Jimmy Choi's Lessons From 23 Years With Parkinson's

About this episode

Jimmy Choi is an athlete, Parkinson’s advocate, marathon runner, world-record holder, and seven-time American Ninja Warrior competitor who has spent more than two decades living with Parkinson’s disease. Diagnosed at just 27, Jimmy spent eight years largely ignoring his diagnosis until a frightening fall down the stairs while carrying his 10-month-old son became the moment he knew something had to change. In this episode, he joins Gaia to talk about the mindset shift that took him from simply exercising because it was “good for Parkinson’s” to training with a purpose . He shares how running helped him work on his gait, why falling led him to start training burpees, how his approach has…