My Gym

I love this place! In fact, I have sent both my kids here! The employees are always positive and upbeat. Monica is always a pleasure to be around and runs her business well. My girls LOVE it here! Highly recommend!

My toddler really enjoyed My Gym and i was a great outlet for her to play with other kids since she isn’t attending day care. The play is very structured, with time to run and climb and jump around followed by intervals of teaching and «circle time» to keep the kids engaged, learning, and interacting. The only thing that prevented us from continuing a membership is that there was no play area for little siblings, so once my second child was mobile and no longer happy to sit in a baby carrier, our nanny could not bring both girls to the sessions. My Gym policy is to not allow younger siblings on the play floor, so we had to discontinue for now. However, for a single child who needs some play time and education around other kids, this was a good solution. Monica and the staff there are always very responsive, friendly, and seem to know every single child by name.

I thought to write a glowing reference about a recent party we had at My Gym. We held a *drop off* party for my 4 year old at the My Gym in Sterling/​Dulles. There were about 15 party guests — all about 4 years old also. I thought it would be more beneficial for all if the guests were limited to the 4 year old crowd and not a mixture of varied ages. Most importantly, this was the first *drop off* party for many, if not all, of the kids. The only adults that stayed behind were myself, a friend and the two My Gym Party Specialists. Our event was the last one on a Sunday and I believe it was the Deluxe package. Needless to say, for the first drop party for many of us, I was a nervous parent and I wanted to be sure all the kids had fun. Plus, I wanted to make sure the other parents felt comfortable dropping their kids off too. To say the event exceeded my expectations is an understatement. I was blown away. The Party Specialists (Courtnee, in particular) were phenomenal in not only maintaining the kids attention, but all of the kids were also engaged, having fun and smiling the entire time. There were endless activities for them and it was incredible to see the Specialists in action. As a SAHM, I’m around this age group quite a bit and it was humbling and truly joyous to see so many kids having *so much* fun at the same time. It was heart warming that my daughter received special attention as well. She was a precious little star that evening and her pride was a sheer delight to see. The videos and photos I took are priceless. I’ve shared some of the videos & pictures with the parents and they’ve all mentioned how much their children enjoyed the party. My adult friend who stayed was also super impressed. The party ran seamlessly from beginning to end. And it was great that we took the wrapped presents home to open later. Needless to say, I know that the parents also appreciated the «drop off» nature of the party and were overjoyed that their kids had such a great time. I have no doubt that some of the parents will check out My Gym, if they haven’t already. Even setting up & shutting down the party was easy and the folks at My Gym were true professionals from beginning to end. I HIGHLY recommend!

We enrolled our daughter at My Gym right after her first birthday, right after they first opened. We lasted three months before canceling our membership.
Frankly, the place was just too chaotic and unorganized for us to enjoy. I was particularly bothered by the music. It’s loud and it’s often inappropriate. The volume seemed to upset our child and we also heard complaints from the staff at the swim school next door; they could hear the music as well. The playlist was Top 40 pop music without edits. That should be rethought, given the subject nature of some of these songs and the fact that there was no censoring.
The class went from activity to activity to activity at a speed that was uncomfortable and annoying. As soon as we got settled in one activity, it would be wrapped up and we’d have to move to the next one. It was too ADHD. The physical activities didn’t seem very sound or very age appropriate. I was uncomfortable with some of the stretches and movements they wanted us to do with the kids.
We ended up at a gymnastics gym instead. The instructors seem more educated in kinesiology and childhood education.

My husband and I took our 6 month old daughter here for a friend’s 1^st birthday party. I have never heard of this place before and didn’t know what to expect. It is a very neat place! They have obstacles and games for the children of all ages. The staff are very energetic. I love how although the parents are near by the staff were concerned for the children’s safety. There were a few times I saw the young gentleman ensure the kids went up and down the slides safely. I believe the ages of the children of the party ranged from 6 months — 3 years old and all of them had fun. A very cool place to have a birthday party. Bring socks by the way, I didn’t and had to pay $ 2 for a pair in order to go into the arena.

We had our daughter’s 4^th birthday here this afternoon and I was thrilled with how it turned out. I had some guilt about not doing a «homemade» or creatively themed party but not anymore!
The facility is new, colorful and full of fun things to do (the ball pit, rock wall and zip line were huge hits). More importantly the staff is AMAZING. We had three people as facilitators and they were just wonderful. They did a great job of keeping kids engaged, were very high energy and were fun and friendly even while enforcing rules and keeping kids going form one game to the next. They were organized and very efficient.
Really head and shoulders above similar facilities we have been to for the birthday party circuit (where the kids working seemed straight out of Fast Times at Ridgemont HIgh). All of these places are expensive, IMO, but we left very happy and the birthday girl and her friends had a blast.