Naydenov Gymnastics Fun Center

I left here crying today because the front desk girl lied and said they don’t keep any information about my son’s prior classes so I had to have a receipt because she couldn’t go through all the files. Then she lied again to her parents (the owners) and said I swore at her to get me kicked out. It was too negative I don’t want to go there, but it was fun beside all that competitive cattiness.

I went to view class and a birthday party here. Firstly, The place smells horrible, it is not clean. I mean seriously, there is litteral dirt and various other stuff on the equipment. The set up of large metal lockers on the floor by large aerial equipment is just not safe. On top of that they were rusty. The work I saw done with the kids was mostly ignoring them and shouting directions at them. When the kids didn’t understand they were LITERALLY SCRAMED at. The lady at the front desk was extremely rude, and wouldn’t give us any help letting us know where to go. For the birthday party they set us up in the wrong space, them moved us so everything started late, then charged us for going over our time. It’s cheap but you get what you pay for. I am surprised that they are in business.

I would give this place no stars if I could. We were here for my daughter’s first gymnastics class (not only here, but ever). She was super excited. Here’s what happened.
1. This place smells and is dirty. I didn’t even feel comfortable with my daughter walking around barefoot. I didn’t want to touch anything in the bathroom. The smell is unreal.
2. The girl at the front-​desk was so rude to us I was actually a little shocked. We had never been there before and she was the opposite of helpful and acted like we were bothering her by needing help and asking questions. She sighed and rolled her eyes when she realized she would need to get off her phone to help get us registered and didn’t even explain where we needed to be for the class beyond just gesturing towards the gym.
3. I could deal with the first two if the class itself had been good. This was a beginner class. The teacher (Irina) was awful. Her tone with the kids just made me sad. She seemed bored and didn’t give much 1-​on-​1 help, even though there were only like five girls in the class and they had an entire hour. I reached the end of my rope with this place when she yelled at my daughter (my tiny 6-​year-​old who had never been to a gymnastics class before) for not understanding the poorly-​given directions on the beam.
We couldn’t get out of that stinky place fast enough. I asked my daughter after class if she wanted to go back and she said no. I’ll be spending my money on another gymnastics program.

Worst customer service and rudest staff I’ve ever encountered. I also saw one teacher grab a kid forcefully by the arm and toss her around like a rag doll while yelling at her in front of everyone. Mentally disabled or not, you do not treat children like that.

Depends on which instructor your child gets. Some are encouraging, others could care less about teaching the skills and some just want the kids to go through the motions.

We came in for one of our kid’s friend’s birthday parties. It was really fun. We looked for some pricing and thought about getting our kids into lessons here, but we just never ended up doing it. So this review is based on the birthday party alone.
The staff were attentive and very good with kids. They were very kind and helpful and just all around treated the kids very well and helped them figure out how different things worked.
My younger daughter loved the trampoline where they are clipped in to some cords and can jump and do flips. She would have stayed on that trampoline the whole party time, had she been allowed!
My oldest enjoyed swinging and landing in the foam pit… It was really fun for all the kids.

My experience with gymnastics facilities in the area is limited to Naydenov, so I cannot speak to others in the area, or how it compares to them.
Pros: I can say, that this gym is very large, and seems to have a great following. The coaches I’ve met clearly know what they are doing, and are very approachable. The equipment they have is in good repair, and is not old or obsolete. Not a single thread of duct-​tape is to be seen. The desk staff is usually very polite and attentive, and the computer they use for scheduling and teacher identification is a nice touch. The gym is busy enough that it can be challenging to find parking at particularly busy times of the day, yet the class sizes are never too large. They have a nice large loft area for parents to sit and observe the gymnasts, which is a nice touch, and keeps us out of the way. They provide a daycare-​type service for younger non-​gymnast siblings, that is closed by the time I bring my daughter to classes, but I don’t use the service anyway. Would be a great feature if I had a littler one.
Cons: The biggest complaint I have is that this place smells like a dirty gym sock. In times of bad weather, they have the side doors closed and it smells like I’m watching my daughter from a sweaty locker. I don’t want to touch anything, because I know it hasn’t been wiped down in months, if not longer. The only other complaint I have is mild, and that is that I don’t feel the coaches maximize the use of their time with the kids. When I was in gymnastics, we had to hustle to keep up. There was challenge involved, even doing the simplest of tasks. My daughter’s class strolls from one activity to the next, and sometimes girls in the class are just sitting around waiting for direction. A source of mild frustration that is overshadowed by the assault from the odor.
Really, the gym is a nice place overall, and I can’t imagine taking my daughter anywhere else. I took off .8 stars for smell, and .2 stars for value.

We love it here! Our daughter has been doing gymnastics here since she was 6! It’s a huge kids play land! They have great coaches too!

THE largest and best training facility in the NW!!!