Join The Movement Podcast with Cohesive Movement Center

Training Center vs. Studio: Why Cohesive Movement Center Redefines Aerial Athletics

• Coach Jill Atkinson & Coach Rosie Wandell • Episode 2

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What Makes Cohesive Movement Center Different From Other Aerial Studios?

Have you ever wondered what makes the difference between simply learning aerial tricks and truly developing as an aerial athlete? In this enlightening conversation with Coaches Jill Adkinson and Rosie Wandell, we uncover why Cohesive Movement Center isn't just another aerial studio—it's a comprehensive training facility revolutionizing how aerial arts are practiced and perfected.

The traditional studio model keeps aerial enthusiasts cycling through hourly classes with limited practice time. At Cohesive Movement Center, members enjoy unprecedented access—16.5 hours daily at just $1.50 per hour—creating a true training environment where consistent practice becomes possible. Beyond mere access, their approach addresses the fundamental gap between what we see on social media (those impressive "hard things") and the foundational strength and technique required to perform them safely. As Jill notes, "We are helping you to build from the ground to the air those foundational needs that are missing in the community."

What truly distinguishes this facility is their holistic athlete development philosophy. With Jill's expertise in coaching and choreography paired with Rosie's background in neuroscience and medical knowledge, they tackle both physical and mental challenges aerial athletes face. 

Ready to transform your aerial practice from occasional classes to consistent athletic training? Experience the difference at a facility built by athletes for athletes, where your development as a complete aerial performer is the priority. Visit online or call to begin your journey with coaches who understand the complete path to aerial excellence.

To learn more about Cohesive Movement Center visit:
https://www.CohesiveMovementCenter.com
Cohesive Movement Center
9880 Southern Boulevard
Wellington, FL 33411
561-820-7288

Speaker 1:

Welcome to the Join the Movement podcast with Cohesive Movement Center, where aerial athletes train, inspire and push the limits of movement. Hosted by Coach Jill Atkinson and Coach Rosie Wandel, we dive into the art, science and passion behind aerial training. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or just starting your journey, we're here to lift you higher. Let's get moving.

Speaker 2:

Not all aerial studios are created equal. Some focus on tricks, some on technique and some just on looking cool for Instagram. So what sets Cohesive Movement Center apart? Coaches Jill Adkins and Rosie Wandell share what makes their coaching unique and why their studio is more than just a place to hang around. Welcome back everyone. I'm Profia Yvette, global Science Producer, back in the studio with coaches Jill Adkins and Rosie Wandell. Jill and Rosie how's?

Speaker 2:

it going. It's going pretty well. Thank you so much for having us. We appreciate you, Of course. So Jill and Rosie. What makes Prohesive Moments different from other aerial studios?

Speaker 3:

So what makes us different and sets us apart is that we are a membership in a by membership, a true membership based training facility. We are a training center, we are not a studio, and so that is the main difference is what makes us different from studios. General studios in this area are class-based, so you sign up for your class, you go in, you take said class and then you leave. Our model is very different. So you are actually a member first, so you have access to our studio space which I shouldn't even say studio space, I do it all the time Our center, training center, our training center, for 16 and a half hours per day.

Speaker 3:

So this is what makes us different is that you have a key card and that key card lets you have access to our space for 16 and a half hours a day, which is comparable to what our community is familiar with as a term of open poll. We're basically an open poll facility for 16 and a half hours per day and that equates, based on our membership, of $2.99 per month currently to $1.50 an hour. So basically, you're renting a space for $1.50 an hour.

Speaker 4:

And we're also going to be offering foundational training courses, and after those courses are going to be 90 minutes, no, and 75 minutes, and after that you're able to stay and those foundational training courses are included in your membership fee.

Speaker 3:

In a traditional local studio space, you would be paying for said courses as a member. Here, you actually are able to come in and go as like, but you're also able to take our foundational training according to your level, base and where you are in your journey, and you'll also have access to things here, such as an actual formal gym. We do have a full gym space in here. We also have a competition room set up that is set up specifically for competition circuit, and we also have a post-hab rehab stretching room that allows you to decompress. Lastly, we have a supplement bar, and that supplement bar includes first form products for post-training to keep you recovering faster and also to help you stay consistent with your journey.

