THE PROCESS PODCAST

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...

In this episode, Ed with Patrick James to talk to catch up on life. Since our last episode together, Patrick has followed his heart, moved countries and joined a new company. Paddy’s last 6 months of life included many challenges that coaches face: from finding a job, ongoing education, finding and speaking to your audience and surrendering the outcome.   Sponsors: The Process Programming: We...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Tamarind Robinson to discuss the acronym H.A.I.L. This conversation was based on the Ted Talk “How To Speak To People Who Want To Listen” By Julian Treasure. We share our thoughts, stories and experiences on Honesty, Authenticity, Integrity and Love, and roles they play in our lives.     Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramm...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Ant Haynes to reflect on how life has been since returning from 6 months abroad. In the conversation, we discuss realisation and learnings from last season, redefining his priorities, upcoming competitions, coaching at The Process, and prepping for HYROX.       Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramming.com Instagram: @th...

In this episode, Ed and Liam take on some cracking listener Q&A’s. Thank you to everyone who submitted a question! If you’d like to submit a question, please send us a message on IG @theprocessprogramming.  1. How are you preparing for Hyrox? 2. What age did you actually start to think about mental health and how it effected you day to day 3. The importance of cool-downs? 4. Is it necessary t...

In this episode, Ed catches up with Leigh Coates to talk about the 2021/2022 CrossFit Season, which concluded with her taking 2nd place in her age category in her rookie season. In this conversation, we explore Leigh’s training history and what took her from body pump classes to joining COASTAL in 2017. Leigh reflects on her season, which took her to Dubai shortly after the CrossFit Open. Little d...

In this episode, Ed goes solo to share his thoughts after travelling being on the road for 3 weeks travelling around Bali. These 10 reflections include thoughts on training, nutrition, routines, relationships, social media, wearing masks and the power of community and team.     Sponsors: The Process Programming: Website: www.theprocessprogramming.com Instagram: @theprocessprogramming

In this episode, Ed sits down with Jamie Lau, a Personal Trainer living in London, who was a part of the Coastal Fitness coaching team from 2013-2015. In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane. It begins with our story and how we first met, the early days of Coastal Fitness shortly after opening our first gym. Jamie then asks Ed about his days as a Rugby player, his experiences, dealing wit...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Tammi to talk about CrossFit’s definition of “Fitness in 100 words”. This was something that we both learnt about when doing the CrossFit Level 1 certification, and it recently made an appearance on @crossfittraining’s instagram page. On the day, Ed shared some thoughts on what he thought about the definition, and the goal of this episode was to share more though...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Brandon Hasick, who is the owner and founder of Body by Brando, a gym business with 3 locations in Sydney Australia. Brandon is also the founder of a coaching mentorship programme, and a business mentorship programme, and is a part owner of several different businesses.   In this conversation, Brandon shares his origin story, burnout, the successes and failu...

In this episode, Ed sits down with Isabell Wolfe to talk about the recent restructuring of COASTAL and THE PROCESS. After reading the comments and questions from the article Ed wrote for The Morning Chalk Up, we wanted to share our story in more detail. It begins with the story of Coastal Fitness, why we needed to make a change, the new mission and vision for the business, how we calculated the sa...