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Get-Fit Guy

Play Is the Answer for People Who Hate to Exercise

Get-Fit Guy

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Health & Fitness, Sports

4.6746 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Fitness Explorer Darryl Edwards has a message that might be music to your ears: It isn't natural for humans to exercise. Instead, he invites us to play. Here are his three tips for making the world your fitness playground. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter to get more fitness tips. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/exercise/hate-exercise-play https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/GetFitGuy https://twitter.com/GetFitGuy

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

0:08.1

My name is Brock Armstrong, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

0:11.3

My guest on today's episode is a fellow named Daryl Edwards,

0:15.6

and I recently described him to a friend of mine as one of the strongest and most physically

0:22.8

capable people I have ever met, who also just happens to shun going to the gym, lifting

0:29.1

weights, or any other narrow view of exercise.

0:33.0

Are you intrigued?

0:34.0

Well, you should be.

0:36.4

Now, Darrell is a former investment banking technologist turned movement coach and author.

0:42.3

He is the founder of the primal play method and a physical activity health and play researcher.

0:49.3

His primal play method fuses evolutionary biology with the science of physical activity and play psychology.

0:57.8

And like me, Daryl has dedicated himself to inspiring humans, regardless of age, ability,

1:04.6

or disability to transform their health by making physical activity fun and engaging. His work has been featured on

1:13.4

documentaries, TV, radio, podcasts, and international press. Daryl is the author of the best-selling book

1:21.3

Animal Moves and has released a range of fun fitness cards, which we'll talk about later, for adults, juniors, infants,

1:29.7

office workers, and fitness professionals called the Animal Moves Decks.

1:34.9

He regularly presents as a keynote speaker at events worldwide, and his April 2019 TED Talk,

1:42.2

why working out isn't working out, has now been viewed over 800,000 times.

1:49.2

And I'll put links to all of those things in the show notes along with the transcript of

1:53.9

the conversation I had with Daryl Edwards.

1:58.9

Now, I recall you actually saying the words I I hate exercising at the beginning of your keynote presentation at a health and wellness conference that we were both at a few years ago.

2:08.7

Now, there was an audible gasp from the audience, or at least from me.

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