ALEX POWNALL

HEAD OF COACHING

Alex started Parkour in 2006 aged only 15, leaping (yup, that's a pun) at a chance to funnel his considerable energy into something new and went to his first Parkour Generations Academy class two days later. With a background in several martial arts, rugby and basketball, he was ill-prepared for the life-changing developments and opportunities that this experience would bring. Needless to say, he was hooked from the outset! Alex has since competed successfully in athletics and weightlifting on the side, but is best known for his prodigious parkour abilities and impressive coaching experience. Alex is now Gym Manager at the London Parkour Academy, a Senior Coach and regularly leads workshops both in the UK and internationally. To those around him, Alex is a constant reminder that you need not be gifted or lucky to achieve anything, all you need is the will to succeed.

CHARLOTTE MILES

CREATIVE LEAD

Charlotte Miles is our in-house Creative Lead and part of our renowned Strength & Conditioning Coaching Team. Having been fully immersed in the CrossFit, weightlifting and powerlifting world through her time producing America's number one fitness podcast Barbell Shrugged, she’s worked and studied alongside the likes of Coach Mike Burgener, Louie Simmons, Julien Pineau, Wim Hof and many more strength training greats. With hundreds of hours coaching under her belt, Charlotte is a Level 3 qualified PT, L1 CrossFit trainer and NASM Corrective Movement Specialist, with additional certifications in Strongman, Olympic Weightlifting and Movement & Mobility. Always one to hold the standard, she’s a stickler for good form and the belief that moving with solid mechanics is the pathway to better performance and all-round health. Charlotte is also a world-class film-maker, who leads our media and creative teams across a number of projects both in the UK and internationally.

ARTURO VIGIL

COACH

Arturo Vigil Jimenez is one of the central coaches within the London team. Having started parkour in Spain in 2009, he quickly developed a passion for helping others to improve and decided to uproot his life and overcome a series of hurdles to move to London to work with Parkour Generations. Qualify as an ADAPT Level 2 Coach, Arturo has been helping to shape our athletes with his uniquely creative and fluid movement style, influenced by his extensive background in capoeira, martial arts and calisthenics. Arturo now runs our weekly Calisthenics and Parkour classes in London, and leads our Youth Parkour Programmes both in our own Academy and in may London schools.

DAVID SALAS

AFFILIATE COACH

David is a core member of our Strength & Conditioning Team in the gym, building the programmes that make our Members incredibly strong, fast, fit and resilient. He's a daily feature at the Chainstore Gym, either for his own intensive training or for leading the S&C Classes to build better athletes. A certified CrossFit Trainer and EQF Level 3 Fitness Instructor, David is also an Olympic weightlifter and nutrition expert, and possesses an endless hunger for knowledge that might be of benefit to those he trains.

BARBORA HOVORKOVA

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Barbora runs our UK operations and has an extensive background in account management and HR in the financial sector, including with Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, with experience in financial management, moving financial assets and securing venture capital. Barbora brings an infectious energy and endless passion for parkour to her work, and can often be found squeezing in a few training sessions in between meetings and conference call at our London HQ. When not managing day to day operations, Barbora is also a qualified mobility teacher, running our regular Mobility Classes at the gym, and is also an ADAPT Level 1 certified parkour coach.

ROBERTO REGUEIRO SANTIAGO

COACH

Roberto began his coaching journey at his local rowing club aged only 15 in Spain and immediately knew he’d found his calling in life. Already an accomplished rowing athlete, medalling at a national level, he went on to compete in judo and breakdancing before progressing to immerse himself in the study of movement as a skill and a practice.

He began exploring the wider world of movement through the Ido Portal and Fighting Monkey methods, before then discovering parkour. Roberto eventually became a professional parkour coach in New York, USA, before moving to the UK to work with Parkour Generations London.

Roberto’s warm and playful demeanour, combined with his unfaltering work ethic and vast experience, makes him an excellent and entertaining guide to learn from. We love him and so will you!

SERG ABRAMENKOV

COACH

Serg Abramenkov is a Russian, born in Lithuania and raised in England. He has been passionate about movement for as long as he can remember, climbing and jumping since he was young even before he discovered the discipline of parkour.

Serg began training at the Parkour Generations London Academy in his teenage years, going on to achieve his ADAPT Coach Certification in due course and eventually joined the Coaching Team. A powerful athlete in his own right, Serg is dedicated to the physical and psychological practice of parkour and loves nothing more than sharing his extensive experience with anyone who wants to learn.

Around 2013 Serg visited and fell in love with Taiwan, connecting strongly with the local community, and eventually moved there to teach classes and open the first parkour gym in Taiwan. Having developed and grown the gym and the team there, running regular classes, organizing and teaching at parkour events in Taiwan and around Asia, Serg then returned to the UK in 2019 to complete his ADAPT Level 3 Coach Certification.

Serg continues to coach at Parkour Generations London while in the UK, while also helping to bring PKGen and ADAPT events and courses to Taiwan and the wider Asia region.