{"id":9698,"date":"2023-01-31T09:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/?p=9698"},"modified":"2023-01-31T09:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:35:40","slug":"matthew-bowles-ninja-warrior-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/matthew-bowles-ninja-warrior-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Bowles &#8211; 3 x Ninja Warrior finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It&#8217;s always fascinating to get the chance to chat to athletes &#8211; this time we talk to &#8216;real-life Ninja&#8217;, Matt. Listen into our latest webcast (below) to find out how Ninja Warrior Matthew got started and what keeps him on track. Originally from Manchester, Matthew&#8217;s quiet confidence on the course has given him the nickname of the &#8216;Silent Assassin&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"_3JyyHX\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">But first &#8211; check out this video to see him in action. &#8216;The Silent Assassin&#8217; shows why he got the nickname with a flawless run on Australian Ninja Warrior 2022.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew Bowles &#039;impressive&#039; run in the Grand Finals Stage 2 | Australian Ninja Warrior 2020\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ArQfuQuCZC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FitPro talks to Matthew Bowles - 3 x finalist on Australian Ninja Warrior.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51FZWeFIwnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fancy learning some new moves?\u00a0<\/strong>Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/parkour-vault-masterclass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkour Vault Masterclass<\/a> with Dan Edwardes.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ANWS4_Matthew-Bowles_03-1100-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<div>A little bit more about Matthew&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Matthew Bowles<\/strong> is 3 x Grand Finalist on Australian Ninja Warrior. Originally from Manchester, Matthew&#8217;s quiet confidence on the course has given him the nickname of the &#8216;Silent Assassin&#8217;. Matthew is an ex-gymnast and ex-trapeze catcher, he also started rock climbing when he was 13. In his spare time, Matthew enjoys free diving with sharks (he can hold his breath for 5 minutes!).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always fascinating to get the chance to chat to athletes &#8211; this time we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,3074],"tags":[931,813,1574],"class_list":{"0":"post-9698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athlete-interview","8":"category-webcast","9":"tag-athlete","10":"tag-gymnastics","11":"tag-ninja-warrior"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9698"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9841,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9698\/revisions\/9841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}