THE PROCESS PODCAST

The biggest time of the year for CrossFit is coming: The 2024 CrossFit Open. Are you ready? Is 2024 going to be your first CrossFit Open? Or is this the year you make it to The CrossFit Games? Whatever your goal is, we have tips for you! Chris and Ed share 17 years of CrossFit Open experience to share what their goals are, how to best prepare for the workouts, and why, after all this time, they st...

The Process Programming heads to Cebu to answer the question: What does it take to create the right workouts for a CrossFit competition? Our Affiliate gym CrossFit Subtero in Cebu, Philippines, recently hosted an in-person CrossFit competition and asked The Process Programming to write all the workouts for the single-day event. With nearly 100 participants across different ability levels, strength...

If you haven’t heard of HYROX by now, you definitely will in 2024, because this sport is only getting bigger! Run one thousand meters. Then, do a physical challenge. Repeat eight times. You think you can do it? A lot of competitions say anyone can join, and HYROX will say the same. Today, APAC Event Director for HYROX, Richard Cowley, makes the case for why “ The Fitness Competition for Every Body...

Leigh Coates is a two-time CrossFit Games Masters athlete in the Women’s 55-59 Division. Today we talk about her preparation for the upcoming 2024 CrossFit Games season. You would think that a two-time Games competitor would consider themselves an athlete. But for Leigh Coates, she’s just barely coming to grips with the idea of calling herself one. Today, she and Chris, a two-time CrossFit Masters...

Have you set a big goal for New Year’s Resolutions? That might be a problem. Why, and what can we do about it? Welcome to 2024! It’s natural for us to look at the big year ahead with ambitious goals, but are our goals realistic? Even more, do our goals actually resonate with who we are? Today, we take the question to a roundtable with Process Coaches and Athletes Storm, Tammi, Andrew, and Chris, w...

As the Founder and Managing Director of The Process Programming, just what kind of leader is Ed Haynes? This is an episode about how one person learned – the hard way – on what it takes to be a good leader, and what kind of leader you’re meant to be. For Ed, this meant figuring himself out as a human being first. This meant unlearning the aggressive, brash approach as the captain of his rugby team...

We are coming to you from the 2023 Dubai Fitness Championship where CrossFit Games Competitor and The Process Coach Ant Haynes takes on the elite field! It takes a lot to step onto the highest levels of CrossFit competition, and The Dubai Fitness Championship is no different. We want to dive into how the body and mind holds up after three intense days of high-octane events, so Ed and Ant sit down...

Today, we say farewell to Coach Liam Carmichael as he leaves Hong Kong and The Process team to return to his family in the UK. We had ChatGPT write the final questions to ask before he leaves. It is never an easy day to say goodbye to a colleague and friend, and today is no different. Liam has been an integral piece of The Process Programming, professional development in HQ, skyrocketing BUILD to...

Is CrossFit for everyone? Do we really need to learn how to walk on our hands and snatch a barbell? Is CrossFit a cult? Today, we talk about common myths and misunderstandings about the sport of CrossFit. The Process Programming Head Coach Ed Haynes sits down with our in-house Content Creator, Alex Matthews to answer the most asked questions about CrossFit. Alex has decided he will sign up for his...

André Houdet is a three-time CrossFit Games athlete, 2023 Fittest Man in Denmark, and founder of NoShortcuts Training Actually, scratch that. André is first and foremost a dad, fiancé, brother, and son. And earlier this year, he proved this point by retiring from the sport of CrossFit, just months after his NoShortcuts team finished fifth in the 2023 CrossFit Games. And André will be the first to...

Sofie is a professional rugby player with roots in China, Germany, and the US, finding ways to support other young women caught in the middle of cultures, expectations, and definitions of beauty and strength. Sophie has been proud to call Hong Kong’s Coastal Fitness – the headquarters of The Process – for the last three years. She is relocating to join a professional rugby team in Dubai, but we co...

Brandon Wakeling is an in-person and online weightlifting coach, representing Australia in the 73kg mens category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Most people would happily assume that reaching the Olympics is the pinnacle of sport. Brandon, however, can hardly remember it. For him, the most important part was the process that led him to that exclusive stage. This is the mindset and habit that he is in...

