THE PROCESS PODCAST

Ben Cullen is… A LOT of things. Ben is a former professional rugby player, entrepreneur, radio personality, event emcee, and starting this year, a full-time DJ. How can one person be so busy and still be successful? Ed sits down with Ben to find out! THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY TODAY WELL SPENT todaywellspent.com Save 10% on your purchase with offer code THEPROCESS KEEP UP WITH BEN Follow Ben on...

Today, Ed sits down with our Head of HYROX Programming Tamarind Robinson to explain how we at The Process train athletes for the HYROX Fitness Race. With 8 kilometers of total running, but a mix of heavy sled pushing, weighted carries, and, of course, burpees, how can you train effectively to make the most out of the race? Would a skilled runner with little strength training follow the same traini...

Aileen is the Fitness Director for The Fluid X and founder of MindFit, a mental health organization, and IncluFit, a fitness NGO for those with special needs. Many are passionate about their fitness. But what purpose can you fill with it? Aileen Wong uses her expertise as a trainer to create organizations that serve the wider public in Hong Kong. By spreading physical and mental fitness in a way t...

Today, Ed sits down to let in-house coach Schalk Viljoen share his story, which includes his start as a young personal trainer. When Schalk started his career in personal training, he wasn’t quite sure how to coach and program effectively. Naturally, he would do what the other experienced coaches would do with their clients. Funny enough, this is exactly what Ed had done as a similarly young coach...

Gregg Geerdes (@geerdes_135) is a three-time CrossFit Games athlete, preparing for his fourth trip in the 2024 Masters CrossFit Games this August. As a Masters Athlete, Gregg is constantly balancing training time with a full-time career, happy marriage, healthy family, and the natural process of aging. As a multiple-time Games Athlete, Gregg must do all of these and stay at the highest level of th...

Stem cell treatments are a controversial treatment, but are they the right path for you and your injuries? Ed has studied and considered regenerative stem cell treatments for his damaged right knee for the last few years. Chris knows almost nothing about stem cell treatments and how they are supposed to work. What exactly are stem cells doing, how are they made to treat the affected tissue, and wh...

Well, sh*t. So far, 3 of the top 5 Asia CrossFit Semifinalists just tested positive for banned substances. Ed and Ant break down what this means for the sport’s future. The current policy in CrossFit is that only the top 2 Asia Semifinalist males earn a spot to The Games, and backfilling is only available to the top 5. With such limited chances to represent Asia at The CrossFit Games, Ed and Ant d...

Welcome to our 2024 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals analysis! The tests programmed in the Quarterfinals are giving us a lot of data about where CrossFit could be headed. Are one of those directions now toward endurance and away from strength? And is that better for the sport? Adele, Ant, Chris, and Ed discuss these points and more in today’s episode! THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PROCESS PROG...

We want you to get to know The Process barbell specialist, Andrew “Lu” Lo! Are you tempted to change your career path entirely? Or would you like to, but afraid of change? Then you need to listen to Coach Andrew’s story! After spending a few years as an officer in Hong Kong’s Correctional Services, he came to the decision that this was not the path for him. The idea of sacrificing the financial se...

OUR LISTENER SURVEY IS LIVE! TAKE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN FREE PROCESS GEAR! Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/mkTFFNr6stXvVcDk8 Today, we sit down with Matt Patterson, founder of Minisport HK, an early childhood sports education program. Like all businesses, the 2020 Covid pandemic forced an abrupt stopping of the day-to-day work schedule. For Ed and Matt, both the head of their businesses i...

Process Programming Coaches Meg and Karan join Ed to talk about their early coaching career and how they’ve grown from them. Behind every great coach is a noob, wet behind the ears, full of potential and nerves! Meg, Karan, and Ed all have unique coaching backgrounds and share their rookie mistakes. With the help of good mentors, a passion for their craft, and The Process Individual Coaching Cours...

Today, we speak with clinical psychologist Dr. Kaili Chen about how mindset affects our every action, and how we can manage it to achieve. Years of research has shown that there are two main inner critical voices that speak to us: Punitive and Demanding. Where the Punitive Critic will repeat negative judgments about your self worth and value to say things like “You are not good enough, why are you...

