THE PROCESS PODCAST

Josh Li is the co-founder of One Personal Training and Nutrition Kitchen. One Personal Training has 2 locations in Hong Kong and 1 in Singapore, and Josh has a dream of opening up 10 locations across the globe shortly. Nutrition Kitchen is a food delivery service which has exploded in recent years, expanding from Hong Kong to Singapore.  Josh has expertly found a way to continue to lead his o...

Ed sits down with Jeremy Sheppard, who is the director of health and athletic performance with the Canadian Snowboard team. In this conversation, we relive Jeremy’s coaching career and the opportunities that he took which would lead him to work with some of the world's greatest athletes and Olympic teams. We talk about the concept of delayed gratification, focusing on the process and not the outco...

Ed sits down with Luke Parker, a CrossFit Athlete who finished 5th in the 2022 Crossfit Games with team Mayhem Independence. In this conversation, we uncover Luke’s origin story, and the events that lead him to be the person that he is today, including his time as a reality TV star on The Bachelorette, meeting and training with Travis Mayer, and deeply following his faith. Aside from talking about...

Ed sits down with Kingsley Dutton, who is a coach who specialises in physique training, and a coach educator. In this conversation, we compare the differences and similarities to coaching, assessing and progressing physique athletes vs CrosFitters. We also share our coaching journeys, the personal insecurities that lead us to coach and educate others, as well as how we cycle our training according...

Ed sits down with Eoin Lacey, who is a high-performance consultant who works with a wide variety of individuals from soldiers, Olympians and high-performing corporate executives. He is the founder of the Irish Strength Institute, he was a part of Charles Poliquin's coaching team, and he coaches Connor McGregor for 10 years. Eoin had a big impact on Ed’s coaching career after receiving mentorship f...

Ed and Ant begin by sharing their thoughts on the CF Quarter-final tests, as well as some thoughts on how to improve the tests and the format of the competition season. Next, they discuss how they break down the CrossFit season into the off-season, pre-season, mid-season and competition season, and how our training should change based on the time of year. Lastly, they share insights into how to st...

Ed sits down with Ant Haynes to reflect on the 2023 Crossfit Open. Find out what we thought about the tests, What we learned from them and how we will prepare athletes differently next season. We also talk about mindset, the leaderboard, and what we have learned about ourselves this year.  Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramming.com Instagram: @theprocessprogramm...

Ed sits down with Mensa, who is one of the founders and creators of the “Today Well Spent Journal”. In this conversation, Mensa shares her story of burnout and spiritual growth, which lead to the creation of the journal. I have been using the journal every day for the last 2 years, and it has had a massive impact on my life. We talk about the power of gratitude, human connection, self reflection,...

Ed sits down with Marcus Filly, A 7-time CrossFit Games Athlete, and the man who coined the term ‘Functional Bodybuilding”. In my opinion, I believe that Marcus, in many ways, saved CrossFit by making bodybuilding style training ‘acceptable’ in a community that was previously opposed to the idea. In this episode, Marcus shares his physical and mental challenges of being a CrossFit Games athlete; B...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Tammi and Lotte to play a game of Overrated or Underrated. Our 10 topics for today’s episode:  1. Air Fryers 2. Speedos on Men 3. Tattoo’s 4. Oat Milk 5. Indoor plants 6. Masturbation 7. Standing desks 8. Prescribing Percentages’s for training 9. Cold Showers 10. Measuring body fat Percentage Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramm...

In this episode, Ed sits down with his client, and online athlete at The Process, Chris Tuazon. In this conversation, we talk about training, community, coaching, values, seasons of life, living based on priorities, balancing work and play, and lastly we talk about what is stopping him from leaving his full time job to pursue his passion in coaching.  Sponsors: The Process Programming: Websit...

Ed and Liam sit down to reflect on their most recent holidays, which quickly turns to a conversation about life. We reference a lot of things from the book we just read, called ‘BEQOMING’. We talk about ‘trusting the triggers to teach’, surrendering the outcome, letting go of what is not within your control, being vs doing and spirituality. Hope you guys enjoy the deeper, reflective conversation!...

