The less sporty kid
is the one
who needs it most.
School sport is built around the children who are already good at it. The ones who are not tend to work that out quickly, stop putting their hand up, and carry it into adulthood as a settled belief that they are not sporty.
A private session removes the audience. Nobody is picked last, nobody is watching, and the session is built around what this child can do today rather than what the group is doing. That is usually what changes first, before any physical measure does.
It works the other way too. A teenager already playing competitive sport gets strength and movement work written for their body and their season, which is not something a squad session can do.
Movement first.
Load comes later.
Nothing is loaded until the pattern is right. For a younger child that can be most of the first block. For a teenager it is usually faster.
Movement screen
How they squat, hinge, push, pull, land and change direction. Written down, so the same screen can be run again later.
Coordination and skill
Balance, reaction, footwork and decision making under light pressure. Games and challenges, because that is what holds an eleven year old's attention.
Strength
Bodyweight first, then external load once the pattern holds. Supervised set by set, which is the part a group session cannot promise.
Food and sleep
Simple, age appropriate conversation about eating and sleeping, pitched to the young person rather than lectured at the parent.
Parents are welcome to stay. Most do for the first session and then wait outside.
Will lifting
stunt their growth?
No. This is the most persistent myth in youth fitness and the major paediatric and sports medicine bodies have been clear about it for years. Supervised, appropriately programmed resistance training is considered safe for children and adolescents, and the injury risk is lower than in most of the sports they already play.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Its clinical report on resistance training in children and adolescents concludes that properly supervised programmes are safe and effective, and that the growth plate concern is not supported by the evidence.
Pediatrics, 2020International consensus
The international position statement on youth resistance training, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, supports participation for children and adolescents with qualified supervision and sound programme design.
BJSM, 2014What matters instead
The risk in youth training is not the weight. It is unsupervised loading, poor technique rehearsed at speed, and too much of one sport too young. All three are what a private session is for.
Four young people,
four different reasons.
Most dedicated children's gyms in Bangkok stop at twelve. We coach to seventeen, which means a teenager does not have to be handed to an adult gym the moment they outgrow the kids class.
Avoids PE, dreads sports day. The work here is confidence first. Physical change follows it rather than causing it.
Already in a school or club squad and wants to be stronger and more durable. Strength work built around their season.
Handled quietly and without weighing them in front of anyone. The target is capability and habits, not a number.
Returning from an injury or a growth spurt that changed how they move. Physio is in the same building if it is needed.
Straight answers.
What ages do you take?
Eight to seventeen. Younger than eight we would point you elsewhere, and from eighteen they move into adult coaching with us if they want to.
Can a child have a personal trainer?
Yes, with a coach qualified in youth specifically rather than an adult coach scaling down adult training. Dan Remon holds IYCA Level 2 in youth fitness. Children are not small adults and the programming is genuinely different.
Is strength training safe at twelve?
Yes, supervised and properly programmed. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the 2014 international consensus in the British Journal of Sports Medicine both support it. Both are linked above.
Do you run group classes or camps?
No. Everything here is one to one by appointment, including the youth coaching. It is a private studio rather than a kids gym, and that is the whole reason it works for a child who dislikes being watched.
What does it cost?
Youth coaching runs inside the Aspire programme, from ฿12,000 a month depending on how often they train. No contract, no minimum term. The first conversation is free.
When can we come?
By appointment, Monday to Friday 7am to 8pm and weekends 8am to 4pm, so after school and weekend slots both work. We are at Jasmine City on Soi Sukhumvit 23, a short walk from Asok BTS and Sukhumvit MRT.
My child is not sporty at all
That is most of who we see, and it is the group private coaching suits best. No team to be picked for, no class to be the slowest in. We start with what they can do and build from there.
Can I stay and watch?
Yes. Most parents stay for the first session. After that, many teenagers would rather you did not, and that is usually a good sign.
Will it clash with their school sport?
It should support it. Tell us the training and fixture load and the programme is written around it rather than added on top. Too much of one sport too young is a bigger injury risk than strength work is.
What if they get injured?
Aspire Physio is on the second floor of the same building, staffed by degree qualified physiotherapists. Assessment and treatment happen where they train, and the coach adjusts the programme rather than pausing it.