we’re so glad you’re here.
GET STRONGER. MOVE BETTER. GROW TOGETHER.
Since 2016, we have been building a unique community of movers who are passionate about moving with more freedom and confidence, inside and outside the gym.
We make those seemingly impossible skills possible, whether you’re working on a deeper squat, advanced acrobatic movements, or faster, more agile reflexes.
Yogis come to us to get stronger and more agile.
Climbers come to us to train their minds, coordination, and flexibility.
Dancers come to us to gain power and test their skills.
Movement-curious adults come to us to bridge skill gaps to do the things they’ve always wanted to do.
CrossFitters and weightlifters come to us to move more fluidly.
Recovering and injured movers come to us to build more sustainable, resilient bodies.
more than a gym—movement education for life.
What Our Members Say
OUR classes & approach
We understand how important it is to prepare your body for movement to avoid injury and unneeded stress. Our warmups help increase mobility and prepare you for the movements we do so that you can move at your best and feel safe and confident in your body.
Ground movement, locomotion, what? Remember when you were a little kid and you used to get up and down from the floor all the time with ease? Ground movement and locomotion help with just that. No prior experience needed. We break down the movements for all levels in our classes. Just like learning a language, for new students locomotion is a new language tool for your body to use in and outside of the gym.
movement puzzles & games
We use games to help make increasing your agility, mobility, body awareness and capacity for learning new movements fun. Based on research, the more we play the easier it is to learn new concepts without self-judgment or limitation. And, at Ape Co we get to do this with others in community, which usually involves a lot of laughs and smiles. This increases creative problem-solving and decreases stress when learning new skills, helping you absorb and retain new knowledge more efficiently.
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With guidance from our expert teachers, we’ll help you develop a strength program that works for your level and current abilities. We focus on upper arm strength, leg strength and shoulder strength using weights & barbells, body weight movements, hangs, gymnastics rings and mobility drills. Before you know it, you’ll be landing your handstands and cartwheels with ease and flow.
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acrobatic preparation & HANDBALANCING
Whether you’re a total novice, a seasoned gymnast or a capoeirista, we will meet you where you are. If you are a beginner, we’ll start slow with reintroducing cartwheels, handstands and crawling into your movement. If you are a movement enthusiast with some acrobatic movement foundation, we will work with you to design specific drills and skills to build upon that will help you reach your acrobatic goals.
improvisation & integration
While we’re serious about building skills using specific drills to help you reach your goals, we also give you the opportunity to integrate the movements you have learned through rounds of freeform improvisation and experimentation. This is where you get to be creative and have fun - like an acrobatic, locomotion dance party. Improvisation creates space for deeper learning and personal breakthroughs to help you push past skill gaps and milestones.
benefits of training WITH US
Flexibility
Mobility & Spine Health
Coordination & Agility
Balance
Strength Gains
Confidence & Joy
faqs
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Movement is a multidisciplinary, diverse approach to training drawing from many practices (martial arts, dance, gymnastics, and more) that goes beyond traditional fitness approaches.
Through movement, we aim to give you the tools to answer questions and solve problems in your daily life like:
How can I climb over this, or lift this object?
How can I move with more control?
What are my options to move around this obstacle?
What’s the best way to get up off the ground?
In what new, creative ways can I turn or spin?
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Yes! For newcomers or folks who have been out of the game for a little while, our Mobility, Strength, or All-Levels Fundamentals classes are the best place to start.
These are some important foundational skills that are helpful benchmarks for our classes:
If these skills are without pain for you (a little discomfort is ok and natural with new movements), our classes are a great place to start.
Getting up from the floor without great struggle or pain
Kneeling on the floor for a few minutes at a time. Knee pads are welcome!
Putting some weight in your hands and wrists without pain
If you have questions about your specific situation or an injury, just reach out to us, and we can let you know if our practice is the right fit for where you are right now. We also offer 1:1 training sessions with our teachers to help get you started.
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Many of our students come to Ape Co to balance out their training. We’re an amazing place to cross-train and diversify your skills as a mover. Whether you’re an athlete, dancer, martial artist, climber, or yogi—we will give you fresh tools to perform at a higher level and bridge skill gaps.
A few examples of how we help movers and athletes:
Yogis come to us to get stronger.
Dancers come to us to gain power and test their skills.
CrossFitters and weightlifters come to us to move more fluidly.
Climbers come to us to train their minds, coordination, and flexibility.
Check out some of our Google Reviews and hear from our students yourself!