In this episode, Ed sits down Victoria Campos. Victoria is a full-time CrossFit Athlete, who finished 33rd in her rookie season at the 2022 CrossFit Games. In this conversation, she shares the changes that occurred in her life which ultimately lead to her going ‘all in’ on trying to qualify for the CrossFit Games. Her story is one of self reflection, taking risks, identifying priorities and being...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Singapore-based coaches Stu Diplock and Naz Lomboan. We talk about how they entered the coaching space, the importance of learning and mentorship, transitions from CrossFit to Bodybuilding and the challenges they have experienced as they prepare to open up their first gym together.  Stuart Diplock IG: https://instagram.com/stuartdiplock?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= N...

In this episode, Ed and Ant sit down to reflect on their relationship and how it has evolved over the years. From the outside looking in, many people think that their relationship is all rainbows and butterflies, but it hasn’t always been that way. This is an entertaining exchange of stories and memories from early childhood, to playing rugby together, to university, joining coastal, and working t...

In this episode, Ed sits down with his client and good friend, Rob Naylor. At the time of recording, it’s 12 hours before Rob joins 570 other racers to take on the Doi Inthanon Summit160, a gruelling 170km race through the hills of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Shortly after retiring from Rugby, Rob hired Ed as his coach, and they have been working together as for the last 7 years. In this conversation, t...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Liam to talk about the things that go into writing a great group class programme. We cover a lot of different considerations here, from having clear intentions, equipment and space, time, class flow, movement selection, rest management and effectively managing the dose-response. If you take part in group classes, we hope that this conversation provides some insig...

In this episode, Ed sits down with the head of the BUILD programme, Liam Carmichael. We rewind the clock to talk about how and why Liam took over the programme, his KPIs and management responsibilities; some of the challenges he encountered when taking over the programme; building a team; why we rebranded and finally, what the future holds for the BUILD programme.   Sponsors: The Process Prog...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Jenz Robinson. Jenz is the co-founder of the Professional Fitness Coaching Association (PFCA) and he plays a pivotal role in the leadership and development of coaches at MARCHON. Jenz shares his story, and what a story it is. From pursuing the dream of playing professional rugby in South Africa, dropping out of university, being scammed to play rugby in the UK, b...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Tammi and Liam to talk about habits. In this conversation, we share some strategies that we have used to create habits, as well as why we often fail at them! Throughout this conversation, we reference James Clears’ book Atomic Habits, which we would highly recommend,   Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramming.com Instagram: @thep...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Hong Kong Rugby Sevens captain, Max Woodward. We talk about captaincy and leadership, overthinking, longevity in high-level sports, building and team culture, insecurities and the importance of self-regulation. It was refreshing to hear a big figure in the sport of Rugby being so open and vulnerable about his failures, challenges and shortcomings.   Instagra...

In this episode, Ed sits down Babs Glancy. Babs has been a member of staff at COASTAL and The Process for over 12 years. In that time she has experienced a lot of self-growth, much of which has come in the last 2.5 years after relocating to Bangkok with her family amidst the pandemic. Having time and space provided her with the opportunity to reflect on her years as an athlete, a captain and a coa...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Ant and Schalk to reflect on our first HYROX race. In this conversation, we share our thoughts on the event and whether or not it met our expectations. We discuss how we felt ‘mentally’ going into the race, and how we felt immediately before and during the race. We reflect on our pacing and strategy, and what we would do differently in hindsight. Finally, we disc...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Isabell to talk about what goes into running an online programme. The Process was created in 2019, and its sole purpose was to share our LIVE, PERFORM and COMPETE programmes with the world via online subscriptions. Since then, we have added multiple programmes, built a coaching team, constantly evolved our offering, changed our prices more times than we can remem...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Liam Carmichael to talk about the “lifecycle of a coach”. Truth be told, there is no clear cut path for a coach, and myself and Liam’s journeys highlight that. In this conversation, we share our stories: Why we started; How we started, and what we thought we would be doing vs what we are currently doing. We also discuss things like avoiding burnout; discovering y...