Beyond Gymnastics

★Kim Scheltz

The coach had my 11-year-old kid do a whole lot of swings on the uneven bars. He got blisters, and was made to continue to the point of them bursting and having raw palms. Then the coach ripped the loose skin off of him. It's two days later and he's still having trouble writing. It's bad. I emailed him as a courtesy saying that this was the reason we were discontinuing lessons, and he replied, "Unfortunately gymnastics is a rough sport... Competitive gymnastics is not for everyone." Which doesn't even make sense from a pragmatic sense because he's too hurt to train. He blamed by kid for not being tough enough to take his abuse. Does the coach ripping off a piece of your skin have to be part of competitive gymnastics? According to Beyond Gymnastics: yes. This is certainly the worst incident we've had here, but I'm not totally surprised it came to this. I should have pulled my kid sooner. The culture here is toxic.

★★★★★Efrain Morales

My son has been training at Beyond Gymnastics for a couple years now and loves it. He’s consistently leveled up and placed at competitive meets. The gym is pretty big too, and Debbie is a great coach.

★★★★★Tiffany Hope

My daughter has trained at Beyond and previously, Brestyan’s for the past 5 years. She has excelled as a gymnast, placing in the top three at states and other meets every year. More importantly to me however, is how much she has gained in confidence, social/emotional maturity, work ethic, discipline, and sportsmanship. These are the reasons we continue to commit to this sport and this gym in particular. Juston and Jackie have envisioned a gym where athletic excellence is achieved in a nurturing environment. Juston is tough, precise, and challenges the girls to reach their potential. He has earned their respect. They don’t want to disappoint him because they know he genuinely cares for their well being in addition to meet performance. This is his expectation for all coaches in the gym. At Beyond, we are a family. Just like any family, we are not perfect. Sometimes we don’t communicate as often or as well as we should. But we work through those challenges together with kindness and consideration. The girls on my daughter’s team are the closest of friends. For real. No one is left out. They celebrate every meet and birthday together and cheer each other on in the most supportive ways. Older athletes look out for their “little sisters”. On any given day, if you visit a practice you will see our girls, rec and team, at all levels doing very hard work with all the joy and laughter a healthy childhood should have. Lastly, I believe parent culture can make or break a gym. Yes, we are competitive and close at the same time. We have a tight bond that is also inclusive and welcoming to newcomers. We spend so many hours watching our kids together and I couldn’t be more grateful for the culture we have created.

★★★★★Leonie Lennon

We have had the best experience with Brestyan's Gymnastics and highly recommend it. We have had three kids at rec classes and now all three do team gymnastics and couldn't be happier. Staff and coaches are wonderful, talented and really focus on improving the kids skill and make the environment fun and welcoming at the same time.

★★★★★marjorie solomon

I think breastyans gymnastics is very well run gym they are also very good gymnasts I feel like they are very personal.