Austin Axis Guide to Health Clubs
Version .90b
Last updated September 24, 1996
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- Big Steve's Gym & Aerobics Center
- 1126 South Lamar Blvd.
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 445-2348
Reader Remarks
- Body Business Fitness
- 2700 West Anderson Lane
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 459-9424
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- BodyWise
- 1310 South FM 620
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 263-5519
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- Chasen Fitness
- 2804-A Bee Caves Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 327-1705
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- Clean and Lean
- 4225 Guadalupe Street
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 458-5326
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- Crenshaw Athletic Club
- 5000 Fairview Drive
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 453-5551
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- Figure World
- 1925-A Peyton Gin Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 454-5891
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- Flowmotion Pilates Conditioning
- 4201 Bee Caves Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 328-7204
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- Future Firm Inc.
- 8620 Burnet Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 453-5331
Reader Remarks
- Syed Taqvi (8/20/96)
- This is regarding Future Firm Health Club. They have got absolutely the
worst customer service. They are extremely unhelpful and the only thing
they are concerned about is getting your membership dues. A place which
should be avoided be everyone.
- Marjohn Parish (9/24/96)
- They have ZERO customer service. Once you've signed the "dotted line",
they have you; hook, line & sinker. As most previous members know,
Future Firm, Inc., had a problem w/ billing (over-billing, of course)
more than 1 year ago. I have yet to see one penny of the >$300.00 they
owe me. Oh, the last thing they said to me was, "I'm sorry, we can no
longer accept telephone calls from you." Yes, that is a direct quote!
- HQ Fitness
- No. 1
- 9638 N. Lamar Blvd.
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 339-5331
- No. 2
- 2215 E. Riverside Drive
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 440-7711
- No. 3
- 7045 Village Center
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 346-3237
- No. 4
- 1020 Walsh Tarlton Lane
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 328-5593
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- The Hills Fitness Center
- 4615 Bee Caves Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 327-4881
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- Hyde Park Gym
- 4125 Guadalupe
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 459-9174
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- In Training with Nicco Personal Fitness
- 3027 North Lamar Blvd.
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 451-7867
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- Ironsmith Body
- 1700 West 34th Street
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 454-4766
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- Johnny Keel's NW Fitness Center
- No. 1
- 8127 Mesa
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 345-8800
- No. 2
- 10700 Anderson Mill Road
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 258-1800
Reader Remarks
- Q The Sports Club
- 10616 Research Blvd.
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 794-9151
Reader Remarks
- Paul Walhis (12/26/95)
- Probably the cleanest, best facility in town. About $40/mo. Great
equipment. Large pool. Sauna, steam room, clean hot tub, nonmeatmarket,
serious atmosphere. No sports like handball or basketball,
unfortunately. Very "down to business" atmosphere. Great aerobics
classes including salsa, yoga, tai chi, and water aerobics. Great
trainers. Padded track. And a place on the Internet to discuss your
fitness plan and workout program (url on request).
- St. David's Health & Fitness Center
- 900 East 30th
- Austin, Texas
- Tel: (512) 397-4263
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- World Gym
- Southwest
- Oak Hill, Texas
- Central
- Lincoln Village Shopping Center behind Highland Mall
- North
- North Lamar
- Downtown
- At 6th & Brazos in the Littlefield Mall
- Tel: (512) 445-1999
Reader Remarks
General Remarks
- Anonymous (4/17/96)
- Hi, regarding your request for comments about Austin Health Clubs.
In a nutshell, most of the step aerobics I have found in Austin
suck. What is the problem? The instructors seem to be under the
misimpression that the faster the music, the better the workout.
The fact of the matter is, it isn't true. However, the faster
you go, the greater the liklihood of injury to the stepper though.
The other problem is the extreme lack of attention to cueing. It
appears most (almost all) instructors do not wear microphones and
try to scream over the music. Needless to say, this doesn't work.
Most of those who do wear a mike, scream into it and pay no attention
to the timing of the cue. They also spend a lot of time babbling so
you can't tell if they are chatting with the group or cueing a move.
- The clubs I have been to are Q-Fitness (crooks in my opinion) and
Future Firm. The reason I have not tried more is due to the 'less
than legitimate' method of membership in Austin. It is obnoxious
at best to require someone to pay heavy signup fees and sign long
contracts. I believe this is at the heart of what appears to be
'no reason to improve things.'
- Please do not use my name as the
people I work out with might recognize it. Thanks for letting me
vent.
- I started step aerobics almost 6 years ago and the club was
professional (owned and run by Jeff Stover of the SF 49ers) and
the instructors were almost all experts in their field. My favorite
was Jean Stoner. She was working on her PhD at the time. You could
follow these instructors with your eyes closed and you sweat like a
pig.
Contributors:
- Marjohn Parish (Marjohn@worldnet.att.net)
- David Smith (bladex@bga.com)
- Syed Taqvi (syed_taqvi@sdt.com)
- Paul Walhus (terry@moontower.com)
Created and maintained by Brian Combs (combs@awpi.com).
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