Lee and Darryl discuss:

• Darryl’s former career in investment banking technology, and how it motivated a change in lifestyle

• Development of The Primal Play Method

• How physical movement links to wellbeing in a multifaceted way

• Shocking statistics about the activity of kids today

• How we make societal change

Links & references

Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Darryl Edwards: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fitnessexplorer/

https://www.instagram.com/fitnessexplorer/

Primal Play: https://www.primalplay.com/

https://www.instagram.com/primalplayofficial/

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

“I was very sedentary. So I spent a significant amount of time at a desk, in front of several screens, and then came home, and would spend even more time at a screen working from home. That was common throughout my entire career.” - 3:30 - Darryl Edwards

“I didn't really know much about exercise science or giving people advice. When giving advice, I felt responsible, I felt accountable. Without having any knowledge whatsoever, apart from what I was doing myself, I was like, ‘I need to study this, I need to find out a little bit more about this so that I can offer advice’.” - 8:40 - Darryl Edwards

“I wanted to be that person who could get up at 5am and just want to go out for a 10 mile run and love it, come back and cook the best, most nutritious breakfast and love it. But I didn't. It was pain - There wasn't any joy. ” - 19:05 - Darryl Edwards

“Movement is one of the best things we can do for our health. Our physical health, our mental health, our emotional health; it's pretty much the kind of polypill for health. So because of that, I didn't want to go back to a sedentary lifestyle.” - 26:30 - Darryl Edwards

“Most of us are play-deprived. That includes our kids. Many kids today haven’t had the play experiences that we had as a kid. This is not talking about some of the aspects which are better now, such as the use of technology and virtual environments - I'm talking more about the raw, free range, unsupervised play.” - 45:45 - Darryl Edwards

“We have more issues around emotional health and stunted emotional development than ever before. So with all of the advances that have come with into the 21st century, in some respects many aspects of childhood development are stunted. ” - 50:05 - Darryl Edwards

“I think we need to take a step back and enable some of the conditions that existed even a generation ago, to two generations ago, in relation to free range kids, and to more active commuting on the way to school, for example.” - 58:40 - Darryl Edwards

“The average amount of screen time for our kids nowadays is 10 hours a day. If they're on their screens for 10 hours, it basically means they're sitting for 10 hours, because they're not active when they're on the screens. They're sedentary. It's frightening, and the harmful impacts of that are of epidemic proportions.” - 1:05:50 - Darryl Edwards

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