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Chris O'Brien
Owner and CEO of Asphodel Fitness and Performance, Hong Kong's first CrossFit gym (founded 2010), with locations including Kennedy Town and Kai Tak.
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Oct 3, 2026
From morphine high to 3 locations - The Asphodel story with Crish O'Brien
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1:57BethHOST
at what point did it go from just being a member who showed up to class and obviously had quite a stressful and, you know, other career going on to thinking, I'd like to get more involved in this?
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2:06Chris O'BrienGUEST
Actually, before I moved from the US, I kind of had this dream owning a CrossFit gym.
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2:15Chris O'BrienGUEST
I was like, oh, after my time in Asia, I'm going to save up all my money as I'm just going to go back to America and open a CrossFit gym.
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2:22Chris O'BrienGUEST
And then, you know, as you get into your career, it's hard to step away, right? Especially as you start moving up.
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4:24BethHOST
Yeah.