Overview
Built To Complement, Not Replace
Rather than replacing your current programming, TGC provides targeted gymnastics training to help develop the strength, shapes, body awareness and movement competency that are often difficult to build through regular class programming alone.
Built by The Gymnastics Course coaching team, the programme uses the same core methodology and coaching principles taught throughout our Level 1 seminar. Combining years of coaching experience across CrossFit®, gymnastics and strength and conditioning, every session has a clear purpose.
Training is scalable across a wide range of abilities, whether you’re working toward your first strict pull-up and handstand or refining higher-level skills for competition. Expect structured progressions, clear coaching intent, and sessions that fit around the rest of your training.
Inside TGC Programming
What You Get Each Week
Your Training In The App
Every session, demonstration and progression in the BirdBox Coaching app, on your phone wherever you train. Pick your level each day and log as you go.
Coaching Demonstrations Every Session
Movement videos and coaching notes help you understand the intent behind each session, not just the reps.
Built By The TGC Coaching Team
Developed by our coaches using the same principles they teach in seminars around the world every weekend.
How It Works
Start Training In Three Steps
Choose
Start the two-week free trial, pick a monthly plan, or buy a block. Plans are monthly and you can cancel any time.
Pay Securely
Checkout is with Stripe: card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Prices include VAT and are shown in your own currency.
Open The App
We email you straight away. Download the BirdBox Coaching app and sign in with the same email. Your plan and receipts are in BirdBox Learn.
Free Trial
Try Two Weeks Free
Two weeks of TGC programming in the BirdBox Coaching app, with the coaching demonstrations and notes on every session. No card needed, and nothing is charged when it ends: if you want to carry on, choose a plan.
- Every session for two weeks, in the app on your phone
- Coaching demonstrations and notes on every exercise
- Log your sessions and see your history build
- No card needed, and nothing is charged when it ends
Monthly Plans
Choose Your Plan
Every plan has the full TGC gymnastics programming in the app. Move up for the premium community and group call, or for written and video feedback from your own coach. Monthly, VAT included, cancel any time.
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Already on a TGC plan? Change it in BirdBox Learn: you pay the difference now and the new price from your next payment.
Coach Feedback
A Coach Who Knows Your Training
On Tier 3 and one-to-one, your own coach looks at your notes and videos and writes back, or records a video review, in the app: what is working, what to change, and what to focus on next session.
Great control at the top, Sophie: you held the three seconds well. From about halfway down your shoulders shrug up and the descent speeds up.
Next time, pause at the point where you feel you are about to lose the position. Hold there for 3–5 seconds, then continue the descent slowly.
Good first assessment. Keep the ball-ups slow and you’ll feel the intended stimulus more.
Real reviews from BirdBox coaches, shown with the athletes’ permission. Music added.
Every review stays in your app to watch again.
An example of written feedback. The athlete’s name is made up.
- 1Film your set
Tap Film it now on the exercise, or add a video you already have.
- 2Send it to your coach
It goes from the app with the exercise it belongs to, so your coach sees what was programmed.
- 3Your coach reviews it
They draw on your video and talk you through what is working and what to change.
- 4It arrives in your app
You get a notification and watch the review when you are ready, as many times as you like.
Blocks
Focus On One Skill
A set number of weeks on one goal, written by a TGC coach. Paid once and yours to keep; start today or on a Monday of your choice. Add coach feedback on your videos if you want a coach watching your progress.
One-To-One
A Programme Built Around You
A bespoke programme from a BirdBox coach, with a 1:1 call and written and video feedback in the app. Places are limited, so you apply first and we confirm the fit before anything is charged.
How One-To-One Starts
- 1Apply
Tell us what you are working towards and, if you like, the coach you would like.
- 2A call with your coach
Your coach gets in touch within two working days to arrange a call.
- 3Start in the app
Nothing is paid until you have spoken and you are both happy to go ahead. Then your programme is written and goes into the app.
Apply For One-To-One
Takes a minute, and a coach will come back to you.
Your preferred coach depends on their availability. If they can’t take you on, BirdBox will assign the most suitable coach for you.
What You’ll Need
Train In Any Functional Gym
All sessions can be completed in a CrossFit® gym or functional fitness facility. You will need access to:
We may occasionally use additional kit such as parallettes, but those sessions can be adapted if you don’t have access to certain equipment. No previous gymnastics experience is needed: every session has scalable progressions.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need gymnastics experience?
None. Sessions are designed with scalable progressions suitable for a wide range of ability levels, and you pick your level each day.
Will this replace my current programming?
No. TGC Programming is built to complement your existing CrossFit® training, not replace it.
How does the free trial work?
Two weeks of TGC programming in the app, with no card asked for. Nothing is charged when it ends. If you would like to carry on, choose a plan.
What is the difference between the plans?
Tier 1 is the full gymnastics programming. Tier 2 adds the premium community, where you can post your videos, and the weekly group call. Tier 3 adds written and video feedback from your own coach on your training and videos.
Tiers 4 and 5 are one-to-one. Instead of the shared gymnastics programming, your coach writes a bespoke programme for you, with a 1:1 call and written and video feedback in the app. Tier 4 is skill only: a gymnastics programme built around the skills you are working on, alongside your own training. Tier 5 is your full CrossFit programme, written around you. Places are limited, so you apply first.
What is a block?
A set number of weeks on one skill, such as handstands or strict toes to bar, written by a TGC coach. You pay once and choose the Monday you start, or start today. Coach feedback on your videos can be added; with feedback you can pay in full or every 4 weeks.
Which currency will I pay in?
Your own: pounds in the UK, euros in Europe, Australian dollars in Australia, Canadian dollars in Canada and US dollars everywhere else. Prices include VAT. If we have guessed your country wrong, use Change country above the plans.
How do I change or cancel my plan?
In BirdBox Learn, under Programming: change plan, update your card or cancel. Cancelling stops the next payment, and your programming runs to the end of the month you have paid for.
Where are my receipts?
Every receipt and invoice is in BirdBox Learn, under Receipts, with the same email you use in the app.
Where do I train?
Any CrossFit® gym or functional fitness facility with a pull-up bar, rings, a plyo box and floor space.
Start Training Gymnastics Properly
Structured progressions, coaching demonstrations, and a plan that fits around your existing training.