Welcome back to Kinsei-Do Corner!

It's the final week of the annual festival of fitness (and usually, pain) that is the CrossFit Open!

In this third and last episode is of a three part special where I, Coach Jo (@coachjchun), sit down with expert coaches and badass athletes from the local CrossFit scene and dissect the freshly announced workout - in this case 22.3 - I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming back my former guests (and coaching mentors), Tim and Thiago!

We talk about:

If you're doing the Open, be it for the first time or the tenth time, you don't want to chalk up those hands and get cracking before you've listened to this episode!

Welcome back to Kinsei-Do Corner!

It's week 2 of the annual festival of fitness (and usually, pain) that is the CrossFit Open!

In this second episode is of a three part special where I, Coach Jo (@coachjchun), sit down with expert coaches and badass athletes from the local CrossFit scene and dissect the freshly announced workout - in this case 22.2 - I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming back to my two Australian super-hunks, Ryan and Lucas!

If you're doing the Open, be it for the first time or the tenth time, you don't want to chalk up those hands and get cracking before you've listened to this episode!

Welcome back to Kinsei-Do Corner!

It's that time of the year again, the special time for many functional fitness enthusiasts around the world: the time of the CrossFit Open!

This episode is the first of a three part special where I, Coach Jo (@coachjchun), sit down with expert coaches and badass athletes from the local CrossFit scene and dissect the freshly announced workout - in this case 22.1 - to give you their hot takes on:

In this first episode I'm honoured to have gym owner, SEA Today News anchor and self-proclaimed weekend warrior Dirza Prakoso sit down with me and share his insights and wealth of experience with all of us.

If you're doing the Open, be it for the first time or the tenth time, you don't want to chalk up those hands and get cracking before you've listened to this episode!

Hello, friends of fitness, and welcome back to another episode of Kinsei-Do Corner! 

On this episode I spoke to returning guest, Dansen, the highly experienced master trainer, and we dove into a question that has been debated within the world of sport and fitness for thousands of years, if not even longer:

Which sport produces the fittest athletes in the world?

It is highly likely that whatever your background and interest is, you will lean towards a particular answer or opinion. Even I, coming from the world of CrossFit and strongly believing in this training methodology, obviously have my biases.

Listen in to this short episode to hear Dansen's take on the matter, and perhaps it'll influence how you look at your own training and quest for health and performance, as well as how you view the undoubtedly incredible achievements of top athletes across the many different sports out there!

This episode of Kinsei-Do Corner featured, not for the first, not for the second, not for the third...but for the fourth time(!), the incredible and always interesting to talk to Coach Lucas from Surabaya!

Instead of diving deep into one particular topic, in this episode we discussed a couple of seemingly random, yet loosely health and functional fitness related, questions, in a format inspired by the "Hopper Talk" format as seen on the Chasing Excellence podcast with Ben Bergeron.

The following questions were put on the table, but as always with Coach Lucas - and the reason why episodes with him are always epic - the conversation went high and wide and all over the place!

Hope you enjoy this conversation with Coach Lucas, and let us know if there are any other guests you'd like to have on the show, or any particular questions you'd love to hear discussed next time!

It's 2022 and Kinsei-Do Corner is back with a bang!

I've had the distinct pleasure of having some amazing guests on this show in 2021, some of the best fitness professionals from all over Indonesia who are also wonderful human beings, but this episode's guest plays in a different league. Jonathan Goodman is - among many other things - the creator of the world's best certification program for Online Trainers, the Online Trainer Academy - and I'm not just saying that because I'm a proud graduate, but because it's true.

In this episode I got to learn about his incredible journey to the top echelons of the fitness industry, from his early days as a (very busy and sought after) personal trainer to creating the Personal Trainer Development Center (theptdc.com), which in turn led to establishing Online Training, creating the certification, authoring several books and, right now, building a training software platform. And mind you, he's still only in his mid 30s!

We spoke about the mindset and habits that have enabled him to be so overwhelmingly productive, and keep redefining his "career path" and living the life he wants.

It doesn't matter whether you know Jonathan or not, or whether you are in the fitness industry, there's definitely something for everybody to take away from this great conversation, and inspire you to think big and chase ambitious dreams in 2022 - in a smart way!

I hope you enjoy the episode, and please leave feedback and comments on Instagram at @kinsei_do.

Best,

Who is Jonathan Goodman?

Jonathan Goodman is bringing the fitness industry together. Since 2011 he's published 11 books, welcomed over 20M visitors to his website, and sold over 250,000 educational items to health and fitness enthusiasts. Originally from Toronto, Coach Goodman has enjoyed over 1,300 days exploring the world with his young family. Please follow him on Instagram at @itscoachgoodman.

In this episode, I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with the incredible Coach Avin, the first certified OPEX performance coach in Indonesia. 

Avin's journey from being highly successful in the corporate world to giving that all up in order to chase her passion for health and fitness and working with clients as a trainer is nothing short of inspiring.

We dive into a variety of topics from how she got started in coaching, how during the Covid19 lockdown last year instead of bemoaning the closure of gyms across the country, seized the opportunity to invest into herself and got not just one, but two incredibly sought after certifications with the Precision Nutrion Level 1 and, as mentioned, the Opex CCP, and how she brings all of that knowledge and experience to serve her clients and help them live their best lives.

From grand visions to small, immediately actionable tactical advice, we cover everything in this wonderful conversation. If you merely enjoy it half as much as I did recording it, I can already guarantee you that you're in for a treat!

In Episode 20, I sat down with Coach Thiago, founder and coach at the online coaching company The Fitness Transition, to learn more about the story of how he started this business and the grand vision for it. As the episode progressed, I quickly realized there was just too much juicy goodness here to be packed into one episode, and so, for the first time ever, I just had to make it a two part conversation!

In this second part - which is now Episode 21 - we dove right into the deep end of his coaching philosophy, practice and systems, which - perhaps surprisingly but actually no surprise at all - very closely resembles my own philosophy, which is to look at our clients as holistic human beings, and not just robots that you can tell what and how much to eat, and how heavy to lift.

Being coached remotely, i.e. by a coach or trainer that's not physically by your side, may still be a relatively new concept to some, but the Covid19 pandemic has certainly accelerated its expansion into the minds of the general public, and this episode will help you to fill any tiny gaps in understanding or questions that you might still have.

And who knows, it may make you want to start working with a coach RIGHT NOW :)

In this episode of Kinsei-Do Corner, I had the pleasure of speaking with Coach Thiago - formerly of Bengkel Strength and Conditioning - about the inspiring backstory behind the Fitness Transition, Coach Thiago's new online coaching business that he started in early 2021, and with which he's already absolutely crushing it!

I was especially impressed with the tenacity and focus with which Thiago chases his goals, regardless of what other people say and think, and the success he's had in such a short time.

If you've been on the fence about taking the leap and chasing your dreams, you may find this episode inspiring and motivating!

In this episode I sat down with the inspirational and incredible Okkie, who - aside from working for a foreign embassy - is also a kickass spin instructor, life coach and thought leader in health and wellness.

We talked about her journey of overcoming issues with body image, self acceptance and self love, and there's certainly a message to take away for everyone that's ever looked in the mirror and wasn't 100% happy with what they saw... so that's probably everybody!