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Why the Climb-Up Matters

The climb-up is one of parkour’s most unique and utilitarian movements. Unlike flashy flips or tricks, the climb-up is a functional, real-world skill that demonstrates both strength and technical precision.

Imagine needing to quickly ascend a tall wall or fence. Would you prefer to struggle awkwardly—or execute a clean, powerful climb-up? In high-pressure or time-sensitive situations, this skill can be the difference between hesitation and success.

The climb-up is more than just a movement. It’s a gateway to adaptability in the urban jungle, a practical skill that separates those who get stuck from those who find a way over.

What’s Inside the Course

The Coaching the Climb-Up course is a complete training system developed by Ryan Ford and Apex School of Movement, refined since 2006. This program provides everything you need to learn, improve, and coach the climb-up effectively.

Included in the course:

• 55 detailed lessons with text notes, drills, and tutorials

• 200+ animated GIFs & 300+ demo videos for step-by-step visual learning

• 4+ hours of expert coach commentary and analysis

• Quizzes to test your understanding of key principles

This combination of multimedia instruction and expert guidance ensures that you’ll not only practice the climb-up but also understand the biomechanics, common errors, and progressions that make it work.

Level Up Your Climb-Up

Performing a technically sound climb-up requires discipline, patience, and targeted training. In this course, you’ll learn how to:

• Track your progress with tests like 1 climb-up for quality (1CUFQ)

• Analyze your own performance with video breakdowns

• Identify strengths and weaknesses in your climb-up technique

• Apply proven drills to speed up improvement

Through structured practice, you’ll transform from struggling at the wall to confidently ascending with speed, control, and efficiency.

Who Is This Course For?

The climb-up is a universal parkour skill, making this course suitable for a wide audience:

• Parkour athletes and coaches of all skill levels

• Muscle-up enthusiasts who want to expand beyond rings and bars

• Fitness professionals looking for practical, functional training methods

• Athletes from other sports seeking cross-training benefits

• Anyone tired of boring, ineffective workouts who wants a new challenge

Get Faster and More Efficient

One of the most popular benchmarks introduced by Apex is the 5 climb-ups for time (5CUFT) challenge, created in 2009. This time trial has become a global test of climb-up speed, strength, and skill.

The best part? All you need is a head-high wall to try it. By training with measurable benchmarks like 1CUFQ and 5CUFT, you’ll gain a clear picture of your progress and motivation to push harder.

Course Syllabus Overview

The course takes you step by step, from beginner basics to advanced climb-up mastery:

• Intro to Climb-Up Training

• Climb-Up KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

• L1: Untrained Beginner

• L2: Trained Beginner

• L3: Intermediate

• L4/L5: Advanced Training

• Bonus Content

This structured approach ensures steady progress, regardless of your starting point.

Apply Your Climb-Up in the Real World

The climb-up isn’t just for training—it’s for application. This course introduces Applied Climb-Ups (ACUs), which focus on testing your skills in real scenarios.

You’ll practice:

• Entering and exiting walls from different approaches

• Combining climb-ups into longer runs, combos, and challenges

• Adapting to varied environments (indoor, outdoor, freestyle, or competition)

• Applying your skills under time pressure

This practical approach builds not only strength but also adaptability and creativity.

What You’ll Learn to Do

By the end of Coaching the Climb-Up, you’ll know how to:

• Climb over real-world obstacles with speed and efficiency

• Safely ascend and descend urban structures

• Progress rapidly through the walk/run/jump climb-up progression

• Build upper body strength specifically for climb-ups

• Understand the biomechanics behind this key parkour skill

• Analyze expert athletes’ performances through film studies

• Track your own progress with measurable assessments

Meet the Coaching Team

Ryan Ford – Head Coach

• Founder of Apex School of Movement & Apex Denver

• Author of Parkour Strength Training (2016)

• Practicing parkour since 2004, coaching since 2006

• Pro parkour athlete from 2005–2013

• Featured by ESPN, The New Yorker, TEDx, and more

Additional Coaches & Athletes:

• Taylor Carpenter – Athlete / Coach / Writer

• Michael Sliger – Athlete / Coach

• Seth Wang – Athlete / Coach

• Olof Wood – Athlete / Coach

• Max Boice – Athlete

• Rob Schihl – Athlete / Coach

• Bear Schneider – Athlete / Coach

This experienced team brings decades of combined training and coaching expertise to ensure you get the best possible instruction.

Why Choose Coaching the Climb-Up?

Most fitness programs focus on general strength or flashy skills. This course is different. It zeroes in on one of the most practical, versatile, and iconic parkour movements—and breaks it down into an easy-to-follow system.

By the end, you won’t just “know about” the climb-up—you’ll own it.

Start Your Climb-Up Journey Today

The climb-up is more than just a skill. It’s a symbol of resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving. With this course, you’ll gain the strength, confidence, and technique to overcome obstacles in both training and life.

👉 Enroll in Coaching the Climb-Up today and master one of parkour’s most essential skills.