New Gymnastics Gym ‘Limitbreakers’ Opens Aug. 19
BY WIL CREWS
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OPELIKA —
Limitbreakers, a new, local gym offering gymnastics, cheerleading and leadership classes, is holding its grand opening this Saturday, Aug. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Located at 3766 Pepperell Pkwy., in the old Xtreme Athletics building, Limitbreakers’ grand opening is sponsored by Kali Chadick with State Farm, and will feature a bounce house, face painting, a DJ, an obstacle course, snow cones, sponsor booths and the Rollin Rackz Bar B Que food truck. The event is free and open to all of the public.
“The goal of our grand re-opening is we just really want to open our doors to the community to give them an opportunity to come inside, see the changes we have made in the building, meet some of our staff,” Sexton said. “Our goal is to be a place where athletes can grow and learn more than just about sports … just to let it be a fun event for the community and one that everyone in the family can enjoy.”
Limitbreakers is the passion project of owners Miranda Sexton, Max Allen and Andy Barnes. Sexton and Allen have been coaching gymnastics together for over 10 years now, and decided to take over Xtreme Athletics in February of this year. The new business kept its doors closed for remodeling the first few months, but opened this summer for some classes and clinics.
“Ever since [February] we have been rebranding into Limitbreakers,” Sexton said. “[Max and I] worked in two different gyms together and its always kind of been a goal of ours to become a gym owner. When we started coaching together we quickly realized our values and discipline aligned.”
This weekend, Limitbreakers is welcoming the community to all its offering with its grand opening.
“We wanted to wait until this fall when more people are back in town consistently to do the grand re-opening,” Sexton said.
Limitbreakers is housed in a renovated, 25,000-square-foot building which allows for it to carry out its mission, and instill its values and character rules in young athletes.
According to its website, Limitbreakers’ mission is to provide a culture that develops an athlete’s character, leadership ability and instills discipline and focus in and outside of the gym. Furthermore, Limitbreakers has four core values — instilling discipline, providing excellent customer service, fostering character growth and teaching athletic integrity.
“Our mission it to instill discipline and character growth that athletes can use in the gym for gymnastics and cheerleading, but also characteristics they can apply to life once they hand that leotard or cheer uniform up.”
According to its website, the foundation of Limitbreakers was built on three rules which drive the staff’s coaching and leadership philosophy. Those rules are:
1. Act older than you are
2. Keep an open mind and open heart
3. And sit in humility and rise in responsibility.
“[Act older than you are] means to seek wisdom,” Sexton said. “Keep an open mind and open heart] means be slow to speak and quick to listen. “Sit in humility and rise in opportunity] means you’re not the best version of yourself yet and there is always opportunity for growth, even when you think you have reached the top of that mountain, there is another step past that.”
Overall, Limitbreakers offers gymnastics, tumbling and cheer classes ranging from ages 2 to 13, and for all experience levels. Additionally, Limitbreakers offers independent classes, field trips, the ability to host birthday parties, and has summer camps for 2024 in the works.
For more information on Limitbreakers, visit thelimitbreakers.net, call 334-737-6666 or email limitbreakers2023@gmail.com.