Chasing Common Ground: Lifestyle Conversations with Chris Liddle

Shawn Adair is one of the only personal trainers I know of that trained people out of his apartment building by putting rubber mats and a rack in the living room. He quickly moved on to open up The Bar, based out of Vancouver, BC. He casually talked about jumping a gap at the Grand Canyon like it was just another day whereas I get anxious if I see a cliff's edge on an IMAX movie. 

Shawn has really set himself apart with a high energy personality, crazy work ethic, passion for continuing education and attention to detail. A lot of leaders in the industry go to him to refine their skills in strict muscle ups and just performance based training. Working out the inefficiencies. Shawn is also FST certified which has benefited him in a huge way with how he works with his clients. 

I hope you enjoy this episode, be sure to tag us on social media when you listen, give it a nice rating, and check out some of the other episodes. You can see all the episodes ever released at http://thelifestylechase.podbean.com . As more of these episodes get released alongside my Real Talk short segments, you will find that only the most recent 100 episodes show up in iTunes and Spotify. Some alumni guests whose names you may recognize are Jill Coleman, Dean Somerset, Jordan Syatt, Carl Paoli, Jen Kish and countless others both inside and outside of the fitness industry. It's amazing the conversations I've had and I'm grateful for the opportunities. Thanks for supporting my passion project!

Marc Morris is a nationally ranked powerlifter. He's competed successfully in Men's physique, he's highly educated with a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition, and over 10 years of experience as an online nutrition coach. He's been lifting weights since the age of 16 and has always been hyper focused towards getting to where he wants to be. He's an academic who lifts. 

There's more to Marc though. We talk about seeing what someone else has, or where someone else is in their life and just wanting it so bad that you essentially replicate it and where that works and where we need to just figure out who WE are and just be that. We talk about how important it is that our biggest passion is in something greater than ourselves, and not just in making ourselves into who we think we should be. Marc talked about losing his dad suddenly due to a heart attack, he talked about his wife's battle with cancer shortly after they got married and how she shared her journey to help others going through the same thing. He talked about becoming a dad, and navigating post secondary wondering what it had in store for him. For being a pretty stoic dude he really opened up in this episode which meant a lot to me. 

Near the end I made sure to get him to talk about nutrition for a couple minutes to keep this on par for the course as a fitness podcast. But then we brought it back to the things in life that make him feel like he's living it to the fullest. Dr. Marc Morris, is the founder of Polyhealth as well as being a certified strength coach. I hope you enjoy this episode, please share The Lifestyle Chase with a friend. To learn more about what Marc brings to the table by looking him up online simply by googling him, because he's a pretty popular guy, or listening to his episode with my friends at The Fitness Devil Podcast. He's good people. Thanks for listening!

Here is some backstory into how I found Laurel. Back when I was a spin instructor at Tru Ride Cycle, Alexa Huntley was a regular in a lot of my 6 AM classes. Bless her heart. That's a tough time to wake up for cardio. In any case, she would be the hype person for her friend, Laurel. So I started following @iamlaur.elle on Instagram. 

After checking out her music on Spotify, I was like "wow, I like this, this is awesome". As a result, I became a fan. The funny thing is, as a podcast host, you find yourself reaching out to a lot of people living really different lives. They're busy, they have a lot going on. I would have to say for every 5 people I reach out to, to be on the podcast, 1 of them becomes a guest. 

Initially, I reached out to Laurel in December 2018, but because she has a lot of messages to filter through, it fell through the cracks. December 2019, she found the message and got back to me to see if it was too delayed for a reply. Of course it wasn't, because I had really gotten the hang of the podcast thing by then and her relevancy as a guest was still relevant. 

In this episode, we talk about gymnastics, fitness, moving around a lot, having parents who work hard for their dreams and for HER dreams. Laurel shares about how she finished her schooling to be a teacher but didn't choose to pursue it. She talks about the feeling of support that she found she needed, she talks about travel, and she talks about moments when she felt joy. 

You should definitely listen. I added a call to action at the very beginning of the episode, and I'm going to tag some Lifestyle Chase alumni whom I believe can help get Laur Elle out there. You should check out her music. I genuinely enjoy it, she didn't pay me to say that, I promise. Thanks for supporting me and listening to The Lifestyle Chase.