Welcome to Beyond Gymnastics!
The story of Beyond Gymnastics begins with the owner and founder Briana Dogherra (formerly Briana Porzelt). From a young age Briana took gymnastics classes and fell in love with the sport. Through the years being in classes she started volunteering at the gym and then when she was old enough, she began working as a coach. Coaching classes turned into managing gyms and her passion for the sport never faded.
Briana enjoyed working with the younger classes and so went to Grand Canyon University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Teaching. After working in preschools Briana missed the gym environment and so Beyond Gymnastics was born. With her family’s support, who you can’t miss when they are in the gym because of their loud fun-loving Italian nature, a crazy dream of opening a gymnastics gym was born.
Our gym opened in 2018 renting spaces from the Star Pointe community center in Estrella Mountain Ranch in Goodyear, AZ. With portable equipment and mats Briana taught new students how to do handstands and tumble. From there class sizes grew and her name in the community started to spread.
Briana met her business partner and co-owner Tom Gerlach when his daughter was taking classes. Tom saw that Briana and Beyond Gymnastics had big potential and with his experience running his own business “Triple Diamonds Handyman Services” he decided to join the team.
After many meetings it was decided that Beyond Gymnastics needed its own facility and bigger permanent equipment. With a skip and a hurdle, they moved into a building down Estrella Parkway where they could continue growing. In only two years Briana and Tom had to meet again as classes were filled to the max and more space was needed.
Within the same shopping complex, a larger space became available and Beyond Gymnastics moved with more floor space and new equipment. Students flourished building skills and learning values such as dedication, perseverance, and how to work hard to achieve your goals. Our gym has filled a need within the community to have a safe and uplifting place for kids and families to come and enjoy gymnastics.
Now after five years, the gym is growing again. We expanded our Main Gym by remodeling the facility to have large dedicated areas for our Junior side and our Youth side classes and a significant sized room for our Little Leaping Learners Program and Seasonal Camps. The transformation of the Main Gym allows for more floor space, new equipment, and the ability for parents to easily view all ages of siblings participating in classes. Students continue flourishing by building skills and learning values, such as dedication, perseverance, and how to work hard to achieve their goals. Our gym has filled a need within the community to have a safe and uplifting place for kids and families to come and enjoy gymnastics. We appreciate all our families that come to us long-term from the beginning and those that are recent additions to the gym. We look forward to watching the growth and opportunity that the future has in store for Beyond Gymnastics.
At Beyond Gymnastics, our mission and is to foster the love of gymnastics, build a sense of community, and create well-rounded athletes by teaching skills beyond the scope of gymnastics.
Our philosophy at Beyond Gymnastics is to provide a safe and caring environment for students to learn and love gymnastics. To aid in this, we teach progressive curriculum that follows USA Gymnastics standards, with students able to progress at their own pace. In addition, all our classes consist of safe, structured lessons to optimize the students time to learn in class.
We go the extra mile to make sure our staff is up to date on their USA Gymnastics certification, background checks, and all safety certifications. All of our staff is extremely dedicated to what they do, and students never have to question who their coach will be week to week.
Along with this, we host and attend events open to all students to showcase the skills they worked hard to achieve. We want to be the highlight of our students’ week and make them feel like they are a part of our Beyond Gymnastics family.
To ensure a fun and safe experience, all owners and coaches are USAG certified and have passed the NCSI background screening.
Beyond Gymnastics will provide cutting-edge gymnastics instruction through certified staff, facility, and state-of-the-art equipment. With curriculum that is progressive and to USA Gymnastics standards, our promise is to teach a safe sport to all ages and levels.
Our Main gymnastics gym is an 8,000 sq ft fully air-conditioned facility with equipment that is clean, maintained, and checked regularly for wear. Our Main Gym offers classes for 1-6 years old on our Junior side which starts out with Parent Tot, progresses to Independent Movers, then moves up to Junior Level One. 
We offer classes for 7 years old and up on our Youth side which starts at Youth Level One and progresses to Youth Level Two, then moves up to Level three, then Level Three Plus.
We have a tumbling specific class available for advanced levels, which is perfect for those who are only interested in floor skills or for dancers/cheerleaders looking to boost their current skills. We offer a Boys Gym Take Over class which is a fun structured obstacle course based class for boys 6 years old and up. In our Main Gym we also hold seasonal Camps and our Little Leaping Learners program.
Located at:
3690 S. Estrella Parkway – Suite 101
Goodyear, AZ 85338
Classes Include:
- Parent Tot
- Independent Movers
- Junior Level One
- Junior Level Two
- Boys Gym Take Over
- Youth Level One
- Youth Level Two
- Level Three
- Level Three Plus
- Advanced Tumbling
Equipment Includes:
- Full Sized & Half Sized Resi Pit
- Vaulting Table
- 2 Sets of Adjustable Quad Bars
- Full Uneven Bars
- Junior Uneven Bars
- Single Bars
- Full Sized Balance Beams
- 30 ft Tumble Trak Trampoline
- 20 ft Tumble Trak Trampoline
- Crash Mats
- Climbing Rope
- Many Mats and Training/Developmental Equipment