Today, we sit down with Tammi, who’s going to catch us up on how her training goals have shifted this year: doing her first Half Ironman! As a longtime elite-level CrossFitter, Tammi has taken the last few years to adjust her daily training, dial in a healthier and happier approach to nutrition, and try new fitness challenges like HYROX. And this year, her training, nutrition, and fitness is comin...

Today we welcome Pau and Ange from Our Process Programming Affiliate, All Out Fitness in Manila, Philippines! As the owner of All Out Fitness, Pau shares his story of opening his first gym, closing it, realizing the community it made, and opening All Out Fitness. As a coach, Ange shares her journey from member to coach within that community, and how coaching has transformed her career path, person...

Today, we introduce our newest Process Programming coach, Mark McDermott, who among other things, is strong as F*CK. If you can find the video of your very first barbell snatch, chances are you are watching it in complete embarrassment. The lack of coordination. The struggle to squat low. The bar swinging above your head. Well, for Mark, his first snatch session ended with 90kg! He owes this natur...

Please meet Megan McDermott, one of our newest coaches at Process HQ Affiliate Coastal Fitness. Meg just wrapped up her 2023 CrossFit season in a way that she didn’t expect: competing at the Asia Semifinal on a team. As an individual athlete who competed in the Africa Semifinal in the past, Meg is continuously evolving through her athletic journey. Let’s meet Meg, the swimmer – turned yogi, – turn...

The Open workouts are the standard at which the global CrossFit community compares themselves to their performance from last year, as well as to each other on a worldwide leaderboard. So the question we have to ask is: Was this a good combination of tests to make an accurate assessment on these points? Here are our thoughts; would you agree? THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PROCESS PROGRAMMIN...

Camille Cheng is a two-time Olympian for the Hong Kong Swim Team and Co-Founder of Mind The Waves, a charity focused on serving the mental wellbeing of local youth. In less than two months, Camille Cheng will step onto the starting blocks of her third Olympic Games. With the special honor of proudly waving the Hong Kong flag, as well as the chance to compete in her mother’s home country, expectati...

Welcome to the 2024 CrossFit Games Semifinals! This year, The Process Programming represented 19 athletes that competed at the Far East Throwdown to earn a spot to the CrossFit Games. With this big a stage and this much on the line, what was it like to share the floor with your competitors? Ant the Individual athlete, Karan and Chris the Team athletes, and Ed the coach share this experience for yo...

We Bring in The Process Head Programmer for HYROX, Tamarind Robinson, to help explain how to make your next HYROX race your best. Tammi is leading our Asia-based athletes to have fun and perform well at the upcoming HYROX race in Taiwan. How does she know? Because long before the June race, she and The Process team mapped out the ideal training plan for athletes to come to this race in peak physic...

Meet Schalk Viljoen, in-house coach at Coastal Fitness and writer of The Process Programmig’s Train For Life programme! Long before he became a great coach, Schalk wasn’t really sure what he was going to do in his life. Between a brief modeling stint, gap year, and attempt at computer programming, he couldn’t find a career that spoke to him. But through a natural curiosity for training, he found h...

Today, we revisit Ed’s stem cell treatments for a 9-month progress check! In May of 2023, Ed had finally decided to give stem cells a chance. After years of research and consultations, Ed flew to Medellín, Colombia to meet the team at BioXcellerator, a leading stem cell treatment facility to treat his ailing right knee. After multiple surgeries and rehab exercises to treat a history of ligament an...

OUR LISTENER SURVEY IS LIVE! TAKE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN FREE PROCESS GEAR! Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/mkTFFNr6stXvVcDk8 The 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals have just wrapped up, and we have THOUGHTS. Today, we sit with Process Programming Director of Programming Ed Haynes, CrossFit Games athlete Ant Haynes, CrossFit Semifinals hopeful Adele Quinton-Page, and Process Programming Community...

OUR LISTENER SURVEY IS LIVE! TAKE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN FREE PROCESS GEAR! Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/mkTFFNr6stXvVcDk8 Matt Patterson is the founder of Minisport, an introductory sports program for children in Hong Kong to be physically and mentally well-rounded. Before he was a business owner, Matt was Ed’s primary school classmate. Like old mates trading pints at the pub, Matt and...

Dr. Kaili Chen is a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping adolescents and adults process issues such as trauma, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Kaili is a longterm member of The Process Programming’s original Affiliate, Coastal Fitness, and we asked her to bring her expertise into the world of competitive CrossFit. We believe that one of the biggest, but often overlooked se...