Exercise can be boring. Let's make fitness challenging but fun!

PRIMAL PLAY METHOD™

Primal Play™ : a focus on fun, functional movement that can be adapted for all ages and abilities.

1: Awaken your MIND

2: PLAY for health

3: Focus on FUNction

4: Be a SuperHERO

Hello, I’m Darryl Edwards, and I play.

Pretty simple little statement, “I play.” But it literally changed my life!

“I Play” took me from sitting for hours on end as a computer programmer, into a career helping people rediscover the joy of getting healthy through movement. “I Play” transformed me from a sedentary guy whose health was slipping away with each passing year, into someone whose body is ready for pretty much whatever I throw at it. “I Play” has taken me around the world, opened my mind to exploring countless new ideas, and changed how I feel when I open my eyes every day of my life.

You want to see the true power of play? Just look at me.

I’m Darryl. I’m happy. And I’m healthy.

Because I play.

About Darryl Edwards →

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HAVE FUN WITH FITNESS!

The Bear Jack - a Bodyweight Plyometric Exercise.

I call these Bear Jacks - a plyometric bodyweight movement pattern inspired by the animal kingdom.

Balance Exercises On A Park Bench

Balance on a Park Bench!

Tug Of War

Primal Play Tug Of War - a fun partner-based workout. Have fun with fitness!

Shoulder Barge

Primal Play Shoulder Barge - a fun partner-based workout. Have fun with fitness.

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Breast Cancer Prevention with Physical Activity and Exercise - [Presentation]

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Animal Moves Book Review (Greens Of The Stone Age)

“If I could sum up what the exercises are like – it’s sort of like combining yoga, calisthenics, gymnastics, and break dancing into one. I know that sounds odd but that’s the only way I can describe it in a relatable manner...” - Greens Of The Stone Age

The Role of Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Prevention.

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, it is also the second leading cause of cancer death in women, with one-in-eight women developing breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Research: Exercise An Effective Treatment for Mental Health Conditions

European Psychiatric Association review demonstrates that exercise is an effective treatment for major mental health conditions and should form a core part of treatment.

BORED WITH EXERCISE?

Primal Play Endorsements

CLARE BALDING OBE · award-winning broadcaster.

Primal Play - it's really good, so challenging, engaging and just so much fun for all ages!

Terry Wahls MD · Author of The Wahls Protocol

Darryl taught Primal Play to our attendees at the 2015 Wahls Protocol seminar. He is inspiring, fun and inclusive of people across all levels of physical ability and disability.

Sebastien Foucan · Founder of Freerunning

Darryl's Primal Play is amazing and captured my imagination. I'm an explorer and the curiosity we had has children was regained. This was efficient movement and my body told me this was good for me.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee · BBC ONE 'Doctor In The House'

What can I say...the most fun I have ever had when 'working out' - in fact, the beauty of it is that you don't feel that you are working out!

Ben Greenfield · Triathlon and Performance Coach

Primal Play is surprisingly hard work!!! Darryl's method is a blend of practical and functional movement - 'marinated' in play to make it accessible and fun.

Lauren Jefferis MD · Pediatrician and Internal Medicine Doctor

With the epidemic of obesity that we are seeing with our children today, Darryl's Primal Play offers the perfect solution for making exercise fun for both parents and their kids.

Dr. Robert M. Hansen · Anesthesiologist

No one I have met comes close to Darryl's ability to design a unique exercise play program that meets the restrictions and needs for a complex individual situation.

Mark Sisson · Author of The Primal Blueprint

Darryl’s program reconnects you with the innate love of physical activity, social connection, and fun in the ways nature designed.

EVA T · 2X Olympian in Alpine Skiing

As an advocate of movement and play coming before training and exercise, the Primal Play Method is an ideal modality to practice essential movement patterns in a creative, fun and effective way.

James Gregory · Muay Thai Kick Boxer.

A unique experience. If you're into competitive sport, a martial artist, or crossfitter, this is a chance to balance things out.

PRIMAL PLAY™

hate exercise, but want to love movement?

We know the health benefits, we know we will feel better afterwards, but why does it feel so awful even thinking about exercise for many? Primal Play is here to help you rediscover the joy of movement.

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testimonials

what ARE PEOPLE
SAYING ABOUT primal play?

"Darryl is the concentration of functional movement and he shares it well."
-Rob Mathews, New York

strength:

an expression of play

Play is not the activity but the attitude. Become your own superhero!

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““Play is the highest form of research.””

— Albert Einstein