For the team at Gymworks Gymnastics, the benefits of their chosen sport are invaluable?especially when it comes to children. The instructors use gymnastics as a way to help kids build muscle coordination, increase their flexibility, and develop healthy habits in their earliest years. Perhaps most importantly, gymnastics can instill in children a positive self image. It should come as no surprise, then, that Gymworks starts their students young with programs for ages 18 months and older. Instructors guide these fledgling gymnasts as they master the bars, beam, tumbling, vaulting, rhythmic gymnastics, and anti-gravity devices also known as the "trampoline".
There's a lot more to Gymworks Gymnastics than tumbling and cartwheels.
Visitors might even walk in and come face to face with a dinosaur. Gymworks Gymnastics hosts birthday parties and camps with many different themes. The staff might help kids dig up fossils, dress up like pirates, or go on an imaginative safari through different crafts and games.
At CrossFit Suwanee, trainers take full advantage of Suwanee Sports Academy’s 100,000 square feet of training space. With an arsenal of CrossFit equipment, they get members pumping weights, tossing medicine balls, and swinging from gymnastics rings, and the indoor track makes sprints possible year-round. Through the CrossFit system, instructors prep their charges using daily workouts that feature everyday movements such as pushing, pulling, and running. Routines change each day to ward off boredom while also pushing each muscle group to its peak for optimal full-body results.
At Karate Atlanta, students as young as 4 develop physical coordination and build deep stores of self-confidence during Tiny Tigers and Juniors classes.?Once they've graduated to adult classes, students aged 13 and older learn to protect themselves through ancient martial-arts?techniques.?All classes take place in a?safe,?positive learning environment, and the school even offers specialty programs that focus on goals such as dealing with bullying or developing awareness of strangers.?
For Pur Aura's staff, each workout should be a party—therefore, they focus their training on Zumba dance-fitness classes. The exhilarating workout is led by the “Zumba twins,” who go through a series of choreographed moves to the beat of Latin, African, jazz, and hip-hop music. They also provide Zumba's calorie-burning cardio to workplaces striving to be healthier with a corporate fitness program.
For Alyte, exercise does more than build muscle. She treats fitness as a fun social outing with the added benefit of burning fat and building muscle. During one-on-one personal-training sessions, she motivates guests to let off steam with challenging exercises.
Though indoor climbing tends to be clear of mountain-goat traffic, climbers at Adrenaline Climbing may come across a different kind of animal: the adrenaline junkie. Owners Trey and Brad provide a haven for these gentle thrill-seekers at their enormous facility, which boasts 12,500 square feet of climbing space. Along with their staff, the duo takes a hands-on approach to climbing instruction, helping them with the equipment and spotting they need to traverse Adrenaline’s walls.
To keep things fresh, the challenging routes and boulder problems—meticulously prepared by a route-management plan and rated according to the Yosemite Decimal System—are periodically recast. Adrenaline Climbing welcomes all climbers, dispensing lessons regardless of skill level, discipline, age, or spirit animal preference. The facility also hosts youth training, climbing classes, and even outdoor guiding trips.