Feb 22, 2023
Play for Adults. The Secret to Long-Term Health?
– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 161 with Darryl Edwards
Darryl
Edwards is a former investment banking technologist turned movement
coach and author. He is the founder of the Primal Play Method and a
physical activity, health and play
researcher.
After
almost two decades working as a technologist in investment banking,
Darryl transformed his health after adopting a back-to-basics
approach to well-being. As a health and movement coach, Darryl
now advises people on maintaining a healthy lifestyle—amidst
the epidemic of obesity and other chronic lifestyle
diseases.
He
regularly presents as a keynote and
motivational speaker at academic, clinical, health
promotion and corporate events worldwide. Darryl's April 2019 TED
talk "Why
working out isn't working out" discussing the issues
with physical inactivity and why most humans hate to
exercise—has
now been viewed over a million
times!
Darryl is author of the
best-selling books "Animal
Moves" which highlights why humans should move
like the animals we are. Inspired by the book’s success he launched
a 30-day online course and created a range of fitness
decks which have shipped to over 40 countries. The Animal
Moves Fitness Decks are fun, fitness cards for adults, juniors
(age 7-14), infants (age 3-6), office workers and fitness
professionals. In late 2020 he released a children’s picture book
called “My First Animal Moves”.
Darryl's
work has been published in leading national and international press
such as Men's
Health, Women's
Health, Top
Santé, Elle
Magazine, Men's
Fitness and The Daily Telegraph,
and featured on the BBC documentaries Eat to Live Forever,
and Doctor
In The House. He has also appeared in the full-length
documentaries Love
Paleo and The Human Longevity
Project.
His
work has also been highlighted in the NY Times best-selling book
"Grit and
Grace" by one of the most successful music artists of
all time Tim McGraw and in one of the UK's best-selling books of
2018 "The 4
Pillar Plan" by the UK's leading TV Doctor Rangan
Chatterjee.
Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Darryl Edwards about how playing and having fun is the secret to long term health.
Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:
- How physical activity is a great gateway to living a healthier life.
- Why it can be difficult to find motivation to go to the gym, and what you should try instead.
- How children ages five to seventeen should be getting a minimum of an hour of physical activity in a day.
- Why children aren’t getting outside and reaching the minimum goal of one hour.
- How people
hyper focus on their movement when they are playing a physical
game.
Connect with Darryl:
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Twitter
@FitnessExplorer
@PrimalPlay
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Links Mentioned:
primalplay.com
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