Today is a very important day for ASI Lake Highlands Level 1 Team Member Camille Elenez… it’s her 9th Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Camille!
Camille and Coach Sila have bonded over their love for fitness (and their love for acting silly)!
Camille only started at ASI about 6 months ago, after she heard about us from some friends who love our programs, but she has caught on quick. She started in a girls gymnastics recreational class, but thanks to her own hard work and the guidance of her awesome coaches, she has moved up to our competitive team. In fact, she just had her first Level 1 Team practice last week, and she did great!
Quote from Camille
“The coaches are all really nice!”
Camille gets a great workout in her classes at ASI, but this 9-year old’s commitment to fitness does not stop there. In her free time, Camille is training for her first 5k! In addition to Team, Camille has been in a Power Tumbling Silver class with Coach Sila, and she just achieved her main goal for that class: mastering a back handspring on the trampoline all by herself. Congratulations, Camille!
Coach Sila helps Camille stay fit and learn cool new skills!
Quote from Camille
“It’s fun to do different tumbling, skills and flipping around.”
Over the past few months, you may have noticed a friendly face on posters in the gyms and on the ASI website and thought to yourself, “Who is this guy, and why is he so popular?” Ladies and gentlemen of the ASI family, meet Sila Issa!
Sila loves his job, and so could you! Apply Today!
Coach Sila is an amazing coach who changes kids’ lives every day at ASI Lake Highlands. When Sila first heard about ASI Gymnastics almost 2 years ago, after a friend from church encouraged him to apply, he didn’t have much gymnastics experience, but he had a love for kids and a passion for transforming lives through fitness, and we knew he would FIT right in. Now, after going through ASI’s extensive on-the-job training, Sila is a truly gifted gymnastics coach, and his talented students are the evidence!
Sila shares his love of fitness with his students!
Quote from Sila
“Gymnastics is a great sport for kids because it helps them with coordination, builds lean muscle mass, and provides a safe environment for them to get fit, have fun and interact with new people!”
Sila loves coaching at ASI for so many reasons. He loves that the job is stable, and he really loves the full-time benefits he receives, including healthcare, college tuition assistance, and the ASI Fitness Plan! He loves the smile on a child’s face when they learn a new skill they put their heart into learning, and knowing he helped them reach that goal. He also loves the great relationships he’s built with his coworkers.
Sila says his coworkers have become like family!
In his free time, Sila gets plenty of exercise, and he especially loves running, lifting weights, and rock climbing. Sila passes his passion for fitness onto his students.
Quote from Sila
“Fitness is important for kids because it teaches them at an early age to take care of themselves, eat healthy and be active.”
As you’ve probably noticed, the kids, coaches, and staff at ASI really love gymnastics, and we know how to show it! Now that summer is fast approaching and school is wrapping up, we’d like to shift our focus to an idea that is also incredibly important to the heart of what we do at ASI Gymnastics” FITNESS!
We think fitness is SO important that we’re going to start talking about it more, and we’d love to invite you to join the conversation using hashtag #ASIfit.
For the next few months, we’re going to take social media by storm with #ASIfit! We want to increase conversation about the importance of fitness, and that’s where YOU come in! We want you to share your pics and posts about all the fit fun you’re having at ASI using hashtag #ASIfit, and come check out more of our programs designed to give kids access to safe, fun recreation all summer long!
We truly believe that involvement in gymnastics provides the best athletic development for children, and hundreds of studies and reports back up our belief that fitness needs to be a core part of a child’s life to promote future health and well-being.
“only one in three children achieves the minimum amount of physical activity they need each day.”
A fit lifestyle starts at an early age, and students who get the physical activity they need are more likely to be attentive in school, and less likely to develop obesity-related health complications later in life. There are many benefits to exposing kids to physical activity, and we feel lucky at ASI to be able to offer fitness to kids in a safe, fun and positive environment!
MaryBeth Widman is an adorable Kidz Gym student at ASI Arlington. She loves coming to Coach Phil’s class on Wednesdays, because she gets to act silly and have fun. In her free time, she likes to play on playgrounds and swing on swing sets, and she takes that same playful energy with her into ASI every week! She especially likes to swing on the rope and jump on the tumble tramp.
Quote from MaryBeth
“I love to jump and swing!”
MaryBeth’s family has been taking classes at ASI for almost two years, ever since they heard about our wonderful programs through some friends in the special needs community. MaryBeth’s older brother, Mitchell, takes Gymmie Kids classes, and MaryBeth takes Kidz Gym Level 1. She really enjoys dancing to the music and playing with the props during the music circle time. Our preschool classes are designed to give kids early exposure to colors, letters, shapes, seasons, animals and more. MaryBeth learns something new every week!
MaryBeth’s favorite thing about ASI is Coach Phil!
Quote from MaryBeth’s Mom
“He is so patient, gentle, funny and has awesome attention to detail. He can tell just by looking at her face if she is having a bad day or not.”
At ASI, we are committed to offering the best gymnastics instruction possible for every child at their level. To us, that means a toddler deserves the same high quality gymnastics that we offer to our top level gymnasts. Thankfully, we have amazing coaches like Coach Phil Humbert to ensure that our little ones get exactly what they deserve: the best, most fun gymnastics class around!
Coach Phil gets to be a kid every day at work!
Coach Phil started coaching at ASI Arlington almost 7 years ago, and he still says that it was the best decision he ever made! Now, he is one of the top-ranked coaches in our entire company! Because Phil is such a talented coach, he is capable of teaching all kinds of gymnastics classes and special events like Parents’ Night Out and Survivor Camp, but he really shines in preschool classes. He is energetic, fun, and so creative, his students can’t take their eyes off him. We think Phil is so great at working with kids because in reality, he’s just a big kid himself. So many adults forget how to have fun as they grow up, but Phil gets paid to have fun every day!
Quote from Phil
“I love that we have created a world that is all about loving kids! No matter the ability, the age, or the size, any kid can come to ASI and have a life changing experience. For me it’s all about FUN, and I get to have FUN every day I come to work. Where else am I going to find a job that welcomes that kind of desire?”
After watching Phil have so much success, we asked ourselves, “How can we replicate Phil’s amazing coaching talents, so that kids everywhere can have this much fun in their gymnastics classes?” Now, Phil is overseeing our Preschool gymnastics program for the whole company. In addition to coaching, he will be traveling from gym to gym, making sure that all of our coaches have the training and resources they need to give kids an amazing experience every time they walk into an ASI Gymnastics facility. At ASI, if you work hard and love kids, there is no limit to how much you can grow in your career!
Quote from Phil
“Through ASI I am able to have a full-time job that I love! I honestly enjoy coming to work everyday and know that each day is going to be different than any day before! I get compensated fairly, have health insurance, and work for a company that I know genuinely cares about me as a person. I have been given opportunities to grow as an employee and look forward to hopefully growing into newer and bigger roles in the future. What more could I ask for?”
