Founders
- Ryan Ford
- Matt Marshall
Trainers
Background InfoRyan Ford
Matt Marshall
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Background Info
The origins of APEX Movement can be traced back to 2006 when Ryan Ford founded Colorado Parkour. In September 2006, Ryan and Matt Marshall established the Colorado Parkour Academy in Boulder. Soon after, Ryan and Matt also began to teach in Denver and expanded their offerings to include strength and conditioning, specialty workshops, sports cross training seminars, and US military training camps. As our philosophy grew with our program, March 2009 brought the opening of APEX Movement in Denver, Colorado.
The founders and head trainers of APEX Movement are Matt Marshall and Ryan Ford. Both have an extensive background in fitness and athletics including weightlifting, gymnastics, martial arts, and football. Matt and Ryan also have a combined 16 years experience teaching fitness, parkour, gymnastics, and other sports to adults and kids.
In addition, Matt and Ryan are two of a small number of American practitioners to train in Europe with the founders of parkour. In May 2008, they traveled to Evry, France, where parkour was created, as guest instructors of the Yamakasi and Parkour Generations at their international seminar. On the trip, Ryan and Matt journeyed across France and England for 3 weeks honing their skills and teaching abilities with some of the leading practitioners in the world. .
Ryan FordHead Parkour Trainer
Level 1 CrossFit
Email: ryan@apexmovement.comRyan is from Golden, CO and graduated in 2009 from CU Boulder. Ryan grew up playing soccer, football, track, and almost every other team sport. Since 2003, Ryan has been coaching athletics and fitness including youth sports camps, parkour, and strength and conditioning. Ryan has been doing CrossFit since 2006 and obtained his Level 1 CrossFit Certification in January 2009.
Ryan has been doing parkour since early 2004 and founded Colorado Parkour during the summer of 2006. Outside of developing the local parkour community, Ryan is a member of the national parkour team, The Tribe. With The Tribe, Ryan has done performances and other parkour related jobs for companies such as Mountain Dew, BET, Nokia, Cisco, K-Swiss, and more. Ryan has also been featured by media giants such as the New Yorker, TIME, and ESPN. In October 2008, Ryan traveled to Beirut, Lebanon with The Tribe to run parkour workshops for underprivileged youth on behalf of the US Embassy. Ryan is also an administrator and contributor to American Parkour where he contributes content and helps manage the website and forum.
Video: Ryan on ESPN's E:60 (2008), Boulder Tribute (2009)
Matt Marshall
Head Parkour Trainer
Level 1 CrossFit
Email: matt@apexmovement.comMatt has excelled from a young age in all kinds of sports. Matt has a background in gymnastics, mixed martial arts, breakdancing, wrestling, cycling, wu shu, and trapeze. In addition to his athletic successes, Matt also has 10 years experience in coaching fitness, parkour, gymnastics, and martial arts. In December 2008, Matt completed his degree in exercise science from the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Matt has been doing CrossFit since 2006 and obtained his Level 1 CrossFit Certification in January 2009.
At the beginning of 2005, Matt discovered parkour and immediately took to the discipline due to his similar athletic interests. Since then, Matt has been a key player in the development of the local parkour scene. Matt has also been featured in the media by companies including ESPN, Intel, and Seagate. In September 2008, Matt led a one week parkour training camp for members of the US Military.
Video: APEX Movement Street Team Showreel (2009)
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