Kazam Gymnastics

I found Kazam gymnastics post-pandemic and it was a great way to find community again. It is an excellent facility that offers everything one could want in a gym: a great space and supportive and knowledgeable staff and coaches.Coach Alex MacInnis knows how to motivate anyone who attends his classes. He creates diverse and inventive programming that is adaptable to every skill level and age. Strength, conditioning and mobility classes are fantastic and they evolve as the program progresses in order to help people achieve new goals and objectives.As a former gymnast, I also enjoyed the tumbling and handstand classes which focused on proper technique. I consistently received helpful corrections and useful drills that helped me improve and get stronger.Every few months, Kazam also offers a benchmarking day, which is a great way to measure individual progress and encourage each other.Thanks Dani, Alex and other coaches and staff for everything you do. I recommend Kazam gymnastics to everyone.

I absolutely love Kazam! All of the instructors are very friendly and the classes are so much fun! Here, I learn new skills, made new friends, and found a form of a fitness that was challenging but very fun to keep up with! Definitely check them out!

I've been training with Kazam Gymnastics for a year now and I can't recommend it enough! When I started, I was looking for a balanced and holistic approach to building strength and mobility and Kazam did not disappoint! As an aerialist, my shoulders have sustained long term injuries but since training with Kazam they have never felt better. My handstands and strength skills have also improved exponentially!Coach Alex is incredibly dedicated to the program and you can see this in the quality of the classes, which focuses on form and technique. The program offers a diverse and comprehensive selection of classes that covers the foundation for gymnastics skills, but you don't need to be a gymnast to start! The classes usually change structure every month so you have time to really see progress on skills before the focus changes. The class environment is supportive and encouraging, and the coaches are knowledgeable and approachable.If you’re looking to try something new to try or to level up your gymnastics skills, then this place is for you! Thanks for the fun year, Kazam!

Coming to Kazam in 2018, I wasn’t sure at first that I would be gaining insight into how my body moved and thought it would be another group class gym setting. Alex took the time with every individual at the classes I attended to help explain and demonstrate the cues needed to understand the basic foundations behind the movements.Little by little, as I learn to unlearn the bad habits of excessively overloading the weights I use to train, and really dial in with the concepts as Alex described them, that I have started to see progress.Fast forward to now, I’ve watched Alex grow his business from a shared gym space to a dedicated adult gymnastics space, with a wonderful community of adults who are looking to enhance their daily lives by achieving goals that may have seemed impossible at certain points.I have a new appreciation for this sport (I never competed or practiced it before now), and seeing the progress I make weekly has been addicting.A sincere thank you to Alex and all the coaches for making my mobility and gymnast dreams come true. Cannot wait to see how far I can push my ceiling with KAZAM.

Kazam is an amazing place for adults to learn or get back into gymnastics. Alex and the team are extremely friendly and welcoming and don't make you feel out of place at all. The classes are tailored to everybody's individual ability and a great side benefit is all of my nagging aches and pains went away after just a few weeks.I highly recommend to anyone looking for a unique and fun workout!

Awesome place to be a kid again, as it’s filled to the brim with awesome like minded people. No other gym like it in ottawa. From slack lines to sponges and all kinds of cool knick-naks, there’s something for everyone here no matter your fitness, strength, or skill level. The drop in/open gym time are quite long and inexpensive ($20).

Easily the most addictive gym experience I've ever had. Started with them 4 months ago and already feeling major improvements in how my body moves day-to-day. Helped with a longstanding knee injury as well. Alex and the other coaches are pure hype and talent, and get excited with you at every little win :)

Literally loved everything about this place.One of the trainers (Sophie or Sofie) was, like, the best. Excellent instructor, very motivating and encouraging, super strong, and she went way - like, WAY - out of her way to make sure we had a good time!The gentleman who I think was the owner: totally awesome dude, and made everything really easy for us.The facility itself: immaculate, big tall ceilings, the best squishy floors for practicing stuff and falling (which I did my fair share of), and lots of equipment for stuff I don't know much about yet.The other members: very cool people, friendly, and happy to share their knowledge and tips.I'm 34 and will probably be visiting this place until I'm 100.

I joined Kazam gymnastics years ago but then had to move away for work. I missed it so much and then I recently moved back to Ottawa and first thing I did was join the program again! I was never a big fan of going to the gym and working one muscle group at a time, gymnastics works so many things at the same time and is the ultimate mastery of your body's movement and mobility. It's so rewarding and there's so many great skills that you get out of it! Alex's program is awesome and he is a fantastic coach, very knowledgeable and helpful. You don't need to be a gymnast to go here, you can start at any level and build up from there, and the results are amazing. Alex has a unique method called benchmarking where you can measure your skill level over time and see the improvements!

As someone who has struggled to properly recover from chronic hip, knee, elbow and shoulder injuries, Kazam helped give me the tools to finally be able to properly implement the corrective exercises given to me by physiotherapist/coaches over the past 8-10 years.After the first class, I was hooked. Alex’s ability to see where I was compensating/where my form or posture was failing during movements was second to none. I felt like I was getting one-on-one therapy, but in reality I was in a large group fitness class.Many of the exercises we performed in Kazam’s classes were widely available/popular online. However, the problem (IMO) with performing these types of workouts/exercises at home is that you may not be aware of where your form fails/where you are compensating. After joining Kazam I was able to feel the full benefits of these exercises I had been performing at home over the years, and finally start to see an actual progression in my strength. In addition to that, I quicky saw how these skills/strength transferred over to other sports like hockey and rock climbing. For example, the Handstand class helped me develop proper shoulder mobility, scapular control, and then I was able to transfer this over to rock climbing. It has made me feel a lot stronger when I have my arms overhead pulling on holds, and has allowed me to put less stress through my fingers. After realizing I had been hinging at my hips improperly for most my life, I was able to become proficient with this movement, and transfer it onto the ice while playing hockey.Another benefit of Kazam’s classes is that the participants encompass a range of abilities, from beginners to ex-gymnasts, which should make anyone looking to join feel comfortable knowing there will be other members of similar skill/fitness level. Additionally, the community at Kazam is incredibly encouraging, and have developed an eye to help other members correct their form during movements.After 3-4 months of attending Kazam’s classes quite regularly, I’ve become way more aware of my body’s posture, as well as how my spine, hips, and shoulders should be moving during various exercises. For example, for years I would keep my pelvis posteriorly tucked during hinge movements like a deadlift, or skating (in hockey). However, Kazam’s classes quickly made me see what I was doing wrong, I was given proper cues on how to correctly hinge, and over a period of weeks I became quite comfortable with this movement.I would recommend Kazam to almost anyone who isn’t an athlete that already has a coach/therapist properly addressing their movement patterns. For the individual who sits at a desk all day, or stands all day, Kazam will help you explore new movement patterns and get you out of the postures you find yourself stuck in. I believe it would also benefit any athlete or gym-goer who is struggling with chronic joint/muscle pain, and has not been able to benefit from other forms of therapy (whether that be PT, chiro, osteopathy etc…)All in all, in 3-4 months of being a member, Kazam has given me the tools to take my fitness to the next level, and finally move on from the chronic injuries I’ve experienced for so much of my life. I will for sure be joining the group again in the future once life circumstances allow me to attend more regularly.