The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center

Fitness Assessments & Workout Programs are provided to every member as part of their club experience. We encourage the use of these free services in setting fitness goals & ensuring proper use of our fitness equipment. Hills members receive these free services at the beginning of their membership, & every three months there after.

Your customized Workout Program is fun & free! Whether you’re a beginning exerciser or a seasoned pro just looking for a few new ideas, let one of our Certified Personal Trainers create a workout for you. Using information obtained from your Health History form, your Fitness Assessment, & what you’ve told us about your exercise history & fitness goals, your trainer will show you proper strength training technique using resistance machines, free weights, stability tools, or whatever tools are appropriate for you. During the workout, your trainer will demonstrate proper technique, adjust the equipment to the settings right for you, & recommend an amount of weight as well as the number of sets & repetitions. All of this information will be recorded on a card for you. Your workout card is filed on the fitness floor where you have access to it each time you visit the club. Your trainer will also discuss the importance of a proper warm-up, cool-down, & will demonstrate some stretching techniques if you’d like. These items are essential for helping to stay injury-free!

Fitness Assessments are free to members every three months. We recommend that you have a Fitness Assessment performed before starting your new workout program. Assessments are performed by one of our Certified Personal Trainers & last about an hour. At your initial Assessment, we discuss your goals, prior exercise experience, health history, injuries, any limitations, & other pertinent information. We then perform some or all of the assessments depending upon their appropriateness for you. The results will provide you w/ a baseline measurement of your fitness level. Some of the assessments we offer include: resting heart rate & blood pressure, body weight, body composition, circumference measurements, aerobic capacity (VO2 max), muscular strength & endurance, & flexibility testing.

We also recommend that you perform free follow-up assessments approximately every three months. Follow-up assessments compare your results to previous results & provide feedback regarding your progress in each fitness category. Being able to see & track your progress is highly motivating! Our new Assessment software allows us to track & graph your results & your progress over time, as well as print comprehensive reports for your records.

Joseph Pilates told his students that they would feel different after 10 sessions, see the difference after 20 sessions, & have an entirely new body after 30 sessions.

One on one w/ a certified or apprentice instructor utilizing all the apparatus. Apparatus includes the reformer, cadillac, high chair, wunda chair, tower, & the ped-o-pole.

A series of flexion, extension, lateral flexion, & rotation exercises performed on a mat. Over 35 exercises can be performed on the mat. A combination of basic, intermediate, & advanced exercises are introduced as the client develops strength, flexibility, coordination, & mental awareness.

These classes are included in your membership! It gives you a taste of what Pilates is about & how to add it to other exercises.

Is an amazing Pilates tool. The Pilatesstick works as a Pilates apparatus at the fraction of the cost. It combines the tower & reformer to pull you into your center. Learn from the pros so you can use it on the road or at home.

Mat work is the basis of the Pilates workout, consisting of exercises on the mat along w/ Spring resistance exercises on "the tower". These classes are not recommended for individuals w/ severe injury or pain. All new participants must schedule 2 or 3 Private sessions before joining a Level I/II class.

Our goal at The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center is to promote the participation & enjoyment of lifetime physical activities w/ children instead of simply adapting adult fitness programs to children. This philosophy encourages the development of healthy, active past times that will help a child stay healthy into adulthood.

For a nominal fee, quality childcare is available for members & guests using The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center. Children as young as eight weeks are welcome! We offer a Parents' Day Out on Tuesdays & Thursdays for members only. Reservations are required.

Infants (under the age of one year or not walking may use child care a maximum of 1 hour.)

Children (over the age of one year & walking may use child care a maximum of 2 hours.)

Parents Day Out (Takes place every Tuesday & Thursday)

In order to minimize the chance of severe peanut related allergic reactions, please monitor the snacks that are sent w/ your children to Child Care.

Except for Parents Day Out, parents must remain on club premises while their child is in child care.

Our staff is experienced, qualified, certified in CPR, caring, & fun-loving, as well as concerned for the well-being of every child. Our center has two rooms which allow us to group children according to their age & developmental needs. In this way we maintain adequate supervision w/ appropriate staff/child ratios.

If you pick your child up after the maximum time allowed or after the child care center has closed you will be charged a late fee

Parents day out is for Hills members only! This is an opportunity for parents to leave the Hills while their children are in child care. Reservations are required as space is limited. Parents must leave a phone or pager number so they can be reached in case of emergency.

Available Tuesday & Thursday.

Infants may use Parents Day Out a maximum of 2 hours.

Children may use Parents Day Out a maximum of 4 hours.

We offer an indoor playscape, dress up corner, reading center, separate infant area, private bathroom, as well as an art room for coloring & crafts. We have scheduled time for snacks & meals, so send your child w/ their favorite snack!

The time your child spends w/ us is totaled at the end of the monthly billing period. The charges are then added to your account. Of course, you are welcome to pay on a daily basis at the front desk by check, cash, or credit card. Just have the desk call the Kid's Clubhouse when you are ready to leave to ask the amount of time spent. You will be issued a receipt upon payment. Please bring your receipt w/ your name on it at the time you pick up your child.

We are excited to welcome Olympic Triple Gold Medalist, Sandy Neilson-Bell back to The Hills. Sandy & her husband, Sports Psychologist & coach, Dr. Keith Bell, founded The Hills Master Swim Program in the 80's. Over the years they have successfully established & coached five of the Master Swim Programs in Austin. Together they bring decades of swimming & coaching experience as well as performance expertise to The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center.

Dance International invites you to come dancing at The Hills. Join us for ballroom dancing at the beautiful Hills Fitness Center (no membership required). Dance International offers group classes at all skill levels in Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Argentine Tango, & many other social-style dances. Our classes are always fun, filled w/ friendly people, & you dont' need to bring a partner. We also host practice parties, guest workshops w/ top dance professionals, & other special events.

Developed more than 70 years ago by German-born Joseph Pilates, this technique is a conditioning system that encompasses more than 500 exercises designed to promote strength, flexibility, good posture & long, lean muscles. The Pilates exercises are low-impact, controlled movements that work deep into the muscle tissue.

Prices are quoted as a basic Swedish massage. Add 10 to the base rate for additional modalities.

Membership is not required, walk-ins welcome!

Our members love relaxing on our back patio & inside our internet cafe while enjoying healthy & tasty menu items. Sandwiches, wraps, salads, you name it, we can make it for you. Have a food allergy or special diet needs? Let us know. We will be happy to make a custom meal for you. Have a short lunch break? Place your order before you workout & we will have your food ready to go when you need it.

The Hills Fitness Center provides a comprehensive menu of wellness programming & on-site facility management services. We are pleased to provide such services to some of Austin's most prestigious corporations.

The Hills Fitness Center offers consulting & management services to provide a full range of health & fitness programming, all tailored to the work-style of the new millenium. Through our experienced & professional staff, The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center provides our clients w/ timely, reliable, innovative & results-oriented approaches to meet today's human performance & work-style challenges.

Whether the issue concerns human resource planning for changing work force health habits, or developing a strategy to lower health claims, The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center is uniquely qualified to provide services from concept to feasibility, development, implementation, management & follow-up evaluation.

If you would like more information on our Corporate Services, please contact our General Manager, John Barzizza.

Our special services available to office buildings, apartment complexes, corporate fitness sites, private & public health promotion centers, & hotel/resort conference centers include the following: