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Joe loves all things related to movement and fitness. He studied martial arts from a young age that helped him establish the foundations of discipline, humility, passion and a love for training. He started Elemental 5 because he knows the inherent value when mentorship meets training physical arts. 

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Outside the gym, Joe enjoys spending time with his family, lazing around in the sun and juggling. 

Lexee Lobeck began her acrobatic journey in competitive gymnastics before transitioning into theater, earning a BFA in Theatre from Wayne State University and training at the Moscow Arts Theatre School. She later joined Aloft's Full-Time Training Program in Chicago, where she specialized in handbalancing, trapeze, and flexibility. After meeting her husband, Joe, she moved to Salida, CO, where she teaches yoga and plays a key role at Elemental 5, continuing to share her movement expertise with the community.

Josh has pursued the path of “Becoming a Ninja” since childhood, exploring parkour, martial arts, and acrobatics. He earned multiple black belts through a decade of training in Karate and Ninpo Taijutsu, competed on Ninja Warrior in 2011 and 2012, and later served in the Marine Corps as a Martial Arts Instructor. Now in his 30s, Josh continues to train and coach at Elemental 5 while actively practicing jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, and Krav Maga.

Emily had been passionate about acrobatics since she fell in love with aerial silks at the age of 9. She trained consistently at Elemental 5 before becoming a coach at 14 and loves mentoring younger students as they develop new skills. She enjoys inspiring students as they build strength, confidence, and excitement for learning new tricks, helping them discover just how much they are capable of achieving. She also treasures the close bonds she forms with them along the way.

I started flipping around age six, first through a parkour class with Joe and then a few years of gymnastics at BV Gymnastics. A video of Nidal Wonder doing a standing backflip lit a fire in me, and after landing my own, I became obsessed with progressing. When BV closed temporarily, I discovered garden trampolining, which opened up a whole new world of freestyle movement. After returning to gymnastics, I trained hard, competed, met my training partner Harris, and pushed into bigger skills, until the boys program eventually shut down. That’s when parkour became the perfect next path, and Elemental 5 finally gave me a place built for how I move, compete, and grow.