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Growing up as a competitive gymnast, Victoria Gomez had dreams of opening her own gym.
Later as a college student, she and her parents researched what it would take to get one off the ground.
“The doors just didn’t open,” recalls Gomez, who opted for work as a gymnastics coach after graduating from LSU with a degree in education.
As Business Report features in its latest issue, six years later, Gomez had an epiphany. She walked away from a full-time coaching job at a local gym because of philosophical differences and opened her own gym with her husband.
The couple’s $740,000 investment included purchasing a 10,000-square-foot former kids party center on Perkins Road and converting it into a training center. After starting with 30 students in 2022, Gomez now oversees nearly 500 students.
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