Koko FitClub of Cedar Park

Concept of Koko is not for everyone. If you are really looking to go home and feel results. after burn affect, the sense you accomplished something… then don’t waste time here. I did there 30 days, $ 30.00, and it lasted for 2 days before I said, this is not for me.
I don’t like that the reps are very small, and that in order to gain the best results you have to work out on there machine making sure you are balancing your reps with this virtual bar on the monitor.
Plus, it’s only 22 minutes of a workout. You spend the other 8 minutes mostly interchanging equipment.
Another thing I observed…1 year contract! They really try to lock you in. I don’t know any gym membership that does that anymore. There packages are overpriced, and i hardly see anyone there.
There gym coaches don’t even have recognized credentials that you see real fitness trainers go thru.
Not worth it.

Koko had a money back guarantee when I signed up. When I tried to utilize that money back guarantee after not being able to utilize the gym as much as I wanted, I was asked to write a positive review and they would honor their agreement. I did that.
Several weeks went by, and Koko continued billing me. Eventually I had to reverse charges via my bank and have them investigate.
The gym may work for some people, but general business practices and costs are not on par with the rest of the industry.

I love this gym. I’d label it as a boutique gym because it is small and inviting. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 is the price. For me, it is worth it. I actually want to work out here. The atmosphere is inviting and it is available 24 hours a day. The staff is always helpful and friendly. There are no muscle heads or loud weights and it is very clean. I never realized how distracting a regular gym can be until I worked out here. I can concentrate on the tasks at hand, get a workout that has purpose and be out the door. The workouts are preplanned by the technology through the workout path I chose. There isn’t any thought involved, like «what am I gonna do today?»

I have infiltrated the mystery that is Koko Fit and I shall now illuminate it for any of you that might be curious about these little quiet, oftentimes locked, seemingly secret gyms. I watched as this one got installed, conveniently right next door to my tanning salon and one day, bored and disgusted with my regular gym, I walked next door to find out the deal only to find the door locked and the windows are too tinted to see in. My curiosity was peaked so that when I came across an ecoupon for «12 Sessions in 30 days for $ 20», I jumped on it just to get in the door.
Koko is an ingenious and fun place to work out. I LOVED it and actually looked forward to going to the gym, which says a lot for someone that would rather clean house, mow the yard, and have sex than get on an elliptical to burn calories. This one is tiny (are they all??) with only 3 treadmills, 2 ellipticals and 5 all in one circuit machines. The beauty of this gym is it’s all self sufficient. Once you have your initial orientation and strength test with a trainer, you get a USB and a key to the gym and you come whenever you want, 24 hours in a day, let yourself in, plug yourself into any machine and it’ll give you directions on your workout. A complete no-​brainer. You even have the option of using their provided ipods to do cardio programs, altho I still preferred to use my own jams for that.
The other great thing about it is they limit memberships so it’s never too crowded in there. I only saw the place full on one Saturday afternoon and the trainer on staff did an excellent job telling me which cardio machine was about to be free as folks kinda shifted around. I never had to wait for anything. The gym is QUIET (they encourage a «spa like environment»). They do have music playing overhead but not very loud and certainly not high octane enough for me on my workouts. However, it’s so quiet in there I don’t feel I can really sing along with my Girl Talk playlist as I kill the elliptical. But, I found if I went early on weekend mornings I had the whole place to myself and could sing «Face down, ass up. That’s the way we like to ****!» at the top of my lungs. It was like having my own personal gym. Plus everyone is required to wipe down all equipment with the provided sanitizer napkins, so everything in there is super new and clean.
The trainers on staff were all very friendly and enthusiastic and will help if you come across any issues. They even let me extend my 30 days when I had a leg injury. In other words, I worked out there as long as I could (about 2 ½ months) before they just turned my key off and I was done.
So this should be a 5 star review, right? I worked out there quite a bit but there’s still a big BUT. As much as I loved the automatic personal trainer idea, there was some issues with those machines. The main one for me was on certain exercises, I had to turn my neck slightly to watch the monitor as it paces you as you lift. You can’t put it directly in front of you as you face the machine doing bicep curls and upright rows. So I think I may have tweaked my neck at some point doing that. It’s just bad form. (just a sidenote here: I’ve had trainers and worked out quite a bit, so I was already familiar with the exercises and picked it all up very quickly, but a «novice» doing some of these without a lot of supervision? Kinda worries me) Also, at least for the first 12 workouts, I really didn’t feel that my legs and abs got a proper workout. It was mostly upper body but I do believe if I’d continued there would have been more lower body programs to use. I think one of the real reasons I loved it was that it didn’t work me nearly as much as I tend to work myself and even tho I sweated and was tired after, it felt easier, but still rewarding.
The main issue tho is the price. It’s I think almost $ 200 to sign up and get your key and USB then $ 90 a month! I guess I get somewhat the key fee and some of that may have been a «deposit» to get back when you leave, but really there’s little to no overhead at this gym. I just couldn’t get over the high monthly cost. Ultimately its less than a «human» personal trainer and I almost convinced myself that it was worth it for the convenience and the ease of working out, but I just can’t. A human trainer is a lot more flexible and creative and watchful in workouts too.
So, great idea, fun while it lasted and now I’m spoiled to having my own gym, or at least a small gym that’s not crowded, loud and stinky. I’m gonna look into Anytime Fitness now. But for those that have the money and fat to burn, I would check it out!