Mate, your Chinese is very good. I lived there for 6 years and could never converse that well. I appreciate the translated subtitles and the fact that Sun J speaks quite precisely and a bit slower than what we would normally hear among 2 native Putonghua speakers.
Imagine him at 63. There are public exercise equipment in every neighbourhood in china. There are high bars and parallel bars. There are some freaky grampas with insane skills.
Wow, amazing and what a kind-hearted guy you both seem like! Maybe do a seperate video of how you've studied and learned Chinese, would be interesting to know as well :)
Absolutely awesome. To see someone at that age be so flexible and fast is very impressive. Not that 43 is old, but at that age most people's fitness starts to decline drastically. Also, very good advice from him on trying to be methodical, to master the basics first before attempting anything hard. Cool hairstyle, too!
@@icyboy771z Yep, i´m 42, in my 30s i started to feel the aging, new problems appearing and older ones getting drastically worse, still was pretty strong and functional like in my 20s but very far from what you would call healthy and optimal. When i turned 40 i said enough and started to make a special diet just for me (started with keto, fantastic but couldn´t sustain it after a year), night and day difference, MANY things were grinding my health, only wish i paid more attention to my diet when i was a teen, or in my 20s. Big advice for the younger ones (older ones too, never too late), the basis of your energy, health, etc. is the diet, diet, diet, DIET. The best supplements, the best medicines, etc. are in the food, but also the poisons. If you are 20 and feeling good eating garbage imagine how much better would you feel avoiding harmful foods.
@@icyboy771z Oh, i started mountain biking around 10 years ago, while i was good still had problems specially with lack of air, now i´m surprised, my timings are similar to the averages of profesional mountain bikers half my age and i´m never out of air and my BPM are on the lower side, my muscles are the first that say "no more boss" and are hypertrophying like never before. Last months i added running and increased the training for my upper body, constantly improving in everything. Diet, diet, DIET. However, i do need more recovering times than younger ones, no doubt about that. Not a big difference but still there and unfortunately it will increase little by little each year, but with good planning i can see myself way over 70 being a healthy, fit and active man.
@@icyboy771z And i forgot another thing, this is also key, Stretching, i stretch every day at least 1 hour and even when i´m working i do "mini" stretches all the time.
Another reason he's avoided injuries is that he just trains smart -- approaching each trick gradually and progressively, always relaxed, not pushing himself into tension and danger. He is a GREAT example for any young athlete.
Your Mandarin is so good!!! I took time away from parkour in 2016 at 27 after an injury, and shortly after had a kid. At 31 I’m going back to school. There is a part of me that is anxious that I’ve lost parkour forever. This has given me hope
I am of similar age, always thought this is a young people's sport since the chance of getting injury is very high and requires a lot of strength, flexibility and resilience. This guy is such an inspiration.
Thank you for introducing this great athlete to me. You did it in a really humble and kind way, focusing on quality content. This is rare and felt refreshing to me.
This seems like the modern day version of going to the east to study with a Kung Fu master! I am not sure what I am more impressed by, your fluency in Mandarin or his Parkour skills. Both are extremely impressive to me! Also this comment is to get you one step closer to your goal of a half million views.
This video randomly popped up and I come from BMX Freestyle rather than Parkour. Firstly, great language skills dude and what a way to take the initiative to go to China to do the interview. Secondly, so much insight into how to maintain longevity in an activity that demands top-notch human movement. The information is certainly transferrable to other lifestyle 'sports'.
I'm going to send this to my animator friends. This is fascinating. I'm around his age and just started getting into callisthenics. I didn't realize how posture really affects everything. I saw a chiropractor for ten years and he fixed my posture so much so I don't even think of it and people compliment me on my posture now which is always really unexpected to me. So definitely not taking our body for granted. I really liked how he said take a scientific view and also really commit to what you're doing. I never thought about it before but there must be an overall different muscle growth training as he does. Overall body confidence. I also didn't expect the language and it's greatly appreciated because you committed to the language level you were at. (Which seems pretty good!) Cheers
Very impressive interview conducted in Chinese. He’s super nimble and strong, kinda like a rock climber. I’m 48, raised in Beijing and trained in javelin. Then I stopped all sports activities after coming to the States when I was 18. In 2012, I picked up CrossFit and have been doing it since. Some of the movements are very difficult, such as bar muscle ups, overhead dumbbell/barbell lunges, squat snatches, especially with heavy weights, but it brought such a great sense of accomplishment when I can keep up with the young dudes.
Awesome video - very impressed by your language skills! Great, thoughtful interview. As a 48 yr old parkour beginner (seriously), this gives me a lot of inspiration and hope!
While scrolling through the comments, I found yours to be very inspiring. Good for you brother, that's awesome you are doing this! I just turned 46 recently and I really don't know much about parkour. All I know is stuff from watching a few videos, but it seems like an adrenaline blast! One thing that I can tell, it doesn't seem like you need much of anything to get started. Lately I've decided I need to start taking my health seriously. The list of my bad habits is rather long and my cardio sucks. That being said, despite being my worst enemy, I'm still alive. Now is the time to ween myself off of my habits and start living! I really think that finding a sport that I'm passionate about, will help me both physically and mentally. Thank you for posting your comment. I want to wish you all the best going forward. Take care 😎👍
@@ChrisfromGeorgiaI thought I'd replied to this, but apparently not -I wanted to say, good luck to you mate. Get out there and give it a try - and if you find it's for you, I'd recommend finding a teacher too. I started going to classes in the gym, and it's getting me in better shape, and helping tons with confidence. However you approach it, it's definitely not too late to start looking after your physical and mental health, and parkour is brilliant for both! All the best to you.
