TRX PROCast - Dan Edwards
The TRX Podcast
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Welcome to episode 6 of the TRX PROCast. This episode is with Dan Edwards.
Dan is a founding member and CEO of Parkour Generations, the multi-award winning
international professional organisation for the dynamic movement discipline of
parkour.
Dan has studied practical movement and physical fitness his entire life, with an elite
background in fighting arts before he discovered parkour in 2002. In addition to
establishing the world’s largest professional organisation for the discipline, Parkour
Generations, and the world’s first recognised National Governing Body, Parkour UK, Dan
also created the A.D.A.P.T® parkour coaching certifications which are now the globally
recognised coach education for parkour having been delivered in more than 30
countries, as well as the groundbreaking Parkour Programs® and Parkour Fitness®,
now the recognised certifications for fitness professionals to access parkour movement
and fitness knowledge, and the Parkour For Schools Programme.
His education programmes, which focus on the science and art of coaching, parkour and
practical movement, have been accredited by ACE, NASM, AFAA, CIMSPA, YMCA
Awards, 1 st 4Sports, FIT and more, as well as being the centrepiece for events such as
IDEAFIT and Paleof(X) in the USA, Fitpro Live, World Power Show, Elevate and Leisure
Industry Week in the UK, Asian Fitness Convention, Barefoot Training Summit, IFEX and
more.
Following degrees in history and Japanese at Cambridge University, Dan embarked on a
lifelong journey into practical skills, applicable philosophies, fighting arts and
movement training, and has delivered courses, workshops and presentations to tens of
thousands of people in more than 30 countries, helping many go on to become certified
parkour or fitness professionals themselves through his programmes.
Dan has appeared in numerous high-profile media projects as a performer and
choreographer for Hollywood movies, TV commercials, live shows and public displays.
He has also produced a considerable body of literature on parkour which has been
translated into several languages and published across various media, including the
original Handbook of Parkour and Freerunning.
His articles have been featured in publications ranging from The Telegraph, The
Independent and The Times to Men’s Fitness, GQ and Timeout, and he has appeared
across multiple world-leading podcasts such as FatBurning Man, Barbell Shrugged,
SpartanUP and more, and presented at hundreds of conferences, summits, expos and
events. In 2019 he was featured in the UK’s Top Ten Movers List.
Dan travels extensively helping others learn how to coach and to move, and regularly
gives keynotes, presentations and seminars around the world with a particular interest.
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*This episode was recorded during the first lockdown