5/2/26 The ambience of this place seemed like warm at best. The place was busy from what I could see. The outside of the place had some graffiti on the wall, and the place seemed closed at first sight. I decided to check the place out anyhow. Walking back into this place of business was different this time around. This time the place was more livelier. This time I didn't get to talk to anyone. This time I was greeted by several tiny eyes looking at me as if I am asked creepy old man. This time I am the old man being stared at. It has been 40 years since I was a kid learning gymnastics. This time I wonder what I am doing here? Even if this place was my old stomping ground from when I was a kid. This time I did see more women here than males. Actually I saw no males in here. I am starting to wonder if this place is now only for girls/young ladies. If this time is this time, then times have indeed changed and so must I. This time will be my last time visiting this place. I felt like the odd man out, because few males walk in here alone. Guess I will join the one legged man down the road.. read more

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My daughter loves going there and they seem to be a great start for future gymnast competitors. I don't think it's a program just for fun, I believe it's a great place to grow as a future athlete in this sport my daughter who is six loves going there and the facilities look Like an actual serious training program. read more

My daughter fell ill so we tried to get her into a makeup class. We didn't get a call back and it switched over to a new session. Owner didn't care at all and basically said nope too bad. I expressed concern because they never even called us back when we tried to get a makeup class but he just disregarded it and moved on. Most expensive and the owner is pretty rude. read more

It was my son's 1st class today. Granted we were on the wait list for probably about 1 year - but I think it actually worked out in our favor. My son is now 7.5 years old and a bit more ready. I think most of the complaints here on Yelp are related to the fact that the staff are spending more of their time working on student instruction vs. Answering the telephones. When you have hands-ON staff who are more interested in their work than techie computer systems --- oh well. Get over it. Whinny parents be gone! I'm hopeful that we'll have a good experience here and a great relationship with staff. My son was smilingly ear to ear during his entire lesson! And Roger was very helpful with his form and providing very good instruction. We're happy read more

The owner is just plain rude. Rude to the kids and to the parents. Parents are paying money to have their kids join in and experience /learn but if your child is having a moment of not "participating" or doing the "activities" correctly, be prepared to be kicked out in front of everyone. They are children. Anyone who doesn't have patience with kids can't be a kids instructor. Period. read more

My daughter loves this coming here but the customer service is just so bad. Every time you try to call it goes to voicemail and never get called back. Miss a class and it's impossible to reschedule. The owner is just straight up rude on the phone for no reason. read more

Fairfax gymnastics instructor who teaches the Tuesday morning class is the most unprofessional teacher I have ever seen. We came to the trial class and he kicked my daughter out in the middle of the class saying that she can not attend the class and needs to go the the lower level. My daughter was not disruptive, she was able to do some of the exercises but couldn't do them all because it is her first class! My daughter was kicked out in front of everyone and she is in tears. This person should not be anywhere near small children, he is not fit to work with kids. Additionally other parents complained that he is always late for class. The facility is dirty and smells like someone died in there. My daughter went to the little gym and the exercise room was much cleaner and nicer. read more

Kids love it. Even in group settings, the staff give the kids enough individual attention to hold thier interest and to improve their skills. One nice touch is that if you miss a lesson, you can schedule makeup sessions with other classes. If that doesn't work, you can attend open gym on Saturdays or Sundays. It lets the kids use all the equipment, but without an instructor. They also do birthday parties. That's a nice, healthy alternative to the usual junk food orgies at most places. read more

This gym is a second home for our daughter for 10 years. The owners are professional and care about their athletes. We live FGA!

I have left SEVERAL messages in the past couple of weeks attempting to speak to someone about admission for my children, but no one cares to call me back. This blatant disregard for customer service makes me wonder about the gymnastics program. I came to Yelp only to find I'm not the only one! They are seriously lacking in their customer service skills and, as such, have lost my business. I have now enrolled my children in another gym. My advice to anyone considering this gymnastics program, be prepared to jump through hoops (no pun intended). read more

Good luck with trying to get a response from the Administration/Enrollment office! My first inquiry was responded to within an hour, but after I responded to the questions asked, I never got another response. My neighbor also tried to get her daughter enrolled again to this place and they didn't even have the decency to return any of her calls either. Are they too high and mighty to not respond?! Not a good way to do/run a business, maybe they should have the admin office go to a training on customer service. read more

We have had our daughter in the program for 3 years now and she loves it! The coaches have been great with her and patient. We just signed her up for another quarter and are looking forward to it in the fall! read more

The coaches and staff are incredibly attentive to the kids. My son can't wait to go to gymnastics class. The kids always seem to have a great time and the staff seems to love coaching them. I can't recommend this place enough! read more

