In this episode, Ed sits down with Coach Sam Smith. Sam is a part of the OPEX coaching organisation, which runs under the name of ‘Big Dawgs’. Having gotten into the sport as an athlete in 2011, Sam shares his own account of how he, the OPEX organisation and the sport have evolved over the last 5-6 years. Sam shares some of his experiences from this weekends CF Games Semi-finals, what he feels separates the best in the sport from the rest, and finally we muse on the future of the sport. Personal...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 15 min
In this episode, Patrick, Ed and Izzy sit down to discuss the Semi finials from Ed’s perspective and his thoughts on how he did as Ant Haynes’ coach. We then discussed what the 2021-22 season looks like for Ant and the Live, Perform, Compete and Elite programs. We finally discussed the importance of setting intentions when writing a program and how that relates to individual sessions. Sponsor: Website: The Process Programming Instagram: @theprocessprogramming...
Jun 28, 2021•55 min
In this episode, Ed sits down with Kasper Vinter, who is a Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning coach, and founder of Nordic Strength and Conditioning in Denmark. Kasper works with a range of different clients, from world class elite performers to the every day athlete. Most recently, Kasper has been making a name for himself for the work that he has been doing with some of the high level CrossFitters in Scandinavia. We talk about ‘Hypertrophy’ training, and it’s importance in bulletpro...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min
In this episode, Patrick James & Isabell Wolfe sit down with Ant Haynes to discuss his last year of training, and preparation for the upcoming CrossFit Games Semi-Finals. They dive into the physical and mental challenges that Ant has faced, the reason he transitioned back into having Ed as his coach, his thoughts on the workouts, and what he is looking forward to for the rest of the season. This episode gives us an insight into the ups and downs of an athlete chasing their dreams in these un...
Jun 14, 2021•46 min
In this episode, Ed and Tammi share discuss the power of tracking your training. The episodes begins with both Ed and Tammi sharing some for the different methods that they have used over the years, and what they are both currently doing to track their training. The conversation then dives into objective vs subjective tracking; the power of filming yourself; providing a structure for ‘self check-ins’ before training; and the Importance of reviewing your training journal from time to time. Sponso...
Jun 07, 2021•45 min
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 framework for how to continually develop your aerobic capacity for years to come. Sponsor: Website: T...
May 31, 2021•32 min
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 that the both of us have experienced from incorporate meditation practices into our lives, and provi...
May 24, 2021•52 min
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 assess and increase awareness around whether or not deloading is needed; and lastly, some of the genera...
May 17, 2021•57 min
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 episode apply to folks in all professions. So whether you’re a coach, a gym owner, a business owner or ...
May 10, 2021•35 min
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 getting shredded 2. One best piece of nutritional advice 3. What do you usually eat before workout...
May 03, 2021•39 min
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 from it; How to account for the varying demands of life; Minimum Recoverable Volume; and the importan...
Apr 26, 2021•42 min
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 performance next year? To conclude, we discuss how Ant and Ed will be preparing for the Semi-finals by ...
Apr 19, 2021•49 min
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, ultimately the feeling of wanting to walk away from it all. Ed and Tammi share some of their struggl...
Apr 12, 2021•43 min
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 training and competition(s). We encourage you to take yourself through this process of self reflection, and...
Apr 05, 2021•39 min
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 creation of The Process Programming, which ran as a free programme for 3 years, before finally launch...
Mar 29, 2021•35 min
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 and Jerk (FS 225lbs) - 25 minute 5km run The next steps include: Understanding the ‘why’ behind the ...
Mar 22, 2021•54 min
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 of looking at life and not just training when it comes to rest days; what an active recovery day mig...
Mar 15, 2021•57 min
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 this season; how we’ll be adjusting programming for our athletes during the open; and lastly, a dis...
Mar 08, 2021•47 min
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 environment, mouth taping and more. In this episode, Ed discusses the concepts of circadian rhythm, the cort...
Mar 01, 2021•47 min
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 calories and maconutritients - a topic and task which most find to be intimidating and overwhelming....
Feb 22, 2021•51 min
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 beauty and importance in having them. Hopefully our story, as well as the advice that we provide in th...
Feb 15, 2021•54 min
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 Season. Lastly, we finish by talking about why James decided to switch to a plant based diet, and some of...
Feb 08, 2021•41 min
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 sacrifices that were made in order to own his own gym, and be able to do everything he could to mak...
Feb 01, 2021•41 min
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 have reached a wide spread of general population folks. In this episode, Kyle, who has deeply explore...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
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: The Process Programming Instagram: @theprocessprogramming...
Jan 18, 2021•49 min
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 for yourself or others. Sponsor: Website: The Process Programming Instagram: @theprocessprogramming...
Jan 11, 2021•35 min
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 lighthearted, quick fire questions, which provide some good laughs for all. Sponsor: Website: The Proces...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min
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 implement some small changes, which can have a significant impact on game day performance and long te...
Dec 28, 2020•36 min
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 nutrition and ‘the festive season’. What is generally a really happy and exciting time of year for us...
Dec 21, 2020•54 min
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 Ability For Life’ protocols into his own training, and into the training of his clients over the past...
Dec 14, 2020•39 min