Speaker 2:

So Posh's, jill and Rosie, how does your approach to training differ from other aerial studios in terms of technique and safety?

Speaker 3:

So we are different with regard to technique and safety because we're bridging the gap of the community in itself. You see, on social media, people doing hard things, media people doing hard things A lot of our aerialists in our local area muscle their way into said hard things without the foundations first. So we are helping you to build from the ground to the air those foundational needs that are missing in the community to get to those harder things in a safe manner, with the proper muscle building in order to get you to the hard things in a safe manner.

Speaker 2:

And what kind of community culture have you built at Cohesive Moment Center and why is that so important for students?

Speaker 4:

Well, we feel it's very important in the community for us to work together with. We've actually currently reached out to all the studios letting them know we want to work with them. We want everyone in our community to know they can go to another studio, learn different genres of different aspects of pole. We are here to have them to come to do their training after, because in a regular studio, as we said, they're in and out, usually 65, 70 minutes and they don't have time to train and a lot of people can't train at home and they don't have time to train and a lot of people can't train at home.

Speaker 3:

That is one of our visions of why we want to open up this space for them and to bring the people that if you want to come and you and your friend are at a studio and you join here, you can come together and you can be here for as long as you choose and so that creates a community base of being able to train with your peers, that may go to other studios and have a community space, basically to come and train together, to bring our communities together, where you may be training with somebody at your local studio or perhaps a local competitor, but you learn to create together to help each other and that also builds good sportsmanship which is very important, a very big part of coaches jill and rosie.

Speaker 2:

What specific physical or mental do students gain from training at your facility when they might not get elsewhere?

Speaker 3:

So what our student base and our community base is going to get here is qualified coaches. Rosie and I have two ends of the spectrum. We both have a dance background, but we also both have a different spectrum with regard to what we do in this community. I am actually a coach coach, so I coach, I do choreography, I help to build the skills. I help to build from start to finish what it takes to build routines and how to also get past the mental blocks of what that entails. We call that writer's block if you are a writer, but it's the same thing and the same premise as it relates to building routines as a competitor and or a performer or anyone who's in a performance setting. It's definitely a thing that happens here. We also help people to understand the mental challenges as it relates to inversion. We call that upside down brain and as soon as you switch the gears and feet go over the head. There's also a fight or flight that you have to train your brain to understand that. It's okay. Rosie comes from a very medical background.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, that's my thing. I'm more of the medical background, neuroscience, and exactly what she's saying is we're in helping people physically and neuro, neurologically, getting them through and what happens on the back end.

Speaker 3:

That makes a very big difference on what on a stage and there is a lot of mental preparedness that goes into how we get to that end result of watching the beautiful performance on a stage or wherever that might be, maybe just even on the Instagram, where you see the best run through they had that day, and that's what you get the results of on social media, which is very true. A lot of people don't post the blooper reel or the reality of what it really looks like to train certain hard things, and then you miss the point of you see the end result but you don't see what goes into it, how many hours, how many months, how many years it may take in order to actually be able to do that effectively, efficiently and safely.

Speaker 3:

And what we do here is we start from the ground. We start building those foundations that are needed as far as muscles are concerned. That's another reason why we also offer cross-training here, to be able to have both ends of not just building your skills, but also building the muscles that you need for those skills here in our space.

Speaker 4:

And that's where we do performance coaching and any post-hab that's needed, especially during competition season. Yeah, which is no one does that.

Speaker 3:

And that is actually in fact. No one really does any post-hab. They externally refer that out. Externally refer that out. We have the internal in-house experience here. This is basically a one-stop shop for your aerialists to get all of their training in one space.

Speaker 2:

Wow, it sounds like you truly have the dream team. Yeah, we do Love it. Jill and Rosie, we'll catch you both in the next episode. Have a fantastic rest of your day, thank you.

Speaker 4:

Thank you Bye.

Speaker 1:

That's a wrap for today's episode of Join the Movement podcast with Cohesive Movement Center. Keep training, keep pushing and remember we are athletes training athletes. For membership information, visit our website at CohesiveMovementCentercom or call or text us at 561-820-7288. See you next time and keep moving.