Give your children an unfair advantage in life….. enroll them in gymnastics, dance or cheer and see them develop strength, become coordinated, have FUN, make new friends, build strong character traits and so much more.
With our safety and CPR certified adult instructors, you will feel confident that your children are receiving the best instruction in the area. Fun but structured classtime will ensure your children are having a blast while getting fit!! You can enjoy some ‘down-time’ in our relaxing lobby area with viewing windows to most of our rooms and ample seating areas.

Healthy Snacks

February 1, 2012

I thought you might be interested in a few healthy snacks and what they may be good for.  Actually I have 2 1/2 pages worth, but I will start with 3 healthy snacks.  How does that sound?  Then I will add more every now and then.  Here are the first 3:

  1. apples – protects your heart; prevents constipation; blocks diarrhea; improves lung capacity; custions joints
  2. bananas – protects your heart; quiets a cough; strengthens bones; controls blood pressure; blocks diarrhea
  3. carrots – saves eyesight; protects your heart; prevents constipation; combats cancer; promotes weight loss

Being and eating healthy go hand in hand, wouldn’t you agree?  Here’s to keeping active and healthy!

note:  the above information is general and not guaranteed as everyone is different.

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Exercise for Life

January 20, 2012

How do YOU feel about exercise?  If you feel good about exercise, there’s a really good chance that your children will feel good about exercise too.  It’s sorta like when you see other people enjoying themselves, even smiling, it makes you smile too, doesn’t it?
They say the very best time to instill values in our children [...]

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Active Kids, Project 52

January 13, 2012

Do you have active kids (or wish you did)?  Active kids/Project 52 is all about active kids. At least one picture will be taken of child(ren) being active in a different way,  per week for an entire year.  So the 52 stands for 52 weeks in the  year.  We thought you might like to see [...]

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Success Story – Two girls on synchronized tramp

January 6, 2012

Do you know what synchronized trampoline is?  It’s just like synchronized swimming where all swimmers do exactly the same thing, except on the trampoline.  In syncro trampoline there are two trampolines, so two gymnasts trying to bounce and do skills at exactly the same time on two trampolines which are side by side.
  A few [...]

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National Champions

December 30, 2011

Power Tumbling.  Do you know what power tumbling is?  A lot of people do not.  The sport of Power Tumbling is similar to gymnastics only using the trampoline, rod floor and double mini to compete on, rather than the balance beam, bars, floor and vault.  The kids just love it!  Horizon has had national champions ever since [...]

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Having a Birthday?

December 11, 2011

Having a birthday soon?  Birthdays are so much fun and so exciting for children.  Remember when you ask them how old they are and they say the 1/2 year?  It’s so cute.  Like 5 1/2 or 6 1/2. 
An active birthday party is great fun for the birthday child and all of their friends too.   The [...]

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Body Awareness

November 26, 2011

Did you know that body awareness is important in all sports?  The more that you are aware of your body, the better in sports (and safety too) you will be.  Karate is a great example.  If you would ever need to defend yourself, your kick or punch would need to be done correctly for the [...]

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Motivating kids to be active

November 5, 2011

We all know how important and beneficial it is to keep kids active (and us too), but how do we motivate kids to want to move?  One way is the playground.  Yes, that’s right – just the playground.  If you watch the kids, most of them are naturally physically active and love to move around.  [...]

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Making Exercise Fun

October 30, 2011

We all know that it is important to exercise, but the big question is how to make exercise fun.  If exercise is not fun, our children (and us too) will not be very good at continuing to exercise, right?  Here are a few tips to keep exercise      f un and therefore build a healthy body [...]

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