Craig Constantine
From the archives: Craig Constantine
Craig Constantine explores what motivates meaningful podcast conversations and how preparation shapes interactions. Recording over one hundred episodes feels like much less when each is unique and valuable. He discusses creating space for authentic conversations, pruning projects, and how reflection integrates into the process. Constantine shares personal reasons for the podcast, why video isn’t on… more →
One more versus good enough
George McGowan visualizes parkour lines at night, then works to match physical reality to mental image exactly. His superpower: “it’s always one more.” David Wilson advocates the opposite: “if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly and playfully.” These aren’t just different training philosophies – they represent fundamentally different answers to what… more →
From the archives: AnnSofie Svensson
AnnSofie Svensson explores how personal experiences and challenges shape approaches to movement practices and training. Exploring the intersection of circus arts, Parkour, and fear-facing techniques reveals unique approaches to movement. She describes rail work as a middle ground, connecting both what she used to do in the air and what she now does on the… more →
Three ways not to bounce
“Bounce back” implies elastic return to original form. Three conversations reveal why this metaphor doesn’t match reality. Anna Bezuglova learned resilience watching her father navigate 1990s Russia, emphasizing that you can learn from others’ mistakes, but must make your own. Making your own mistakes creates embodied understanding. Giles D’Souza describes a different mechanism: when cheated,… more →
From the archives: Maggie Spaloss
Maggie Spaloss explores transitioning between roles—coach, business consultant, relationship coach—and how this shapes perspectives on community, creativity, and fulfillment. Her progression from coaching parkour to coaching relationships felt natural. She discusses parkour’s evolution from mom to coach to business consultant, her Kiskeya Athletics work, and giving back. As a mom, she appreciates how parkour deeply… more →
Strong from what, exactly?
Iron Gump describes an epiphany: you get strong from doing the thing. Not from progressive overload or adding plates, but from holding low horse stance through sixty-four Tai Chi movements with precise alignment. This contradicts conventional strength training wisdom favoring heavier weights and systematic overload. But Gump describes different strength—capacity to maintain alignment under sustained… more →
In-between-isode with Craig Constantine
Hello, Craig here. This isn’t a regular Movers Mindset episode — it’s just me for a quick check-in, and a few invitations you might find interesting. First up, I’m introducing a way to support Movers Mindset through voluntary patronage. The podcast has always been freely available, and it always will be. But if you’d like… more →
From the archives: Adam McClellan
Adam McClellan explores Parkour’s lessons about community, personal growth, and resilience. He discusses Parkour Generations Americas, the American parkour community, and his local community. Adam covers his martial arts to parkour transition, goal setting, and self-motivation. He shares inspirational figures and why coaching matters to him. Observing that a rising tide lifts all boats, he… more →
What Classes Can’t Teach
Stany Foucher circles back to the same question: How do you transmit Art du Déplacement culture beyond movement techniques? Cultural elements are hard to pass through classes alone. Examples include partage—French sharing extending beyond technique—coaching with open questions, and books’ slow digestion versus video’s scroll-past nature. Constantine’s story reveals the mechanism: five days of literal… more →
The part we don’t talk about
Julie Angel describes her practice as emotional, interesting, and joyful. While most movement talk centers on muscles, tendons, and range of motion, her focus is elsewhere: movement is emotional and connected. This frames biomechanics and force production as valid but fundamentally incomplete. Stripping emotion from movement discourse loses everything determining whether someone actually moves. Angel… more →
When silliness is the point
Nina Ballantyne’s three words—perseverance, empowerment, and silliness—don’t fit neatly together. Surprisingly, silliness is the through-line. As a proper nerd at school focused on good marks, her shift to parkour meant encountering something she wasn’t immediately good at, discovering unexpected freedom. This isn’t about lowering standards or celebrating mediocrity. It’s about what becomes possible when movement… more →
From the archives: Tyson Cecka
Tyson Cecka explores what drives creating and refining parkour spaces and objects, and how personal and communal experiences influence this process. He unpacks his design process for building obstacles, where he finds inspiration, and why he doesn’t consider himself a great artist. Tyson shares experiences with depression and how it’s affected his life. He emphasizes… more →