Marla Christianson

Owner/Coach

Marla is a small town Alberta girl! She is the youngest of 5 kids. She is married and has two crazy kids ages 6 and 8. Marla is a chiropractor here in Chestermere. She has been practicing for 9 years. And now is co-owner of Chestermere Lake Crossfit! As the saying goes, “when you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life”. This couldn’t be more true 
Marla has been doing Crossfit for 3 years

Qualifications 
Doctor of Chiropractic
CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
NCCP Level 2 Gymnastics
NCCP Level 2 Trampoline & Tumbling
First Aid/CPR/AED

There are so many things Marla loves about coaching. Her inner nerd loves biomechanics. Her creative side loves planning the class, the warm ups, the progressions. And then there’s this other side of her that loves pushing people past their perceived limits and showing them how great it feels to set your sights on something and go after it with all your might. 
Marla is most excited to have created a space boasting true inclusiveness. Everyone, absolutely everyone, is welcome at CLC.

Just starting your fitness journey? That’s great! We are here to help you. Not just our staff & coaches....the entire COMMUNITY is here to help you along the way. YOU are supposed to be here!
Have some fitness background, love to get super sweaty and high five some friends? Great! Us too! YOU are supposed to be here.
Maybe you used to be a competitive athlete back in the day? Maybe you are interested in fitness and a few friendly competitions a year? Great! OUR COMMUNITY will support and encourage you to reach those goals! YOU are supposed to be here!
Maybe you’ve been Crossfitting for a while now? Maybe you’ve got your sights on more serious competitions? Fantastic! We will strive to ensure your training needs are being met and you’re chasing excellence. YOU are supposed to be here.
We welcome you. All of you.

Ryan Graham

Owner/Coach

Ryan was born and raised within Calgary/Chestermere, and has lived in Chestermere for 15 years. He is a father of 3 high energy and passionate children, Hailey 15, Twins Alyssa and Nathan 10
Qualifications: 
- CF Level 1 Cert
- CF Level 2 Cert
- Olympic Lifting Cert
- Scaling
- Anatomy
- First Aid/CPR
Coach RG has been doing CF for 5.5 years now.
“Growing up in sports, he had so many mentors and amazing coaches that made such a difference in his  life. 
His favourite part is helping making a difference in peoples lives. Just like all those mentors and coaches did for him growing up.  Ryan would love members in the future regardless of where they are or what they are doing to remember CLC and all its coaches. Remember us by name, and tell people how we helped by being a part of something bigger in their lives. Ryans favourite part about coaching, is the growth and the learning he takes away for himself. 'Never Stop Learning and Growing'. 
Ryan loves being part of it all.  The natural high that he gets coaching and working out along side our AMAZING members! For him its ALL about the members, 'Our Community', all of this (CLC) is about Chestermere  and surrounding areas and 'Our Community'. 

Amanda Webster

Admin

Who is the person behind our incredible social media posts? Who is the face behind the scenes at CLC who assists Ryan and Marla with all the things?? Meet Amanda Webster!! Amanda grew up in Ontario and has three siblings. She is married and has three unbelievably adorable children. If there’s one thing that comes to mind when thinking about Amanda, its that she is all about her family.

She has a Bachelor of  Science with honors in Kinesiology. She also has studied massage therapy.

To say she is passionate about health and wellness is  an understatement.  Amanda has been doing CrossFit for over 3 years - but not just a little bit of CrossFit in that time. Amanda has endured approximately 800  classes!! Talk about drinking the koolaid!