Timothy Shieff is an English freerunner and athlete who won the Barclaycard World Freerun Championship in 2009 and has competed on MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge, Ninja Warrior UK and American Ninja Warrior. He went vegan in 2012, co-founded the ethical clothing brand ETHCS, and in 2019 caused controversy when he announced he had started eating animal products again.
Brian Rose has interviewed Shieff on London Real five times between 2013 and 2019, and the series follows him from young freerunner to vegan activist to his break with veganism. They have covered parkour, questioning everyday habits, veganism, mindfulness and mental health, fasting and psychedelics.
Each interview is listed below in order with a short summary.
Veganism is Wrong For Me (2019). His most discussed appearance, explaining why one of the best-known vegan athletes went back to eating animal products. For where it started, watch Freerunning Freethinking (2013).
In his first interview in 2013 he described parkour as being about the power of imagination rather than tricks, and freerunning as a way to explore what the body can do.
From 2013 to 2016 Shieff argued for veganism on ethical and environmental grounds and tried to align everything from his diet to his clothing brand with those beliefs.
In 2018 he talked about an extended water fast, psychedelics and other practices he used on himself.
Speaking in 2019, he said he had to put his own health ahead of a public identity built on veganism, and talked openly about the criticism that followed. His story on London Real is one of beliefs changing over time.
Timothy Shieff is an English freerunner and athlete who won the Barclaycard World Freerun Championship in 2009 and has competed on Ninja Warrior UK and American Ninja Warrior. He became widely known as a vegan advocate, and later for publicly giving up veganism.
Over five interviews with Brian Rose between 2013 and 2019 he talked about freerunning and parkour, questioning how he lives, veganism, mindfulness, his clothing brand ETHCS, fasting and psychedelics, and finally why he stopped being vegan.
Start with Veganism is Wrong For Me from 2019, his most talked-about appearance. For the younger Tim and his freerunning, watch Freerunning Freethinking from 2013.
Five times between 2013 and 2019: Freerunning Freethinking, Professional Kid, The Vegan Prince, How To Heal Yourself Through Fasting, Psychedelics, and Self Empowerment, and Veganism is Wrong For Me.
He went vegan in 2012 and became one of its best-known advocates. In 2019 he told Brian Rose that he had reintroduced animal products to deal with health problems, and he stepped away from the vegan clothing brand ETHCS. The decision drew strong criticism from parts of the vegan community.
Not outright. He was named last man standing, meaning he went further on the course than any other contestant in his series, and a 2018 report said it was the second time he had earned that title. Brian Rose introduces him this way in their 2018 interview.
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