THE PROCESS PODCAST

In this episode, Ed goes solo and shares his thoughts on how to improve your aerobic capacity. In this conversation, we discuss some of the biggest mistakes that people, particularly in the CrossFit space, make when it comes to developing their engine. We also discuss the concept of ‘sustainable and repeatable’ vs ‘fatigue based training’, and the difference between the two. Lastly, we provide a f...

In this episode, Ed sits down with coach Patrick James to discuss the why, what and how behind ‘Meditation’. The episode begins with Ed and Patrick sharing their personal journey with Meditation: how and why we started, the different forms of meditation that we’ve experimented with, and what our meditation practices look like now. The goal of this episode is to share with you some of the benefits...

In this episode, Ed sits down with coaches Liam Carmichael and Ant Haynes to discuss to the concept of ‘deloading’. The episode begins with the 3 coaches sharing their experiences with deloading, both as athletes and as coaches. Ed, Liam, and Ant continue to share their thoughts on performance vs health training goals and the implications of deloads; the different types of deloads; how to self ass...

In this episode, Ed talks about one of the challenges that we face as business owners, particularly in the gym industry. The idea for this episode came from a great conversation that we had on our Affiliate call last week, where one of our Affiliate owners asked the question: “How do you find time to grow your business and coach at the same time?” We believe that the concepts discussed in this epi...

In today’s episode, Ed takes on our listener questions related to training and nutrition. It has been a while since our last Q&A hit out, and we’re very grateful for the awesome questions that were sent in! If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know and we’ll make sure we do more of them going forward! Questions listed in order: NUTRITION 1. Best eating routine / habits/tips/meal plans for ge...

1 session vs 7 sessions a week? 1 session vs multiple sessions a day? High volume training weeks vs low volume training weeks? In this episode, Ed and Ant share their experiences in playing with training volumes and frequencies, both as athletes and as coaches. We discuss the concept of adaptation credits; why being able to handle ‘more training volume’ is an advantage as long as you can recover f...

In this episode, Ed and Ant sit down to reflect on Stages 1 and 2 of the CrossFit Open. If things were to remain the same for next years Open, what would we do different in the way that we prepared ourselves and our athletes? What should one focus on if they want to improve on their Stage 1 performance next year? What should one focus on if they want to qualify for, or improve on their Stage 2 per...

In this episode, Ed and Tammi discuss the challenges of prioritising time and space for yourself. As coaches, it is our job to serve others, and sometimes that comes at the expense of our own health and wellbeing. We recognise that by putting others first, we often neglect the things in life that bring us fulfilment and happiness… the end result often being burnout, a loss of motivation and will,...

Whether your CrossFit season has just finished, or is close to finishing, now is the time for us to make some decisions as to we want the next year to look like. That process begins with the reflection process. Ed and Ant share some of the processes that they take their athletes and groups through at the conclusion of each year, which includes both a subjective and objective review of both trainin...

Following on from with the theme of Programming, in this episode, Ed takes us through how to create a group training programme which tries to cater to the individuals who follow it. In this episode, Ed starts by sharing his journey with group training, which began as an athlete playing team sports, which eventually evolved into running CrossFit classes at COASTAL in 2013. He then talks about the c...

In this Episode, Ed takes us through his step by step process when designing a training programme for an athlete with specific performance based goals. His client, in this case, is about to embark on her journey towards the 2022 CrossFit Open, and has set herself the following goals: - 1 Strict Muscle-up - 10 Unbroken strict HSPU (in the box) - 10 Unbroken Bar MU's - 7 UB Ring Mu's - 200lbs Clean...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Tammi and Ant to talk about the difference between taking a complete rest day vs an ‘active’ rest day. In this round table discussion, we discuss why ‘rest’ is an important part of the training process; the importance of balancing stress and coping mechanisms; why we sometimes feel worse after a full rest day and how to use this to your advantage; the importance...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Ant to talk about the 2021 CrossFit Open. In this elaine, we start by sharing our goals for this years competition as athletes (term used loosely for Ed). We share our thoughts on the pros and cons of the new format this season; how to use the leaderboard to your advantage; how we run the CrossFit Open workouts as an Affiliate; how we’ve prepared our athletes for...

