personal trainer, strength and nutrition coach, enjoys Harry Potter, Coffee, and Big Macs. We scheduled this episode at the end of August so it's been something I've been looking forward to for a while. We talked about unicorn coffee, Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling, Jordan Syatt's Mom, fitness professionals he looks up to, what life was li...

From Episode 1 to Episode 68. Thank you for all of your support. To all the guests so far, and the ones yet to be recorded I want to thank you for being such a big part of this passion project of mine.  Please subscribe to and support The Lifestyle Chase however you can. Through your favourite podcast app, by sharing on social media, telling a friend, or listening to an episode.  Thanks Again, - C...

Have you ever gone skydiving? Shannon Droeske has. In this episode we really dive down the rabbit hole of the spiritual energy side of things. We talk about how she sold all her things, and we talk about what kind of coffee is better. Tim Horton's or McDonald's. We talk about her loss of a close friend who was well known in the community.  Hope you enjoy and thank you for the support! Get full acc...

TJ Mims is from San Jose, California but it was just a week ago that he was staying here in an Air BnB in Edmonton for the Evolve Strength Symposium. I met him at the Kansas City Fitness Summit.  TJ has had his fair share of obstacles he's found a wife that has been able to help him conquer them. We talked a fair bit about mental health in this episode, and promoted the idea that no matter who you...

Luke Perry has quite a story. He basically took the word vulnerability and owned it in a big way today. We talked about just about everything that we had time to talk about and went down a few rabbit holes.  Essentially, Luke loves his cat. They say cats have 9 lives. It seems as though Luke also has 9 lives, with hopefully at least 3 left still. He's a guy with lifetimes of tough life experience...

I hope nobody ever feels confident that they can pick who the next guest will be. I like to be unpredictable. It instills the value of community and connection both locally and far away. Being invested in someone else for an hour at a time can do wonders for personal growth. Sarah Lindquist is someone who is doing really well for herself as far as a fulfilling life goes. She's worked very hard to...

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of The Lifestyle Chase! We made it! Amber Dawn is an Edmonton based personal trainer who operates her business out of Evolve Downtown. We know a lot of the same people and had talked about all kinds of things including but not limited to dogs, Penny, and Pizza.  Hope you enjoy! Thanks for listening! Get full access to Insight by Chris Liddle at chrisliddle....

For the first time ever, someone had to go to the bathroom during the episode. I'm not going to tell you who it was, but in today's episode I talked with Linden about as many things as we could pack into 40 or so minutes.  It's always good to leave the listener wanting more. I think we did just that. Like "what kind of groceries to you like to buy?" "what NHL team do you cheer for?" "dogs or cats?...

In this episode I bring on Keltie O'Connor who is actually from Edmonton but has been working her ass off doing what she's passionate about in Toronto.  I jumped right into this one and called her both "famous" and an "influencer" within the first 60 seconds. She really appreciated that hehehe.  All jokes aside, we talked about a lot of things such as the work ethic it takes to make anything happe...

Dani Parks is an Edmonton and area based yoga instructor who leads her life with 4 kids in tote. She lives out her passion everyday in a way that sees her finding time to be grounded as often as possible. Give this one a listen! You can find it on all major podcast platforms! Thank you for your support.  Get full access to Insight by Chris Liddle at chrisliddle.substack.com/subscribe

Life is too short to pay bills and die. Louis is another new friend from Toronto who I met at the Kansas City Fitness Summit. If you don't know who he is, you should look him up. He's good people.  Louis and I talked about depression, therapy, religion, dogs, rice and beans, diversity, New York, Toronto, relationships, detention, impressing girls with cool tricks, and body image.  I think you'll w...

Caitlin Perry and I actually recorded this episode last week. We visited over waffles and everything. Then there were dropouts in the audio over some pretty meaningful context that we spoke about. So we ended up having to reschedule and have a completely different conversation. I also got pancakes. A highlight is I am slowly getting to spend time with each of my friend's dogs. I hope you enjoy thi...

Andrew Coates is a writer for T Nation. He is also the co host of the Fitness Devil Podcast. We work together out of Evolve South in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and he's been someone that has been around for and influenced some pivotal moments in my career.  Hopefully you enjoy as we talk about some of what Andrew did for work before training and what life was like back in the day. We also discuss h...

Tevia Celli is a mother, a wife, a music lover, and the Director of Education for Cyclebar Franchising. In this episode we talk about her career past, being an adopted child, we talk about how MS changed her life and how Cancer affects us all. We also chat about how we meet people for a reason, how we aren't always open to feedback and how our loved ones can have a huge impact on our essence in li...

Meg Stevenson is a great human being who thrives off of contributing towards something greater than herself. Founder of Navina Yoga Studio, she has had Yoga in her life for a long time. We talk about family, friends, how to live out your dreams and honour yourself and having a set of values that enables you to feel good.  Hope you enjoy this episode. Please share and subscribe. Available on all ma...

Chan Rin has known me for about 3 years and interviewed me when I came onboard with the YEG Fitness team. He rode in my first indoor cycle class that I taught as well as one of the last ones. He's featured me in some of his projects and always been a quick text away if I ever felt like I needed to stress about small business and working to make things work. He's seen my entire career unfold. He's...

Nick Sorrell is no stranger to podcasts. However, my podcast is not like other podcasts he's been on. We talked about the tough moments, the moments where he's felt joy, the 16 year old version of himself, we talked about addictions, eating disorders, heart break, moments of complacency, moments of uncertainty. We also talked about NF a little bit, because duhh. We chatted about our favourite thin...

In this episode I tell the story of The Lifestyle Chase so far, and give a bit of background on every guest from Episode 1 to 52 and what makes them the great people that they are.  Thanks for all of your support! - Chris Song Credits: Finally by Loxbeats https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0  Free Download: http://bit.ly/FinallyLoxbeats   Music...

Doing things the hard way. This is something that Emily and I have each had to do a lot in our lives. We go off on a lot of tangents on this one, we talk about Emily's high school experience, her passion and the trials and tribulations of swimming.  If you think this episode is long, you should consider the fact that we didn't even got onto the topics of the mountains or music festivals and that i...

Kyle Dobbs joined me on the podcast from St. Louis, Missouri. He has over a decade of quality experience in the fitness industry having worked in many different capacities, settings and roles.  He is one of the most highly respected mentors in the industry and has a very strong set of values which is what makes him such a perfect guest for a podcast like this. We talk about the impact of his time...