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 and Rachel talk about how she successfully juggles her professional pickleball career with her Marketi...
May 24, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 17
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 Coaching Academy, a speaker on Performance Mindset, and has appeared on reality TV and a short film. In t...
May 14, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 16
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 and women to get involved with racing. In this episode Alana and Jamie talk about her fast rise in ...
May 09, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 15
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 effectively release and experience an impactful journey to uncovering their limitless potential. In...
May 02, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 14
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 disease. Her inspiring journey to health and a life reset lead her to the high-speed sport of bobsled. Alex...
Apr 04, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 13
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 and Camille talk about her personal journey back to health after child birth, her focus on optimizing f...
Mar 01, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 12
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 their lives, and not the other way around. In this episode Jamie and Mel talk about her transition out of...
Feb 23, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 11
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 from Shape and Oxygen Magazines to Fabletics. In this episode Sara and Jamie talk about how our priori...
Feb 08, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 10
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 reigning "Fittest Man on Earth", the proud Canadian is also the co-owner of CrossFit Wonderland in Mon...
Feb 01, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 9
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. Mindi is a legend in the space with a professional IFBB career spanning multiple decades. She has multip...
Jan 25, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 8
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 learner, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Management at McMaster University. In this episod...
Jan 10, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 7
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 importance of setting a positive environment and mindset, remembering and recognizing our past accomplish...
Dec 16, 2023•24 min•Season 5Ep. 6
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 Maddison and Jamie talk about what it felt like during her first bobsleigh run, how she excels at her ca...
Dec 05, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 5
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 degree from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University and her Technology MBA from Hult Internat...
Nov 28, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 4
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 and passion for food through a nutrition and recipes blog called the Fittest Foodie. In this episode...
Nov 16, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 3
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, sponsored athlete, and popular influencer. Most importantly she is a busy mother of two. In this episode...
Sep 14, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 2
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 boxing and won her highly publicized match against fellow influencer Amber O’Donnell. In this episod...
Aug 29, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 1
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 in 2022 and was selected to Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Development Team that year. She was on the 2...
Jul 27, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 30
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 online coach. She has been featured in everything from Muscle and Fitness and Amazon Magazine to films and...
Jul 19, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Sabine Ehgoetz is a single mother of teenage twin boys, a full-time Marketing Manager with a corporate training company, freelance writer as well as founder and president of Mind Body Creations, her own online coaching business. Since 2017 and with a late start in her mid-40s, she has been passionate about bodybuilding and competing within the CPA/NBC, currently as a national qualified competitor – with a big goal to earn her IFBB pro-card before turning 50. Be sure to tell Jamie and Sabine what...
Jul 12, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 28
You might know today’s guest Elena Dubaich from her role on Bravo’s hit reality show Below Deck Mediterranean. Elena joined the show in Season 7 and has quickly become a popular member of the cast. Elena’s international experience and love of languages has opened doors as she focused first on luxury cruises as a Spa Manager and then on working chartered and private yachts before landing the role on Below Deck. Elena grew up in Slovenia where she began her career as a translator having earned a b...
Jun 29, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Ashley Jerue is a CrossFit athlete and coach who just recently competed at the Games Semifinals. Ashley is also the star of the movie "Strong Enough" about the personal and athletic journey of an athlete looking to tackle a challenge to break records in her sport. The movie was also Executive Produced by one of our previous guests, Brooke Ence. In this episode Jamie and Ash talk about learning to act for the film, her experience at the CrossFit semifinals, how she tackles challenges and recharge...
Jun 23, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Nicole Greco-Peepas is a certified personal trainer, a group fitness trainer at Equinox, a TRX master trainer, CrossFit coach and more. She is also known to many listeners as the personal trainer and friend of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice. Nicole is a mom of two, an entrepreneur with her own apparel line, and is a fitness and wellness influencer. She will soon be launching a new fitness app and has a subscriptions service for clients to begin their fitness journey with her. ...
Jun 14, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Arielle Loewen is 2X CrossFit Games athlete and has also twice been the Fittest Mom in the US. Her inspirational achievements make her a standout in the sport of CrossFit and she is having her best year yet. She finished the Open and Individual Quarterfinal in first place in North America West and after taking 3rd in the Americas Semifinals West she has punched her ticket again to compete at this year’s CrossFit Games in Madison. Arielle is a busy mom, she has her MBA and is a Licensed Real Esta...
Jun 06, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Jaclyn Cordeiro returns to the show for an update. Jac is a fitness expert & lifestyle transformation specialist. She has her own popular fitness program called JacFit. In addition to coaching clients she is a Registered Nurse, fitness influencer, model, writer and fitness competition athlete. In this new episode Jaclyn and Jamie talk about: ✔ the role of consistency and process in success ✔ how she juggles being a single mom, business and her own heath and wellness. ✔ her transformation and...
May 31, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Sara Schulting-Kranz is a speaker, trauma and personal leadership authority, podcast host, wilderness guide, and expert in utilizing nature healing. As a multiple trauma survivor herself, Sara coaches clients, leadership teams, and organizations on the necessity and benefits of using nature for mental and emotional health. As a 17-year-old single mom facing judgment as a sexual assault victim, to redirecting her life again at 40 after discovering her husband’s double life, Sara was inspired to r...
May 16, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 22
We are happy to have Christmas Abbott back for a new episode. Lot's of change has happened for Christmas since her last appearance including new ventures, some health challenges and her marriage to Big Brother co-star Memphis Garrett. Jamie and Christmas talk about it all. If you don't already know Christmas, she been a team CrossFit Games competitor, competitive weightlifter, national best selling author, fitness influencer, entrepreneur and talent agency owner, reality TV star and also NASCAR’...
May 05, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Megan Jacoby just became the first woman ever to go sub-60 minutes in a HYROX professional race, setting the new fastest women’s time ever at 58:58. In May she will be looking to come out on top in the World Championships in Europe. Before dedicating herself to HYROX competition Megan was a NCAA Division 1 runner. She has also excelled at Obstacle Racing, Powerlifting and functional fitness in general. On top of this, and most importantly, she is a active and involved mother. She has a HYROX tra...
Apr 29, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 20
This episode was first released in 2021 and has proven to be one of our all-time most popular episodes. It has tons of action items and insights. Hunter McIntyre is one of the most decorated (and polarizing) multi-sport athletes in history. On top of being a mainstay in the sport of Obstacle Racing with 6 World titles to his name, he is a CrossFit Games competitor, has held the "Murph" World Record and Hyrox World Record, has been the Hyrox World Champion, was featured on both editions of the Sp...
Mar 09, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Mary Brascia grew up in California and she began playing pickleball just a few years ago. Her parents introduced her to the game while she was a successful collegiate tennis player. After graduating from Biola University in May of last year, she focused fully on pro pickleball and made her mark right away. In her first 4 pro tournaments of 2022 she had 2 singles gold medals, 1 singles bronze medal, and a 1 silver medal in women’s doubles with her younger sister, Maggie. She was drafted and playe...
Feb 28, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 18