On today’s episode, Ed shares with us his troubles, experiences and learnings on the topic of sleep. The episode begins with Ed sharing his relationship with sleep, which took a turn for the worse when he started Coastal 11 years ago. Since then he has tried numerous interventions from supplementation, meditation, sleep tracking devices, morning and night time rituals, adjusting the sleep environm...

In today’s episode, Ed sits down with return guest, Nutrition Coach Frankie Mastroianni \Frankie is the owner and founder of Activeworks Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching organisation working with folks individually and in groups. In this episode, Frankie takes us through his step by step process when it comes to tracking your nutrition. As he always does, he beautifully simplifies counting...

In this episode, Ed and Izzy sit down to discuss the COASTAL 6. The 6 values which help to govern the behaviours and decisions of COASTAL and The Process Programming. We start by rewinding the clock to 3 years ago, where Ed first embarked on the journey of trying to create values for his company. In this episode, we share our own struggles and challenges in trying to create values, but also the be...

In part 2 of this episode, James dives into some of his philosophies that help to guide him through life, one of those being the importance of trying new things and having fun in the process. This is what initially lead James to completing an ironman in 10:14, signing up for trials with the Australian Bob Sleigh team, as well as an insight into how he is preparing for the 2021 CrossFit Games Seaso...

In this episode, James takes a trip down memory lane, and shares his CrossFit Story. It all began as an 8 year old child who not only wanted to be good everything, but who also wanted to be the best at everything. After stumbling across his first CrossFit Open in 2011, James realised there was a new opportunity to try and be the best at something, and he was all in. This story uncovers some of the...

In this episode, Ed sits down with his coach, Kyle Ruth from Training Think Tank. Nasal Breathing has made it’s way into the world of training in recent years, after people like Wim Hof began to capture the attention of scientists and mainstream media with his impressive human feats, as well as the release of books like ‘Breath’ by James Nestor and ‘The Oxygen Advantage’ by Patrick McKeown which h...

In this episode, Ed and the Process Programming coaching team sit down to discuss concept of “constantly varied exercise”. The goal of this discussion was to look at this concept, popularised by CrossFit, from as many angles as possible. The pros, the cons, who would benefit from it, who wouldn’t’ benefit from it….and lastly, we discuss the idea of ‘structured constant variance’. Sponsor: Website:...

In this episode, Ed shares his thoughts on training prioritisation. He starts by defining the different styles of periodisation, and shares some of his own experiences, and when and why you might use each of them. He then shares why he favours ‘undulated/non-linear’ periodisation with his CrossFit and general health clients, and lastly he breaks down the process as to build a training framework fo...

Today we sit down with the Process Programming coaching team, and get to know a little more about Ed, Ant, Tammi and Alex. Isabell plays the role as show host, and she asks the everyone in the team 3 questions: 1. What have you learned about yourself in 2020? 2. What is the best thing to come out of COVID? 3. What is one thing you will achieve this coming year? The episode concludes with some ligh...

Today, Ed and Ant sit down to discuss how to excel when it comes to Competition. Having just finished hosting the Process Programming Throwdown, a 3 week online competition, both Ed and Ant identified that there were a few areas where athletes were falling short. Whilst there are many different areas which contribute to success on game day, they identified 3 areas where they feel that people can i...

Today we welcome back Simone Arthur, who was a guest on the show on #34 where we dive into the concept of reverse dieting. Simone is a nutritionist working for The Method, an online group of dedicated nutrition coaches. She works with folks in all walks of life, but has a particular interest in working with athletes - one of them being the worlds fittest women, Tia-Clair Toomey. Today we discuss n...

Ben Patrick, also known as the @kneesovertoesguy on social media, has been making a major impact on the strength and conditioning world in the recent times. Through years of research and self-experimentation, Ben has created a system to help focus bring their knees out of pain, bulletproof themselves against future injuries, and enhance athletic performance. Ed has been incorporating Ben’s ‘Knee A...