ninja gym

noun

A gym for obstacle course racing training, filled with NinjaWarrior/Sasuke-style obstacles as its exercise equipment.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounninja gym (plural ninja gyms)

plural ninja gyms

  1. A gym for obstacle course racing training, filled with NinjaWarrior/Sasuke-style obstacles as its exercise equipment.

Origin

From this style of obstacles being popularized by the Japanese aerobic sport competition obstacle course racing game show SASUKE which uses a ninja as its logo mascot. From the show being popularized in the English-speaking world as "Ninja Warrior" and having spin-offs across the world with variations on the name "Ninja Warrior". From competitors calling themselves "ninja", and building their own gyms for training, leading to businesses independent of the TV shows having such set-ups, and calling themselves ninja gyms.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

ninja gym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninja%20gym

MLA

“ninja gym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninja%20gym. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninja gym,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninja%20gym.

Source: ninja gym on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.