I disagree about the review that the boy's team coach doesn't like working with younger boys. My son started with said coach when he was 7 and is now 11 in Level 6 with the same coach. The boys love the coach at Fairfax gymnastics. read more

I have found this gym and its owner is great for girls and older boys. I have watched the 6-8 year group deteriorate and fear under it's coach (the boys team coach) this coach does not seem to want to work with this age group, he cannot keep control, spends too much time setting up equipment and giving explanations that 6-8 year olds don't understand and fails to check them on the equipment and give them a heads up before pushing them into an exercise. This scares the kids, this causes them some discomfort, fear and pain. Both my husband and I have tried to talk to both the coach of this age group and the owner, only to have them duck us and be 'unavailable' at any time. Unacceptable. go for girls, go for older boys, but until they get an instructor who likes this age of boys and can keep an eye on them, care about them and teach properly, avoid, avoid, avoid. read more

I'd give it ZERO stars if I could! My three year old son left crying hysterically. I have never seen my son that upset before. The instructors should not be permitted to work with children. What she did was beyond cruel. I have never had such a poor experience with any type of business in my life especially one that is for children. I have asked the manager to call me. I have called 4 times. He did try me once but has not tried again the past three days despite leaving a message everyday. I have never before filed a formal complaint with the state or local official after my experience I am. read more

This place is very hard to get in touch with. For the last few weeks, I attempted to sign my daughter up for a Saturday morning gymnastics class for toddlers. I called five or six times and emailed once, trying to get it taken care of with at least a week to spare. A week after leaving a phone message, I did get a call back. I asked about the class I was interested in, mentioning the Saturday time specifically. This class requires a parent to attend with the child, so Saturday was the only day that fit into our schedule. The woman I spoke to on the phone seemed like she wasn't really sure what the class involved. She said that the class started out with stretching, and then moved on to gymnastics, but couldn't tell me what "gymnastics" meant for 1.5 year olds. I asked if we could come see a class, and arranged to come to the Saturday morning class. At no time did they indicate that the class was full or that there would be any problem with us attending and joining that class, or did they offer to put us on a wait list or add us to the class to make sure we kept a slot. Thinking about this afterwards, I called back several times to try to make sure we could fit in the class, but not once over the course of three days did anyone pick up the phone or return the message I left. Sure enough, showed up this morning and was told that the class was full and had a wait list. The person I spoke to assured me it was someone else's fault, so I took my 1.5 year old ( who was all excited for "gymblastics") right back home. It was a very frustrating experience. Overall, my impression of this gymnastics school is that they don't care very much about getting your business. They don't answer their phone, return calls, or do anything but blame other employees when a mistake has been made. That said, we never even made it to the gymnastics, and there appeared to be some pretty happy kids (as well as some pretty bored looking ones) sitting around inside. So if you manage to sign up for a class, you might really enjoy it, but that's a pretty big if. read more

This place offers great stuff! My daughter had her bday party there it was awesome! Not sure what those other reviews are about- I got immediate responses and great customer service. read more

Horrible signup process. Waiting 3-4 hours in line on a weekday to sign up year by year. You come home sweating with sunburn and bug bites. Somebody needs to open another gymnastics academy with online registration system please. read more

Even though my daughter was a beginner at gymnastics, she was lumped with other girls who were more familiar with the techniques just because she was similar in age with these girls and did not get sufficient attention and help. She fell from a high bar and the instructor did not even notice it even though other parents (including myself) on the observation deck were shocked by how bad the fall was. I think the classes should be structured so that beginners are grouped together. Young kids who are beginners need sufficient training and supervision on the equipment before they are allowed to try them on their own! The instructor failed to do that and we completely lost interest in gymnastics after this experience. read more

I absolutely love this gymnastics school. I bring my kids here for classes. The staff are knowledgeable, friendly, smart and very professional. The owners Kim and Roger are great, they went above and beyond to make sure my kids were having a great experience. I would recommend all my family and friends to this school. Thank you Fairfax Gymnastics Academy..... read more

The academy itself is great however the sign up process is horrible. They have the old school come in and sign up method. If you don't line up hours before they open up don't count on getting the spot you want. Have they heard of the Internet and online registration??? read more

Very crowded and terrible parking. Parents can't really watch as the observation area is tight with 10 people in it.

The place is a great place for gymnastics, however, their process for signing up for classes is absolutely insane. Expect to stand outside for hours on a weekday to get your kid in to a class. I think it is time for them to enter this century and discuss an online process. read more

My daughter is having a great time here. Within 1 session, her techniques improve tremendously comparing to when she was at Capital. Even in warm up, the instructors walk around and show kids how to properly stretch. You don't see that at Capital either. read more