Yeah it being young man's game is quite understandable as without good training practices the impacts will eventually catch up to you. Though some long-runners do exist - like the original Yamakasi. Those guys have been training for over 40 years.
Imagine the things ancient warriors were capable of by physical training alone....i think our movies and history channels on the past are vastly underestimating the skills of humans. There were tales of warriors who can scale entire walls alone. But now any sort of claims of the past like that we dismiss as hubris, just because the average modern day under-exercised person who spends most of their day on a screen can't run for more than 5 minutes.
Great enterview, loved to get to know Sunjie. Though, “what is your favorite western athlete” is such a bad question on its own. You travelled all the way to China to meet with a true pk god, didnt you consider to ask him if there are others underrated monsters there like him? Whats the relevance to rate even more western athletes when there are so many good people out there training?
Holy shit this guy's parkour studio is next door to where i practice drums in Beijing hahaha. i say hi to him every time i'm there, didn't realise he was a legend
Great video! You deserve all the clout for this. A good friend of mine is turning 42 this year and he's moving just as well as he was 10 years ago, if not better.
I really appreciate you doing this video. I started parkour when I was 45 and I am completely crazy about it. I can relate to this content and like others are saying, it gives me hope and inspiration. Sometimes it can be difficult to continue on wondering if I will get better or if I will just be lucky to decline slowly.
Really like this as content. Interesting interview. Interesting person. You were able to laugh at your own language fails ( and you didn't just edit them out). Getting athletes to interview with you would be good - you may have to do online, but maybe, a well coordinated, planned, booked ahead trip could cover quite a lot of athletes. I think athletes might prefer this to you 'diagnosing' from a distance?
You can tell he has serious gymnastics background :) The form and execution is crisp like a gymnast. Donnie yen should have him in his next movie! I totally get why his chinese parent are disappointed. being chinese, I really wish this aspect of chinese culture would change.
That was great lol... you absolutely attempted or tried your best at about 2:55. Then it just went from an interview to two guys just sharing laughter in a funny moment.
I consider him to be super human level . It is inspiring without a shadow of doubts . For those who are inspired to follow, note that this guy has the foundation at a very young age..compounded with decades of consistent training and many buckets of sweat. I think the parkour margin for error is pretty small for some one touching 60
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Amazing video, thank you! Could you please make an analysis about Anthony Denis (Anthow) from the French team Parkour Miramas? He was one of my biggest inspiration when i started doing parkour, his flow and speed is just amazing.
Yep! Powerful guy! Many years ago Blane wrote about the same thing. Practice of over hundred repeats of simple movements gives your a real power. Unfortunately most of the young athletes don't want to repeat these boring exercises and that leads to traumas.
Yeah it's rare to see men at that age doing this. I have yet to bump into someone who can do what I can at my age. It's rare to be in your mid 30s and up still going back flips at this level. I wish I could train with this guy, at least he's in my age group lol.
Hi people outside of China, im 65, but still in good shape and run and swimming faster young man, try eat less fat food, have more veggies, and fish, watch less television talk more to your friends you will be fine even when you at 80 years old😊
Wow, that's totally awesome and very inspiring! Great journey for you, and for us as well. Thanks to you and your new friend Sun.J ❤ ;D Also very happy to remind legend quote from Danny. Still the greatest Parkour character in my heart ... ;]
this guy is fucking insane doing some moves i could only imagine might be technically possible at over 40, how are his knees and ankles good? genetics????
Being a pro gymnast before definitely helps but this is still very inspiring. Chinese gymnasts start training as toddlers. His joints and white connective tissue must also be so genetically robust though. Parkour looks rough on joints and white tissue which is what you need to stay healthy and strong in order to maintain explosive power with age. Muscles you can still train and maintain well into your 60s but most ppl start having joint ligament and tendon issues that keep them from their age proportional full potential.
Love it! I am not sure if you are offering them treatments when you're out there but that would be cool. With their consent I would love to see you working with some athletes 1 on 1 on their weak points. Example; working on Doms weak glute with him for example Cheers, hope your doing well!
damn wowww I didn't know there was a parkour scene in China and an amazing person like this. Also, 虽然你的发音还可以进步，你说的华文已经在可以了解的水平了。不错！Its not easy to learn Chinese but keep it up!
His story is not really that inspiring for older athletes thinking about getting serious about parkour. He did gymnastics since he was 5 and practiced for 20 years. Because of his strong athletic background as keep and young adult, it’s not surprising how he was able to pick up parkour at such a late age and still perform at such a high level.
I'm curious what made you travel all the way to China just to meet this guy? Was his level of skill at that age so exceptional it justified flight there and back?
Wow! If I understand well Sun J has a channel? All I could find was his sponsor's clothes line, so if anybody is better informed or "better at internet" i'd greatly appreciate a link. Absolute dinger of a video, too.
