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LevelUp 1:1 Programs

I’ve treated athletes in the Stanford University training room and have worked with numerous D1 and Elite gymnasts, and despite an immense amount of training, I see consistent gaps in physical and neural preparation that can limit performance, resilience and resistance to injury.

I’ve designed each program to provide a more complete foundation for high-performing young athletes, and to help Elite and collegiate gymnasts find hidden capacity, to uncover the extra 1% of performance that can make all the difference.

READY TO RISE

For gymnasts 11-18 years old currently or seeking to compete at the Elite or collegiate levels, and who want proven tools to build a complete foundation for a long and successful career.

  • The Ready to Rise packages are custom programs to help high-achieving athletes leap past limiting obstacles, optimize brain-body connections, and find freedom from things they believe they have to endure ‘because it’s gymnastics.’ Gymnasts will get performance and recovery tools they can use immediately and that they can use throughout their careers.

    Potential areas of focus

    • Splits flexibility

    • Shoulder and back flexibility 

    • Skill consistency

    • Amplitude and execution

    • Generating more speed and power

    • Problems with vision and dizziness


    PACKAGE OPTIONS
    10-Session Transformation: For foundational change, addressing and optimizing multiple performance areas from the list above. $1800 or $625 x 3 payments

    4-Session Intensive: For a single issue or to receive a customized neuro warm-up program. $725

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PEAK PERFORMANCE & RECOVERY

For Elite and collegiate gymnasts 18+ who want to optimize physical readiness, performance capacity and recovery so you feel better and perform better more consistently.

  • Gymnasts often wear pain and struggle like a badge of honor, but you don’t have to live with that nagging bit of back/ankle/wrist stiffness that takes forever to warm-up, that’s limiting performance on skills. or that constantly requires therapy to alleviate. I’ll shape a custom program of drills that you can do on your own just about anywhere, at any time to tune your body, whether that’s flexibility or a boost of power when you’re fatigued.

    Potential areas of focus:

    • Accelerating physical readiness 

    • Rediscovering ‘lost’ flexibility

    • Tools for relieving a tight back and shoulders

    • Skill and routine consistency

    • Amplitude and execution

    • Generating more speed and power

    • Efficient and effective recovery tools


    PACKAGE OPTIONS

    5-Session Intensive: For a single issue or to receive a customized neuro warm-up program. $750

    Bi-Monthly Tune-up & Transformation: Two sessions per month for on-going support to address specific obstacles as they arise, and to begin your path to discovering greater ease and efficiency in training and competition. Includes occasional a-synch support between sessions. $350 / month

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HOW IT WORKS

The first step is an initial consultation. During this session, we’ll go over near- and far-term goals, current obstacles, and injury history, if any. Then I’ll do several core assessments to determine if you’ll benefit from a brain-based program. The vast majority of athletes respond well to neuro performance drills, but we want to confirm this before you commit to a program.

Assuming we get a green light, we’ll schedule your first session and get started on your performance transformation.

What happens during the sessions?

  • Every program begins with a thorough set of assessments of the key inputs to high performance: visual skills, vestibular system reactivity, coordination and motor control.

  • We then use a detailed process to design the optimal program of neuro performance drills designed to remove known or hidden obstacles and boost specific performance areas, including flexbility, balance, amplitude or form.

  • Each week, we’ll refine or progress the drills to ensure that you’re making progress, that you’re noticing real differences in practice.

  • Depending on the number and complexity of specific obstacles, we may stay focused on those, or may move onto things like:

    • Motor control training to expand and refine your movement vocabulary to become a more adaptable and resilient athlete.

    • Accelerating warm-up

    • Recovery tools

Athlete Testimonials

  • I highly recommend Yuka to anyone looking to elevate their athletic performance. Whether you are an amateur seeking a breakthrough to fast-track your progress or an elite athlete striving for that competitive edge, Yuka’s biomechanical knowledge and experience can make a profound difference. The vestibular drills and proprioception exercises she taught me have been key elements to my training and significantly optimized my performance. My average range of motion has increased, response times have improved, and my air awareness and body orientation understanding have sharpened—all thanks to Yuka’s expertise. My work with her has had a transformative impact on my gymnastics in the last three years.

    Colt Walker, USA Gymnastics National & World Team Member, Stanford '25

  • Working with Yuka was a key breakthrough in my comeback journey. When I first met with her, I had the figure skating equivalent of the twisties, and lost all type of awareness going on my triple jumps, despite mastering them for over 15 years. Yuka’s approach was methodical, costumed and really curated to my needs and feelings and one day, it clicked. We had been working for a few weeks, and as I was practicing off ice, my nervous system was responsive again, and the known feelings came back. This breakthrough moment taught me so much about muscle memory and the power of the brain on performance, and how high stress, and repetitive traumatic experiences can impact my body’s ability to perform. 
Today I understand how valuable neuroperformance work is, whether it is to learn and improve new skills, help with the recovery process after an injury, and help guide the body when you are stuck in strong emotional states such as fear or stress. 

I am forever grateful to Yuka. With her guidance, I was able to overcome the crumpling fear I felt doing something that always felt like second nature, and regain my awareness doing triples.

    Maé-Bérénice Méité, 6-time French National Figure Skating Champion, 2014 & 2018 Olympian

  • Working with Yuka in the lead up to the Olympics was incredible for supporting my body and improving on areas in balance, flexibility and landings. I found that from working with Yuka I was able to feel more control in my body and realised that I didn't need to 'force' my body to do things, rather I could activate certain parts of the brain for the improvements I needed. I incorporated a lot of the work we did together in my warm up routine and pre apparatus prep to ensure that I was warm and ready, and that I ended up doing one of the drills on the competition floor before I competed. This also helped me with my self belief in competition to know I was physically prepped and ready.

    Emma Nedov, 2024 Australian Gymnastics Olympic Team Member

  • It’s no secret that attempting to reach the pinnacle of your sport takes everything that you have. Winning gold at the Paris Olympics took just that. I came to Yuka at LevelUp Neuroperformance looking for the last 1% of help to achieve Olympic success. Specifically I was looking for ways to build focus, aggression, and short term immediate flexibility. Yuka gave me a list of exercises to try out, and what really worked for me was the lunging hip tilt iso holds, the arabesque leg circles, and the red glasses. The glasses were my favorite because they were the easiest to use, made me more alert, results were nearly instant, and honestly…they just looked cool. I am super grateful for the help I received from Yuka in my pursuits of excellence.

    Thea LaFond, 2024 Olympic Triple Jump Champion

  • I looked forward to the work I did with Yuka to help my flexibility. It allowed me to stretch muscles I wouldn’t normally think to stretch and even stretch the muscles I stretched on a normal basis but in new ways. I always felt more mobile after working with Yuka. She also helped me fix slight inconsistencies with my training, giving me different suggestions to adjust body position, or tips on how to hold my balance, and she helped me reduce aches and pains which in turn helped my training. Yuka is so great to work with as she understands that we are more than just gymnasts and will get to know you on a personal level, which makes working with her extremely easy. She is always looking out for our best interests.

    Ciena Alipio, 4x USA Gymnastics National Team Member, UCLA ‘26

I can help you clear obstacles, trust your body and move from feeling stuck to unstoppable