Founded by Canadian calisthenics athlete and international calisthenics champion, Jessica St John, in December 2020. Jess started her calisthenics career in Southwestern Ontario and was quickly welcomed into the established and quickly growing community in the Greater Toronto Area, while also training with a group of women in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region. She took inspiration from the Barvibe Crew, Calisthenics Canada, and gyms like Project Rise, and Lionstrong Fitness.

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At the beginning of her calisthenics career, she had travelled to other cities including Montreal and Miami, and immediately felt a sense of "home." It was apparent how the sport created something bigger that connected so many like-minded individuals in so many cities across the world. Each city had their own individual talent, incredible support for each other, and a mutual love for the sport.

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In the late summer of 2020, Jess moved from Southwestern Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia; and was disappointed to find there wasn't a big community like the previous cities she had trained in. So she was inspired to create Calisthenics Vancouver.

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Calisthenics Vancouver is an organization designed to unite the calisthenics community across the Greater Vancouver Area and throughout the province of British Columbia. It is our goal to bring individuals, gyms, and businesses together over a shared passion. It is a long term goal to become a governing body for the sport in the province of British Columbia, to help calisthenics become an IOC recognized sport. 

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Since its establishment in December 2020, Calisthenics Vancouver has grown into an abundant community of talented calisthenics athletes with a wide range of skills. We connect at meet ups, workshops, and competitions.​

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Calisthenics Vancouver also works to provide opportunities to local athletes, and to connect our athletes to calisthenics communities across the country, and globe, via our relationship with Calisthenics Canada.

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Check us out on Instagram and send a DM if you're a local who wants to get involved!

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