BodyBusiness Health Club & Spa

this is much more than a «regular gym» — it has professional and caring trainers. It specializes in keeping you fit — with multitudes of classes. the coaches know how to tailor any needs on recovery from an accident or illness. Absolutely great place with great people. Facilities are gleaming and well maintained. Most people are regulars. Family atmosphere.

Expensive. Comprehensive gym services in an upscale environment. You might just see Matthew McC here. I go there because it’s walking distance from my house and so I’m willing to pay for that convenience.

I had a negative experience at this fitness place. Things look nice on the outside but they are not as they seem. My physical trainer whose name is Catherine got angry at me twice. The first time she apologized. The second time she blamed her anger on me and got very reactive and said mean things. She is also a Yoga teacher there and in my opinion doesn’t have qualifications to teach Yoga.
This gym was a huge disappointment to me. Also the building has problems — like the air conditioning system.

This is an average gym-​not worth the expensive price tag. Quiet in nature: not a lot energy as most of the clientele are 50+; staff and trainers are nice enough.
Equipment and locker room is pretty dated. For $ 100+/month, you’d expect the locker room to be better. You feel like you’re walking into the 1980s in terms of the interior.
I work out here bc it’s convenient to my home but if one of the bigger name gyms opened off 360/​Westlake or 2222, I’d quit. Hint, hint: Lifetime Fitness please open in Westlake!

I know a lot of people love this gym but if you’re super fit (which most people there are not) and young it is NOT the gym for you. Almost all of their trainers are older and not fit themselves, which is super bizarre to me? The clientele is either Westlake moms or senior citizens. The atmosphere and energy is far too quiet and very very dull. And almost all the classes are not hard (for the fit person that is) I’ve taken almost every class and am never inspired to return.
Child care is one of its positive attributes however the one caregiver is about as enthusiastic as a goldfish.
Maybe this gym works for the westlake clientele but for those that need to be super inspired and train ultra hard need to go to Pure, Castle, Dane’s, fit pit or CFC.

Body Business is far and away my favorite gym in Austin. In my 15 years here I’ve worked out in everything from Pure, Gold’s, 24, Planet Fitness. You name the club, I’ve probably had a membership there. Most of the gyms were full of people you’d see in the Lake Travis party coves or bro’s getting their pump on before hitting up a west 6^th street shiny-​shirt bar. As you can tell from my description, those aren’t my people.
Body Business is full of people of all ages who come to be healthy. They have incredible staff that has been intact for at least the 5 years I’ve been going. It feels like family. Until they get you in one of their classes and kick your butt and make you walk out with jello-​legs. Absolutely top notch trainers, warm welcoming staff, incredibly clean and energetic atmosphere, always accessible equipment, great group classes with lots of people of all ages, indoor pool/​steam/​sauna/​hot tub and if you live in Westlake it is so close there are simply no excuses for not going. Its so convenient to Westlake (right next to Maudies) that I end up going 5 times as much as gym’s I have to travel to.
It is expensive ($ 125/​month) but you get what you pay for.

Love this place, the trainers are amazing! They keep it super clean and offer tons of classes and equipment.

Fabulous gym… made me feel comfortable from the moment that I walked in. Always clean and there are never lines for cardio equipment when I go in to work out. Plenty of excellent classes always going on and environment is nurturing and supportive. I’m especially impressed with the Saturday morning childcare worker that my son adores! He begs me to go work out so he can have fun and play with his «teacher»…an outgoing. always smiling, breath-​of-​fresh-​air cheerleader type :) I don’t feel judged or intimidated when I go there to work out and have been a member for about 6 months. Trainers are competent and motivating.

When one is existing on a diet of Snickers bars, Mountain Dew and Phad Thai, it really pays off to belong to a club. In my opinion, this is one of the best clubs in Austin with the best classes that run the gamut from intense cycling to low impact water workouts.
The following are a few of my favorite things about this club:
1. Always met with a smile and a kind word by the beautiful person at the front desk.
2. Michele. Any class she touches is gold. Really.
3. Many options on classes — Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates, H2O bootcamp, Ab Lab, Cardio Butt, Butts and Guts, Cigarette Butts… ;)
4. Many options on spa services at reasonable prices and if you are not a member there is just a $ 5 guest fee added.
5. Massage options — I loved the deep tissue and hot rocks.
6. Skin treatment services — I loved the custom facial and peppermint foot scrub.
7. There is a lot going on but it always feels peaceful and friendly.
8. The locker rooms are impeccable in every way… no faint smell of mildew, no hair in the showers, no, none of that ewwww that you step around in other clubs.
9. No phones allowed so some yee-​haw isn’t jawing away on his cell phone while you are puffing and panting.
10. NOT a meat market… you do not have to take another shower after you leave because you have NOT been slimed by some yee-​haw in spandex.
Here are some things that I do NOT like about this Body Business:
1. Last year after I lost my credit card that was on file to pay my BB monthly fee, they «terminated» me… that was actually what they called it when I came in to work out. Sorry, you have been terminated. WHHHHAAA? It is one thing if that is the word used at the big office between administrators, but it is completely weird to be told you have been «terminated.» (Note to corporate, people will not return if you kill them off, even if is «just a word.» This word means a lot to a lot of people, just ask the governor of California if it means anything.)
2. They won’t work out FOR me.
That is it… two negatives and one of them is not even about them. Ten positives, and all because they work super hard to provide top level service. Ridiculous that I just gave notice… yes, have just «terminated» myself… more money for Snickers bars and Mountain Dew.