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I googled "shoulder rolls from knees" and got exercises involving moving *only* one's shoulders. I also got "how to do a proper BJJ shoulder roll", where the starting image showed a person on the ground, but nothing about knees - and sure enough, the demonstrator did the first roll from a standing position. (Later he starts with one knee on the ground, from a posture I doubt most over-40s can assume.)

This was google, not you tube's own search, but at a guess youtube is even worse. (It has a very bad rep.)

I was, however, being naughty. I'm 66, so of course I looked first at the under 60 assignment.

p.s. I agree about the hardcore fallacy. I parted company with a personal trainer some time in my 40s because I just wanted to age-proof myself, and he couldn't imagine a maintenance state rather than constant push for improvement.

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Try this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPd29MlHpg (I searched for parkour shoulder roll). The first one is the basic one, but the guy then shows more sophisticated ones. Don't do the dive one at 66!

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