Oxygen Fitness Center

My first impression: CROOKS!
Came home to read up on their reviews, I just thank God for this spot on intuition that Ihave! DO NOT JOIN!

Don’t go to this gym!!! I signed up to the location in Buda because there are no other gyms in that area. I wish I had driven the extra 20 minutes to go to golds or anyplace for that matter. When I left the area and tried to cancel my membership. Omar told me I still owed them 3 more months of fees because I had suspended my account over the summer. I said fine, I’ll continue to pay the 30 $/​Mo. For 3 more months. 3 months passes and I notice another charge to my checking account. Omar then tells me that I didn’t mail in the cancelation papers correctly, so I was automatically renewed until I supply the proper documents. Needless to say… It’s a scam! There is no way to cancel. So I closed my debit card. They still took money from my account each month… So I closed the checking account and opened a new one. Switched my direct deposits from work. Filed a complaint with wells Fargo. Then waited… Somehow, this gym has access to my new checking account! Even though the bank refunded my money… I can’t believe how determined these pricks are being about this. So now this battle has been going on for 21 months and I am still having problems with money disappearing from my account. Don’t ever go to this place or talk to any of the people there!!!

Why can’t I give them less than one star ?
me — «hi, just calling to check your rates»
omar — «we prefer that you just come in»
me — «oh okay, thanks anyways…»
Three weeks later
omar — «yeah who is this? you called? «
me — «no, you actually just dialed my number, if you didnt notice, Who am I speaking to BTW»
omar — «this is oxygen fitness center, I was following up your call from earlier»
me — «Yeah I just wanted to know the range of your monthly rates»
Omar — «well, let me put it this way, we got students here, we got regular people, we even got people that dont even speak english…»
Me — «they dont speak english, what does that have to do with anything?»
Omar — «well you know, they are uneducated and poor and they can still work out here»
me — «sounds like you are running a real community outreach program, you should give yourself a pat on the back»
omar looses control, cussing, «you fucking smart ass «blah blah blah…
Me– «im not feeling very inclined to give you my money, sorry man.»
yeah I egged him on, but he was asking for it.

I went to sign me and my bf up at this gym and let me tell u, omar was super pushy but me I’m all like «well babe (to my bf) we only live down the street so we signed up. I put down 40 and was gone pay the rest the saturday. He gave us temporary past so I went one day all he asked about was they MONEY… So Saturday came and a new guy called me I told him «I don’t care how much it is to get out of the contract I will pay» he said well u know all u have to do is send a paper in saying why u don’t want to join our gym then he hung up in my face when I was trying to reply, then they called back from a unknown number my bf didn’t answer so OMAR! left me a message saying «u have to pay ur bill or I will put it on ur credit and u will never be able to get a apartment, this will follow u all over the u. s and maybe if u stop spending ur money on food maybe u can play ur bill!.» my bf said if they call back don’t answer but I don’t listen so Omar calls back and he start yelling at me saying i’m fat if I tried to join another gym they would laugh at me and they always have problems with people like me that don’t like to pay they bills and he called me stupid he kept cutting me off so I told him to put it on my credit and hung up I still have the message he left me wish I can put it up here I would let nobody join this gym if I could stop it. First of all I may be fat (size15 in pants) but he made it seem like I’m far off worse and I’m far from dumb ok I kept a 3.8 in high school. Omar is a jack ass and if he was in Los Angeles (where I’m from) my homies would kick his ass for talking to me like that. There I got it off my chest wooooo I feel better!

I had the same review to give as Beth. Omar was pushy — didn’t listen to my needs/​wants — I could tell he was lying to me — and then he goes on and gives me all sorts of lip when I tell him I’m going to get home gym equipment instead. The end of our conversation he hangs up on me. He called SEVERAL times throughout the day — from two different numbers (cell /​oxygen number /​witheld) … I never get withheld calls, so… put I quickly put that together. I can’t imagine he would give one rats ass about anything you needed once you got a membership — so I recommend you don’t. I’m so glad he doesn’t have my address… creep.

I was not surprised when I saw other reviews saying that one of Oxygen’s managers, Omar, is notorious for being pushy, aggressive, and sometimes rude. Though he is generally a nice guy, all of those bad traits are definitely true as well in my encounters with him. When I was signing up initially, Omar immediately came off as a shady car salesman type.
I joined Oxygen with together with a friend, and a month later, this friend didn’t want to continue his membership because he felt the gym equipment looked unsanitary (cracks in the seat, bathroom looked dirty, etc). When I explained the situation to Omar, he was less than sympathetic and gave me a lot of vague (and incorrect) information about cancellation of my friend’s gym membership. BEWARE: once you sign the one year contract at this gym, there’s nothing you can do to cancel the contract once it’s signed for a year. There’s no termination fee, no cancellation clause in the contract.
Besides all that junk, I’ve been working out at this gym relatively happily for half a year now. It’s never too crowded (I’ve never had to wait for any machines to be freed up), it’s only $ 25 + tax a month, and it’s about a mile from my house. All the other lifters around are very courteous and friendly in my experience. No attitude/​machismo from what I can tell. The equipment isn’t shiny or fancy, but everything feels very sturdy. This is not a state of the art gym with HDTVs and futuristic lazer beams everywhere.
One last criticism: occasionally, they will leave the front door open, which lets in a not so pleasant odor of Chinese buffet grime from next door and its workers on their smoke break. PUKE.

I have been to Oxygen while I stayed in Austin and it’s really a great gym for people who are serious about fitness. If your goal is to get a great workout without the distractions, then check this place out. And just for $ 25 bucks a month, it’s a great deal. I train at a gym in NYC and it cost me $ 120 a month and both gyms basically have the same equipment. Sure, the NYC gym is more fancy but who needs the distractions. When I go workout, I want to be in and out within an hour. I would recommend Oxygen. You can’t beat it for the price.

I’ve been going to this gym for over two years, and still think its a great place. It’s definitely not fancy, and if you like all things yuppie, not for you.
If, however, you want a gym where people focus on lifting, that’s affordable ($ 20 a month), and has good equipment, then this place is great.
Most of the people who are members are students because of the proximity to the group of college apartments on riverside. The general manager, Omar, is a great guy, as is Shawn who works the early morning shift.
Some of the cardio machines could use some replacing, but they just added new weight machines. The studio has plenty of room for whatever, plus several ab machines, balance balls, and a heavy bag.
One of the only major complaints I have is that in the early morning, the A/​C hasn’t had a chance to kick in yet, and it can be hot in there.
This is a solid gym, and a great value for the price.