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{{Short description|Worldwide fitness center for children}} |
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Established in 1983, the '''My Gym Children’s Fitness Center''' is the #1-ranking fitness center destination for children with 200 locations worldwide, including such international locations as Hong Kong, France and Brazil among others.<ref>[http://www.sbnonline.com/Local/Article/18896/75/0/Balance_beam.aspx Smart Business Magazine]</ref> |
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{{Infobox company |
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| name = My Gym Children's Fitness Center |
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| image = My Gym Logo.jpg |
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1983}} |
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| hq_location_city = [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks, California]] |
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| website = {{url|www.mygym.com}} |
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'''My Gym Children's Fitness Center''' is a worldwide [[fitness center]] for children between the ages of 4 months to 10 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=My Gym Reaches Out To Mall Kids|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/as-seen-on/My_Gym_Reaches_Out_To_Mall_Kids_Los_Angeles.html|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=KNBC|date=Jan 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gym jam isn't just for parents|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/388412150|access-date=21 September 2013|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|date=Jan 6, 1997}}</ref> The company was formed in 1983 by Yacov and Susi Sherman<ref>{{cite web |title=My Gym Children's Fitness Center |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/directory/my-gym-childrens-fitness-center/289470 |website=entrepreneur.com |publisher=Entrepreneur Media, Inc. |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=My Gym Children's Fitness Center Keeping Boca's Children On The Go|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1EJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4295,1194109&dq=my-gym-children's-fitness-center&hl=en|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=Boca Raton News|date=Feb 23, 2006}}</ref> and today has over 700 units worldwide. |
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My Gym offers fitness classes, birthday parties, summer camps, and events, for children ages six weeks to nine ten old. My Gym programs include movement, [[Tumbling (gymnastics)|tumbling]], and exercise.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Gym |url=https://www.mygym.com/classes |website=www.mygym.com |access-date=29 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Programming Developmental Index |url=https://www.mygym.com/images/program-development-index.pdf |website=mygym.com |publisher=My Gym |access-date=29 November 2024}}</ref> |
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For more than two decades, My Gym Children’s Fitness Center has combined innovative, early physical education/pre-gymnastics classes with state-of-the-art facilities to empower children - ages 6 weeks to 13 years - by helping them acquire the skills, confidence and positive self-image needed to become healthy young adults. My Gym’s award winning, structured, noncompetitive and age-appropriate classes enhance children’s overall physical development through games, music, exercise, sports, gymnastics, puppets, special rides and fun. The children gain strength, balance, coordination, fine and gross motor proficiency, agility, flexibility and social skills.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_5943153?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com Los Angeles Daily News]</ref><ref>[ http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/6787824-1.html San Fernando Valley Business Journal]</ref> |
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In fall of 2008 My Gym won a [[Parents' Choice Award|''Parent’s Choice'' award]] for their DVD ''My Gym at Home, Fun With Monique''. ''My Gym'' funds the children's entertainment group ''The Activators'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Business Briefs - Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL)|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PGHB&p_multi=BGCB&p_theme=pghb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12CF18C379D6ABD0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=Pioneer Local|date=December 31, 2009}}</ref> which formed a partnership with [[The President's Challenge]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Business Digest for Wednesday, March 16, 2011|url=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/business/x698052086/Business-Digest-for-Wednesday-March-16-2011|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=MetroWest Daily News|date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> |
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===Westfield Mall=== |
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In November 2009, My Gym teamed up with the Westfield Shopping Center to launch the My Gym Activator Challenge. Filled with greasy food, candy and videogames, malls are typically not associated with healthy children. However, the My Gym Activator Challenge is designed as place where fun and exercise meets, working to fight childhood obesity at the source. |
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Designed by the same professionals who crafted My Gym’s multi-award winning fitness program, the My Gym Activator Challenge features a 2-story play structure, where children can crawl through winding tunnels to balancing on a river walk’s stones as well as hop-scotching, sliding, jumping and hurdling though the course’s many other fun and fitness-filled obstacles.<ref>[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/station/as-seen-on/My_Gym_Reaches_Out_To_Mall_Kids_Los_Angeles.html KNBC Los Angeles. “My Gym Reaches out to Mall Kids” ]</ref> |
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===The Activators=== |
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In 2009, My Gym worked with local screenwriter Gregg Lichtenstein to develop and finance The Activators (to be linked with The Activators Wiki), a four-member performance group that uses music and games to inspire kids to stay healthy and fit. Lichtenstein was inspired to create The Activators because of the lack of children’s content that failed to promote healthy lifestyles. When My Gym learned of his efforts, they became inspired and decided to use their resources to make The Activators a reality. <ref>[http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/news/20091124/mygym.html?word=televisi%F3 Kidscreen]</ref><ref>[http://www.cynopsis.com/editions/kids/112309/ Cynopsis Kids]</ref><ref>[http://www.delawaregazette.com/local.asp?ID=1908&Story=3 Delaware Gazette]</ref><ref>[http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/Brands/My-Gym-Launches-TV-Initiative/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/644097. Global License]</ref> |
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===My Gym on Television=== |
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“My Gym at Home,” a Parent’s Choice award winner (9), is the first exercise series for children. Hosted by My Gym personalities Monique Vranesh and Eric Grindler, “My Gym At Home” is a fitness title program aimed at children 3 and under featuring exercises designed to assist in the formation and development of children’s motor skills, flexibility and social skills. My Gym’s team of children’s fitness professionals joined together with BabyFirstTV’s educational experts to develop and produce “My Gym At Home” bringing young families fun My Gym exercises that parents can perform at home together with their babies and toddlers. (10) |
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* {{official website|http://my-gym.com/}} |
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[[Category:1983 establishments in California]] |
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[[Category:American children's entertainers]] |
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[[Category:Health clubs in the United States]] |
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[[Category:Companies based in California]] |
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[[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles County, California]] |
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[[Category:American companies established in 1983]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 29 November 2024
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My Gym Children's Fitness Center is a worldwide fitness center for children between the ages of 4 months to 10 years.[1][2] The company was formed in 1983 by Yacov and Susi Sherman[3][4] and today has over 700 units worldwide.
My Gym offers fitness classes, birthday parties, summer camps, and events, for children ages six weeks to nine ten old. My Gym programs include movement, tumbling, and exercise.[5][6]
In fall of 2008 My Gym won a Parent’s Choice award for their DVD My Gym at Home, Fun With Monique. My Gym funds the children's entertainment group The Activators,[7] which formed a partnership with The President's Challenge in 2011.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "My Gym Reaches Out To Mall Kids". KNBC. Jan 18, 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Gym jam isn't just for parents". Sun Sentinel. Jan 6, 1997. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "My Gym Children's Fitness Center". entrepreneur.com. Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "My Gym Children's Fitness Center Keeping Boca's Children On The Go". Boca Raton News. Feb 23, 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "My Gym". www.mygym.com. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Programming Developmental Index" (PDF). mygym.com. My Gym. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Business Briefs - Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL)". Pioneer Local. December 31, 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Business Digest for Wednesday, March 16, 2011". MetroWest Daily News. March 16, 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.