American Ninja Warriors share their hilarious and inspiring fails

Even the best take some hard falls and pick themselves back up.

By Nikki Lee@anwnation Jan 20, 2017, 1:07pm PST

We talk a lot about the amazing feats American Ninja Warriors can accomplish. But it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of picking yourself up after you fall to get that good.

Ninja Warriors are not ones to try to hide that fact. They’re more than willing to laugh at their little failures and share them with all of social media. Not only do we get to chuckled with them, we get to be reminded that we’re all still working on it.

Grant McCartney isn’t quite ready to jump through hoops.

#failfriday Not every Ninja move is a success! I will post the success tomorrow @obstaclewarriors ______________________________________________________ #fail #fails #islandninja #lol #headshots #didntwork #ninjaskills #americanninjawarrior @anwnation @fail.videos @failvids @failvineslol @failvines @failsvines my boys @ninja_rep and @frankchapman1

A video posted by Grant Mccartney #IslandNinja (@grant.mccartney) on Jan 20, 2017 at 9:12am PST

Ethan Swanson demonstrated that the last step can be a doozy.

Domino run... Not sure if you call this a success or not but it was AWESOME! . . . @anwnation @nbcninjawarrior @newbalance

A video posted by Ethan Swanson OFFICIAL PAGE (@ethanswanson.ninja) on Jan 19, 2017 at 11:17am PST

Erica Cook dedicated a whole montage to a year of falls.

In honor of 2017... all of my best 2016 fails . New Years resolution - learn how to fall properly.

A video posted by Erica Cook (@ecook126) on Jan 1, 2017 at 11:53am PST

One leap forward, one big fall backwards, by Thomas Stillings.

Filming for my ANW9 submission video. What could go wrong? #genieninja #americanninjawarrior #trueninjatraining #zephyerpants #jumpflipland #bail @anwnation

A video posted by Thomas Stillings (@genieninja) on Dec 29, 2016 at 6:11am PST

Jamie Rahn’s steps aren’t perfect every single time.

Today was a sloppy day haha @christadecoursey and @erictheklein we're playing with this line so I thought I'd try it out.... #tiredaf #tired #training #conditioning #parkour #ukemi #stride #flip ⭐️Handstand to hide the shameful landing hahaha ⭐️

A video posted by Jamie Rahn (@jamierahn) on Jan 12, 2017 at 8:45pm PST

Anna Shumaker took an epic face-plant and smiled through it.

Happy #failfriday! Figured everyone could use a good laugh today • • • • • #wipeout #fail #faceplant #ninjatraining #americanninjawarrior #fbf #flashbackfriday #apexmovementnorcal #lache #parkour #falling #whiplash #teamninjawarrior #norcalninjas #sacramento #strongwomen #beastmode #shufit @apexnorcal

A video posted by Anna Shumaker (@shufit_ninjabarbee) on Jan 20, 2017 at 9:30am PST

Roo Yori took a bite out of the Salmon Ladder and then the Salmon Ladder bit back.

When an obstacle reminds you who's really in charge. #Repost @rooyori with @repostapp ・・・ Wait for it.... #makethehard #failontheeasy #k9ninja #adoptadog #pitbullsaredogstoo #americanninjawarrior #ninjatraining @anwnation @obstacleacademy

A video posted by American Ninja Warrior Nation (@anwnation) on Jan 15, 2017 at 8:47am PST

Ryan Stratis faced a new obstacle in competition and it wasn’t love at first sight.

Welp that's all she wrote for my first #NATIONALNINJALEAGUE event. Of course it had to be a tricky balance obstacle lol. They had a great course set up but I just didn't slow down when I needed to. Ah well looks like I'll have to try to qualify somewhere else!

A video posted by Ryan Stratis (@ryan_strat) on Dec 3, 2016 at 10:56am PST

Last, we’ll always have Matt Iseman to remind us what a true, humble competitor looks like.

*SPOILER* American Ninja Warrior Final Run
The best performance from season 8. CONTAINS SPOILERS so do not watch if you haven't seen the finale! Amazing performance!!!!
Posted by Matt Iseman on Monday, September 12, 2016