At long last, welcome the The Process Programming Individual Coaching Course. After more than two years of filming, writing, reshoots, and additions to the team, we are now ready to release our professional coaching course to the world! Between the two of them, Ed and Liam have been professional individual coaches, coaching mentors, and leaders for over 20 years. One day, it finally hit them: why...

Mike Lee is a personal trainer based in England and founder of Fire & Ice, a company that makes custom luxury ice baths and saunas. For today’s conversation, we talk to him about his work as a gym designer, notably for Cheslea and Al Nassr Football Clubs. When Mike and his LIFTD Design earned the contract to put together the training facilities for Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr Football Club, they had j...

Harry Loasby is a professional runner and coach who holds the Hong Kong record for the 3000m event. He is also the founder of Buffalo Running Company, a local running club for enthusiasts of all ages and levels. Hideo Harry Loasby sits down with us about how a simple passion for running can grow into a mission, a community, and even a culture. After setting junior national records in Hong Kong in...

Today we talk to Karan Sanjeev, one of our Coaches on The Process Programming and on the class floor here at HQ. We revisit his performance at the Asia Fitness Championship, a competition that put his mindset to the test. Last week, we introduced the Asia Fitness Championship (link below in case you missed it!), a three-day, high-level CrossFit competition. This was also Karan’s first individual e...

Hello from beautiful Shanghai, China! We take The Process Podcast to the Asia Fitness Championship to speak with founder Max Ma, who is leading one of the fastest-growing CrossFit communities in the world. Max is a young entrepreneur and former competitive swimmer who understands the value of competition to inspire a wide audience to do great things. After finding a passion in CrossFit, he created...

We’re excited to hear from Jamie, a licensed dietician nutritionist based in San Francisco. She tells us what leaky gut is, why we all probably have this condition, and how to fix it with a step-by-step process. Did you know that 70% of your immune cells reside in your gut? But it should be no surprise: it’s the one place in your body with constant interaction between the external world (what you...

Meet Jack Lian, a kettlebell specialist and Head Coach of Metamorfitus in Singapore. Jack will teach you a few simple adjustments to improve your KB skills in ways you probably have never known you could.   No matter where your gym is located or what kind of facility it is, chances are there are kettlebells. And for being such common everyday piece of fitness equipment, it is perhaps just as...

Today, Ed talks to his childhood friend Jack Sealy, a veteran member for the Hong Kong Football Club. When he’s not #18 on the pitch, Jack manages his local business, Sauce Barbershop: a creative space for fresh haircuts, cool drinks, and open ears. It’s common for professional athletes always launch brands, but a barbershop? For Jack, it was a natural, worthwhile challenge. He shares where the Sa...

Zack Kramer is a sports professional who teaches athletes how to breathe properly to increase their endurance, strength, recovery, and mindset. Ed has been on a long journey with his own breathing practices, from taking Wim Hops breathing programs to taping his mouth shut before bedtime. In his latest dive into the subject, he picks the mind of Zack Kramer, a coach who applies different breathing...

The Process Programming’s captain of The BUILD Program, Liam Carmichael, breaks down WHAT it means to be tough, WHY it’s important, and HOW we can overcome physical, mental, and even emotional challenges.   What’s toughness to you? For many, it means doing hard things like lift heavy, run hard, and push through physical challenges. But how about being tough to start a hard conversation with y...

We're excited to officially introduce Alex, our in-house content creator for The Process. He's the creative mind behind all the videos on our Instagram and YouTube accounts; the reason you like and subscribe! Alex joined the team in January 2023, fresh off his adventures as a professional filmmaker in China. Ed chats with Alex about what it's like capturing a sport he had no previous experience in...

Stephanie Ng: Why Mental Health is so Difficult to Explain Steph is a mental health advocate, entrepreneur, researcher, and founder of Body Banter, a Hong Kong-based charity that empowers young people to spark conversations about body image with curiosity and courage. Her influential voice in the field of mental health and body image advocacy has gained international recognition, and has been feat...

In this episode, Ed catches up with Ant after competing in the 2023 CrossFit Games, where he placed 30th. Ant retells the story of when he received his invitation, and what his 2 weeks of preparation looked like. He also shares how he was able to coach Leigh Coates whilst competing. We finish by taking on some listener questions! Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogrammin...