Velocity sports is "THE" place to workout in the South Bay of LA. I dont care if you are a soccer mom, young athlete, weeekend warrior, high school athlete, college athlete on summer or winter break, weekend warrior recreational athlete, or just looking to get your beach body for the summer. I cannot understand why folks train at other gyms, do the beach boot camps, group fitness at the garage gyms they yell at you with their board shorts on and shirts off making you do cookie cutter programs with a timer that everyone else is doing (mind you regardless of your age, health history, past injuries, or training experience, one size fits all at those places), or paying personal trainers at commerical gyms...its insane...I walk the strand and see horrific examples of "exercise programs" going on, and group classes with what appears to be "trainers" who have no clue...as well Ive visited the commercial gyms and cringe at the personal trainers doing things that would make physical therapists and sports ortho doctors vomit the form is so bad...for the price you pay for a personal trainer a few times a week, or for beach boot camp classes, or for the garage gyms with "coaches" who only have 3 days worth of training to get their "coaching certification", you can train at Velocity unlimited times each month....
The facility itself is just as good as going to any Division One school like USC, you get to train in a facility just like a big time college or pro athlete...and often, you are training next to NFL combine guys, UFC fighters, or other pro athletes who do their training at Velocity...all for the same price you pay some starving actor personal trainer or washed up ex athlete trainer/coach to put you through programs you could pull up yourself from online or a muscle magazine...which I would suggest NOT doing. Your kids can get training just like the full scholarship athletes do, which long term will prevent injuries, prevent overtraining, and increase their potential to excel in middle and high school, which if they are meant to be a college athlete this will make sure they get there....
You will not get coddled and have someone holding your hand telling you how great you are, nor will you have someone being a cheerleader yelling at you to push yourself until you puke....its a professional environment where you have "real" coaches that make sure you learn exercise form properly, and do workout routines that will help you achieve your personal goals. Most of the coaches have 4 year college degrees in exercise science (real degrees, not online), and many of them also have masters degrees in exercise science related fields. Many have also interned for many hours with college and professional sports teams, and have certifications that take a lot of studying time and other requirements other than just paying big bucks and making it through a weekend of workouts or some simple tests....I challenge you to ask your personal trainer or "coach" for their resume...see what their background is, and how much training they really have to be able to coach. Learning to do olympic lifts, speed training, prehab work, even a dynamic warmup properly, takes time....learning to coach it, takes even more time...if your coach or trainer is a paper tiger with certifications that a 12 year old could pass, or is a "coach" or trainer just because they did some hard workouts themselves, Id take a look at your hard earned money and then come look at the resumes of the coaches at Velocity.
I played college football at a D-IA WAC school and then a Patriot Leauge I-AA school..both were top 20 when I played there. I also was a strength and conditioning coach for many years at an Ivy League school under a well known strength coach, and then at a Big East school thats known for its basketball studs...I ran the fitness programs for a large "brand name" police department on the east coast....training is part of my life...and Ive been an athlete, and a coach. I only wish I had the chance to go to a Velocity when I was in elementary, middle, and high school..would have saved a lot of wear and tear on my body, and I would have been a better athlete. I go there now, for both adult fitness and strength classes, and despite having tons of old injuries from sports, and more recent surgeries in the past years, I get quality training that helps improve my fitness and quality of life. I consider myself a wise consumer in the field of fitness, and this is where I train. If I had kids, this is where I would send them...this is where Id send my wife if I were married...its a great atmosphere and through the training I have made many friends, both the others in class from every age range and background of athletes to corporate America desk jockies, as well as the coaches themselves. Its addictive and you just look forward to coming to train! cant hurt to try it out, as they do free trials I think still... read more