Open Gym and Advanced Open Training Time Policies

1. Open Gym is for students of any level who have taken classes before at Momentum. Open Gym is not for people who have never done aerial before. If you have done aerial in a different studio or city, and would like to come to an open gym, please submit a video of yourself on your apparatus to info@momentumaerial.org for clearance before attending open gym. 

2. There is an instructor present to answer questions, bring down apparatuses and watch for safety concerns, but instructors cannot teach you skills that you missed in class during open gym. Students can work on independent routines so long as they are not attempting skills that have not been taught to them.

3. This is a drop-in friendly class, please sign up in advance online to reserve your spot. If you purchased a semester pass at Momentum, you get 5 conditioning/open gyms passes to use that semester. 

4. Open Gyms/Advanced Open Training: Students are not permitted to teach other students in class or during open gyms. If you have a question, please ask your instructor or host. Do not ask other students in open gym to teach you a skill; practice only what you know and have learned in class. 

5. Open Gyms/Advanced Open Training: Due to the high risk nature of aerial, students are asked to refrain from teaching themselves skills from videos or the internet. Without an instructor to guide, students can get stuck, fall at height or become injured in other ways without first learning technique from an instructor. Referencing videos from a class you attended is okay to help remember skills, but teaching yourself new things in open gym or advanced open training is not permitted. 

Advanced Open Training is for students who attend Level 3a+ classes in their apparatus. This time is available for advanced students to work independently on conditioning, skills or routines. Students can work on independent routines so long as they are not attempting skills that have not been taught to them. Please come with a buddy (any other advanced student) who can get help in case of emergency or injury; never practice alone in any classroom. Students that are eligible to attend must read the Advanced Open Training Policies, and acknowledge that you have read and understand them by signing and submitting the document to info@momentumaerial.org.

1. An instructor is present somewhere at the studio in case of emergencies, but is often in a different classroom. If an instructor is present in the classroom, they are available for help with emergencies only, and are not present to answer questions. If you need help and have questions about skills, an open gym with an instructor there to help will be a better fit for you. 

2. For level 4 students, if you are interested in attempting a new movement that you have not learned from your instructor, ask your instructor beforehand if they feel that you are ready to work on this skill. Its likely that your instructor may want to join you at Advance Open Training to work on it together.

3. Open Gyms/Advanced Open Training: Students are not permitted to teach other students in class or during open gyms. If you have a question, please ask your instructor or host. Do not ask other students in open gym to teach you a skill; practice only what you know and have learned in class. 

4. Open Gyms/Advanced Open Training: Due to the high risk nature of aerial, students are asked to refrain from teaching themselves skills from videos or the internet. Without an instructor to guide, students can get stuck, fall at height or become injured in other ways without first learning technique from an instructor. Referencing videos from a class you attended is okay to help remember skills, but teaching yourself new things in open gym or advanced open training is not permitted.