Podcast / Interview
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In December 2016 I was honoured to be awarded Gym Owner of the Month by Gym Owner Monthly Magazine. Had a great conversation with the good people there about the world of parkour, the now-legendary Chainstore Gym in London, vision and all manner of cool stuff. Check out Gym Owner Monthly here.
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Had a great time talking to the awesomely-named Clark Danger at PaleoHacks about parkour, fear, biomechanics, edge-work, deliberate practice and more. Check it out. “Parkour is a fitness buzzword with a huge coolness factor, but where can you get your start? Can everyone learn the fundamentals of parkour? Dan Edwardes, founder of Parkour Generations and…
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I was very honoured to be featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and on the Entrepreneur Network YouTube Channel, talking about how we apply our philosophy of embracing adversity and obstacles in life as an opportunity to improve ourselves.
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It was an absolute pleasure to be interviewed by the amazing Dr Alessandra Wall for the fantastic Life in Focus podcast out of the USA. We spoke about all manner of things, particularly about why seeking purpose is far more effective than seeking happiness, and Dr Wall’s insightful questions and comments are by far the…
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One of the best documentaries made on parkour, the Turning Point is a fantastic TV series produces in the USA which seeks to highlight pivotal moments in the development of an organisation that works to better the world in some way. This documentary follows the lives of three young people in London, detailing how parkour…
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Documentaries on parkour typically showcase the extreme elements of our discipline and focus solely on the movement spectacle that results. The guys behind Breaking the Line were a refreshing change in that they wanted to go deeper into the origin, principles and core values of the discipline of parkour, things I much prefer discussing and…
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Being asked to deliver the keynote talk for the fantastic Dance UK organisation in London was a real honour and a great pleasure, and gave me the opportunity to air some thoughts on the importance of pushing physical boundaries and how I view injury as simply feedback – something that is not necessarily negative or…
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A little while I ago, during one of the trips to South Korea to run an ADAPT certification course and a couple of workshops, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the fantastic guys at Parkour Generations Korea on all things parkour. During the interview we covered: Beginning parkour training Handling injury A philosophy…
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I was recently invited to speak at an event called the Hero Round Table in Michigan, USA; a conference that discusses and promotes the principles of heroism and provides real-life examples of people who bring these concepts to life all over the world. Now, it goes without saying that when someone invites you to an…
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My good friend and colleague at Parkour Generations, Chris ‘Blane’ Rowat, and I had the pleasure of being grilled by Justin Goodhart of Well Rounded Athlete fame. The podcast became known as the Tao of Parkour, and was basically a damn good chat about all manner of training concepts, ideas, methods and so on. Justin’s…
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This was a great discussion with Wes Kennedy of Elite Training Programs, a USA based strength and conditioning group of coaches who really know their sh*t. Wes was particularly interested in the Parkour Tactical™ and elite athlete training programmes we run at Parkour Generations, so we mainly focused on those areas but also managed to…
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It was a real pleasure to be interviewed by the hugely knowledgeable and downright likeable Dr Perry Nickelston of StopChasingPain.com about the natural movement principles embedded in parkour. I met Perry at the world’s first Barefoot Training Summit, held in Delhi, India, where we were both presenting and teaching. I spent a great few days…
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Talking to Jack Butler for his fantastic ‘Agents of Conscious Change’ website was special not only because of the great work Jack does in inspiring, motivating and generally raising the consciousness of the planet, but also because I’ve actually known him from his school days in Norwich where he was mentored by a very good…
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One of my favourite chats so far has been with the team behind the phenomenon that is the Spartan Race, and their Spartanup! Podcast. Joe De Sena, founder of Spartan Race, has built an incredible community around the world of people of all shapes, sizes, builds, athletic backgrounds and experience who take part in these…
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Recently I had the distinct pleasure of chatting to Abel James for his number 1 health and fitness podcast show out of the United States, The Fat Burning Man Show. Abel is a fascinating guy who found his own natural way to health, fitness and strength after doctors, diets and training fads had all failed…
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