You Are Losing Physical Abilities Over Time — Even If You Train Hard Today | Dan Edwardes

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You can train hard, stay fit, and still lose physical abilities you are no longer asking your body to use.

Dan Edwardes has spent more than two decades at the forefront of parkour as a practitioner, coach, and movement educator. His work has helped shape parkour into a global movement practice, with coach education programs delivered internationally through Parkour Generations and ADAPT.

In this episode, we use parkour to explore a bigger question: what physical capabilities are you still losing, even if you still exercise?

We talk about why fitness does not always equal capability, the movement patterns adults stop practicing, why jumping, climbing, balancing, and reacting still matter, and how parkour can be scaled for people well into their 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond.

We also get into fear: when it is useful, when it becomes reckless, and why it often appears right at the edge of something you may actually be capable of doing. 

Dan is amazing. Don't miss this one. 

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Topics: longevity, fitness over 40, endurance training, aging athletes, recovery, injury prevention

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