History
My Gym was created in 1983 by William Caplin and Yacov & Susi Sherman, who opened their first two My Gyms in Santa Monica and Van Nuys, California. Utilizing their experience in the fields of sports, dance, early childhood development, kinesiology and gymnastics, they developed a program and facility where children actively participate in a variety of structured, weekly physical education classes to gain social skills and self-esteem. In 1989, Cory Bertisch and Monique Vranesh, then recent graduates of the University of California at Santa Barbara, purchased My Gym in Van Nuys and experienced immediate success. From 1989 to 1994, the original My Gym founders, together with Bertisch and Vranesh, further developed the My Gym programming, refined their custom-made equipment, fine-tuned their systems of operation, and witnessed the popularity of their gyms explode.
Specialties
My Gym offers an exhilarating, noncompetitive program where children 6 weeks to 11 years develop physically, cognitively, and emotionally. Our immaculate, state of the art facility features custom designed equipment manufactured exclusively for My Gym. Each week when children enter our doors, they find a completely new gym floor setup and participate in a fresh class program as well. That means a new and stimulating experience every week. Kids LOVE My Gym. Our structured, age-appropriate, weekly classes incorporate music, dance, relays, games, special rides, gymnastics, sports, and other original activities. We maintain an exceptionally low student to teacher ratio; and our extensively trained staff is committed to nurturing children, treating them with understanding and positive reinforcement, maintaining a supportive and noncompetitive atmosphere, and making learning fun and exciting. Our unique class programs are formulated so that children will succeed. Birthday parties, too!