The Astraea Podcast

The Astraea Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 11 - Hinley Chan
April 08, 2022

Welcome back to a new season of podcasts with your host Andrew McLaughlan. We navigated a crazy lockdown period, gym expansion and growth which took all of our focus, we wanted to bring back some excellent episodes - who better to kick off with Hinley Cha

Episode 10 - Johnny Bichan
March 30, 2021

We caught up with the awesome lad Johnny from the highlands of Scotland. We discussed how we managed training through tough times and bouts of unexpected injury, and how this years open has taught us how the greater community of CrossFit have come togethe

Episode 9 - Oakley Woodhouse
March 04, 2021

In our episode with Oakley, we dived into her journey from her first WOD with her mum, finding a purpose as a coach from her apprenticeship days to becoming a L1 Seminar Staff. Not only has she found her purpose to serve a budding community at Forest Flow

Episode 8 - Luke “Shortz” Andrew
February 26, 2021

Another podcast drops with the CF-L3 Shortz, truly an episode which will help new coaches in the fitness world navigate and understand some thoughts on becoming a better coach, how he got into CrossFit, learning new skills to serve those who struggle from

Episode 7 - Karl Steadman
February 19, 2021

A legend in his own right - Karl is a humble man with a great history of coaching and education in the field of fitness. We dive into the experience within the years at CrossFit head office, the future of the training methodology, Semi Finals and memorabl

Episode 6 - Maarten StemmEisen
February 05, 2021

Speaking on many topics this weeks episode on all things fitness during lockdown. We got talking on the situation for people in Germany, how they are working through the countries rules and what members at Maarten’s affiliates are doing to keep their moti

Episode 5 - Ellie Geldard & Learning to understand hormones for women in health & fitness
January 31, 2021

We dive into the taboo topic nobody wants to discuss - the menstrual cycle. Me and Ellie Geldard speak on helping members at our affiliates get a better understanding on how your body adapts and works during each phase of this natural occurrence. Helping

Episode 4 - Methods and thoughts of how to train for the Open during lockdown
January 26, 2021

Don’t just jump back into your training at warp speed expecting to be the same pre-COVID. Have a strategy to help you focus on steadily increase your quantity and quality of repetitions. On this episode we cover some ideas and keystone training methods yo

Episode 3 - Why should we think more about sleep
January 22, 2021

Every wondered how you can get a better sleep? Sometimes you don’t need to go to insane levels to optimise the quality that you get. Here are some markers you should look out for to see how good your sleep is, and what tricks you can do today to make stea

Episode 2 - The importance of water
January 19, 2021

All things in life require water, so why dont we speak about it enough? Here we speak on the role it plays within the human body, how much we need and the effects it has on our exercise and performance.