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.

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