But for athletes at the Vermont Ninja Warrior Training Center, it’s just a warm-up. Athletes at the Vermont Ninja Warrior Training Center Credit: Luke AwtryTower, 45, lives in Fletcher and has spent much of his life practicing individual sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding and parkour. Tower’s family owns Regal Gymnastics, and in the process of figuring out how to use extra space in the gym, the idea hatched for a ninja training center. The first class in the original training center was in July 2015, and the sport has since become increasingly popular in Vermont. ➆The original print version of this article was headlined “No Obstacle Too Great | Athletes at the Vermont Ninja Warrior Training Center aim for the big time”This article appears in August 5 • 2026.