Active Kids is for ages 7 to 12, and it is designed around one honest fact: kids will not do a workout, but they will absolutely compete, climb, jump, race and play. So we teach real movement patterns inside games that hold their attention, and the fitness happens on the way.

Underneath the fun there is real coaching. Kids learn how to squat, hinge, push, pull and land properly, which are the same fundamentals that keep athletes healthy and keep non athletes out of the physical therapist's office later. Our coaches watch technique the same way they do in adult classes, just with more noise.

Parents tell us the part that surprises them is not the strength or the coordination. It is the confidence that shows up at school and on the field a few months in.