OUR STAFF

Founder & Coach

Meet Joshua, the founder from nearby Dutchtown High. After coaching competitive gymnastics for 7 years, he delved into the mesmerizing world of circus arts—partner acrobatics, stilt walking, tightrope, and juggling. Specializing in tumbling and strength/conditioning, he now spends most of his time teaching his students and enjoys traveling with this wife and fur babies. 

Camp & Afterschool Director

Aerial Arts 

Monet has been involved with GymFit since 2015 and an employee since 2018. She started out as a camp counselor and quickly fell in love with all of the different circus arts, particularly aerial arts. She loves sharing her passion for aerial with kids and adults through teaching. Monet completed the training to become certified as an aerial silks instructor.  She has also had the opportunity to perform all over Louisiana with GymFit’s sister company Bayou Cirque. Monet is so grateful for all of the opportunities that Gymfit has provided for her to learn new things and pursue what she loves. She loves sharing what she has learned with the Dutchtown community! 

Aerial Arts 

Aerial instructor and performer Monroe Ohlerking is eager to spread her love for aerial arts and fitness at the new GymFit location in Dutchtown. Monroe has been attending GymFit as a homeschool student for about 7 years and has been an instructor for 3. She was homeschooled until recently when she started taking college classes. Monroe found her passion in several physical activities such as trapeze, acro, straps, gymnastics, and silks or pretty much anything that gets her up in the air as a flyer. One of Monroe’s favorite things to perform is duo silks with her twin sister. She hopes to help kids and adults find their passion in the circus life as well!

Ninja/Parkour 

Chance Ballard is 25 years old and has been studying, training, and teaching martial arts, extreme martial arts and parkour/free running for 13 years! He loves to look at the world as his playground and has always had a huge passion for fitness and living a healthy lifestyle. He loves working with kids, teens, and adults and loves seeing others grow and accomplish goals. Chance has also achieved the rank of 4th degree black belt and has traveled around the states competing in taekwondo and extreme martial arts tournaments. He was a multi-year state champion and competed in the top ten tournaments in the world twice!  He loves working and getting to know everyone at GymFit Dutchtown!