Georgetown, TX Health and Fitness

Anthony Passeur has made it his mission to eliminate toxins. He has focused primarily on detoxification and cleansing methods during his more than 20 years in holistic internal healthcare and shares his insight with clients as the director of Harmony Health Center. He specializes in natural solutions designed to relieve patients of maladies such as intestinal conditions, joint or muscle pains, and stress. Alongside a skilled staff, Passeur offers solutions such as colon hydrotherapy, which flushes buildup from the large intestine, and natural cleanses, which promote weight loss. The center also offers hair analysis, which can test for evidence of deliberate tangling or harmful metals.

Robyn Pettinger, named one of Austin’s top trainers by Austin Fit Magazine, helms a small and exclusive team of trainers who put their kinesiology degrees and years of fitness experience to use during intense, yet supportive outdoor boot-camp classes. These seasoned teachers keep classes small so they can give each participant personalized attention as they lead them through the rotating tapestry of strength-training and cardio-boosting workouts. They cull movements from a range of sweat-inducing sources, including circuit-training programs and balance drills, and use no-frills equipment—such as bands, medicine balls, and dumbbells—to create an intense and varied session designed to work the entire body and ward off muscle boredom.

The staffers can also track student progress with body-composition assessments, as well as offer guidance on cultivating healthy-eating habits and boosting metabolism during a 24-Day Nutrition Challenge.

CrossFit's experienced Leander and Austin staff of fitness pros whip members into shape via versatile and “old school” methods—eschewing the predominant model of most gyms, which focuses on weightlifting through machine use and isolating muscles. Instead of solely nurturing your refrigerator-tossing abilities, the CrossFit program offers a practical fitness smorgasbord of increased endurance, stamina, speed, agility, power, and cardio fitness.

After a thorough oral exam at the experienced hands and feet of either Emily Craft or Michael Nussbaum, your dentist will take x-rays to ensure that your mouth is structurally sound and free of miniature civilizations. Finally, your facial cavern's stalactites and stalagmites will be scrubbed, polished, and re-released into the wild so that your primary intake valve can resume its normally scheduled operations of consuming food and making humorous gargling sounds when sprayed with seltzer.

At CATZ, you'll find a positive, supportive environment helmed by jocular certified trainers who once coached elite athletes. Their aim is an environment that hearkens back to the age of childhood when exercise was a function of youthful exuberance—when you ran, jumped, and boot camped through the fields and forests with nary a thought about cellulite and belly pudge. Workouts vary from class to class in order to push your limits and keep your body growing stronger.

Designed by 1992 Masters Golf Tournament champion Fred Couples, the course at Twin Creeks Country Club drapes over 195 acres of Texas Hill Country framed by rocky outcroppings and natural hazards. Players traverse the course’s 7,033 yards along a pristine bermuda grass path from tee to green, though many gleaming white-sand bunkers may interrupt a string of stellar lies with tricky up-and-downs or inspire the sudden desire for players to fill their hourglasses with extra time. The club’s eponymous creeks wind the length of the course in a slithery tango—entering play on 13 of the holes—and ravines filled with century-old oak and pecan trees present still more snares. Players can check the club’s course-conditions page prior to a round for an idea of the day’s crowds, weather, and pin positions, which change each day of the week except Monday, when the course is closed.

Twin Creeks Country Club also boasts a 15,000-square-foot clubhouse complete with an upscale restaurant, bar and lounge, locker rooms, and pro shop. Outdoors, 10,000 square feet of earth play host to myriad events, and a covered area shelters diners from torrential golf balls.

Course at a Glance:

• 18-hole, par 72 course
• Total length of 7,033 yards from the back tees
• Course rating of 75.7 from the back tees
• Course slope of 142 from the back tees
• Five sets of tees per hole
• Designed by Fred Couples