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.
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.