Pure Austin - Town Lake

This place makes actually WANT to workout. Pure Austin is a great gym for those of us that hate going inside to workout. I'd rather play outside to stay active, but I wanted gym workouts too. Pure Austin gives me everything I could want. Both locations are squeaky clean, full of sunlight from the giant windows, and *no big box gym feel*. The equipment is kept up well and has lots of variety.

I love the back space in the downtown gym with a climbing rope, kettle bells of all sizes, medicine balls, speed bag, TRX bands and sooooo much more to keep my workouts functional and entertaining. (This is a great area to watch trainers with their clients to learn some great new moves!)

Up north, they have a climbing wall that for some reason rarely has anyone on it, so you don't have to share it! The private lake in the back is perfect in the warm months- I've gotten hooked on stand up paddleboarding there. I haven't tried the kayaking yet, but I can't wait. I see triathletes of all levels training for open water swimming out there as well. The trail around the lake is beautiful and gets even a non-runner like me to take a few laps after I do some laps in the pool out on the deck.

I love that the classes are all free and the instructors are not ditzy aerobics types, but give you a legit workout without all that annoying 80s/90s cheesiness.

Monthly dues are about $65- more than some gyms, but you get what you pay for.

Pay attention to the contract; it's standard for all the gyms I've been to, but this way you're not surprised by something after you've been a member for awhile. Don't blame the gym because *you* didn't read it. After all, they go over it and it's only one page long.…

Do not join this gym!. This place *looks* like a good gym and its clean with good equipment. But the management is horrible! I bought a $13 item from them and when I got home, it turned out to be bad. I went back and they refused to take a return because I didn't have the receipt. According to them "I could have bought it somewhere else." Yeah, right, after two years of paying the monthly dues, a middle-aged guy is going to try to scam the place for $13 worth of product. They actually called me a liar to my face! This isn't a community-minded business, it's like Walmart with weights (oh, wait, at Walmart they stand behind their sales). Take your business to a place where they treat you with dignity.…

Good gym. Terrible indoor cycling coach.. I've been going to Pure for quite some time. It's good place to workout, but I've come to really dislike a few of the employees who use the place as their personal pick-up bar. One in particular as a portly bald guy who teaches "spin" classes. You can see him wondering around the gym nearly every evening hitting on new female members. It's repulsive and sleazy.…