Ryan Ford

Ryan is a parkour athlete, coach, entrepreneur, and author of Parkour Strength Training. Out of Boulder in 2006, Ryan established the first formal parkour classes in the Western Hemisphere. He has performed and coached parkour worldwide for organizations including the New Yorker, TEDx, ESPN, and the U.S. Embassy. In 2009, Ryan opened the first Apex School of Movement in Denver and since then, has helped grow Apex School of Movement to multiple gym locations in Colorado and California. More recently, Ryan co-founded ParkourEDU.org, an online platform dedicated to empowering international parkour communities by: 1) teaching safe & effective parkour coaching methods 2) researching & developing better parkour training strategies 3) building strong, authentic parkour culture & community