Today we’d like to introduce you to Chase Lloyd.
Hi Chase, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
The last four years have been about building something real. I’m a performance coach working primarily with first responders, executives, and high-performers through my company, Battle-Tested Performance Coaching. The work is rooted in the idea that true performance isn’t just physical, it’s mental, emotional, and philosophical. I pull from a lot of different disciplines to help people perform under pressure without losing themselves in the process.
Alongside the coaching, I’ve been seriously pursuing screenwriting and acting. I’m currently training in Meisner technique at the Houde School of Acting, and that foundation shapes everything, how I coach, how I write, how I show up. Several of my scripts have landed producer interest, and I have multiple projects in active development right now.
I also work at Total Men’s Primary Care here in Dallas, which keeps me connected to the applied side of human performance on a daily basis.
The through-line in all of it is what I’d call the “warrior-sage philosophy”, the idea that you can be both a fierce competitor and a deeply thoughtful person. That tension isn’t a contradiction to me. It’s the whole point.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s never a straight line. Building Battle-Tested from the ground up meant figuring out everything myself, the business infrastructure, the branding, the programs, all of it. There’s no roadmap for that. You just stay in it.
The screenwriting journey has its own kind of patience required. I’ve had scripts generate real producer interest, and I have projects in active development, but this industry tests your commitment constantly. You have to be okay with the long game.
And then there’s just the reality of operating in multiple lanes simultaneously. Coaching, writing, acting, clinic work, from the outside it might look scattered. But for me, it all feeds the same thing. The struggle was less about the workload and more about trusting that the through-line was real, even when it wasn’t obvious to anyone else yet.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
My work lives at the intersection of physical performance, mental toughness, and philosophical clarity. Through Battle-Tested Performance Coaching, I work with first responders, executives, and high-performers who need to operate at a high level without burning out or losing themselves in the process.
What sets me apart is the framework I bring to the work. Most performance coaching stops at the physical or the tactical. I go deeper. The warrior-sage philosophy, the idea that you can be both fiercely competitive and deeply self-aware, is the foundation everything is built on. My clients aren’t just trying to get stronger or more productive. They’re trying to become more complete.
The Meisner training I’m doing at Houde School of Acting informs this more than people might expect. Presence, authenticity, responding truthfully under pressure, those aren’t just acting principles. They’re performance principles across the board.
What I’m most proud of is the clarity my clients walk away with. Not just better habits or better numbers, but a clearer sense of who they are and how they want to show up. That’s the work I care about most.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
I think we’re living in a time where people are more disconnected from themselves than ever, and ironically, more “connected” than ever at the same time. The noise is constant. Everyone’s performing for an audience, and somewhere in that performance, they lose the thread back to who they actually are.
The warrior-sage idea isn’t just a brand. It’s a genuine way of moving through the world. It says you don’t have to choose between being strong and being aware. Between competing and being at peace. Those things aren’t opposites, they never were.
I’m also deeply interested in consciousness. Not in an abstract, academic way, but in the practical sense of asking, who is actually showing up to your life? Are you responding to what’s real, or are you reacting to conditioning you’ve never examined?
That question drives everything I do, the coaching, the writing, the acting. It’s all just different expressions of the same investigation.
If anything I’ve shared resonates with someone reading this, I’d just say, don’t outsource your self-knowledge. Do the work. Get uncomfortable. The version of you on the other side of that discomfort is worth meeting.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: warrior_sage_renz
