Body Fit Training 3515 West Dallas Street, Houston, TX 77019

"Wow! This place! From the manager to the coaches to the amazing members. And then the workouts ❤️ I cannot say enough about how exciting it is to be part of this community. I have traveled extensively through many gym memberships and I was pumped to sign up for a founding membership “just to see” if I would like it AND give up other founding memberships (…OTF…). The variety, plus actual science, focus on form and minimization of injury, love and encouragement AND 1-3 personal trainers in every class to encourage, correct, and empower—-I cannot say enough about this beautiful gym. Thanks to those who mentioned it to me-I am so grateful. And to the BFT community!"

"I’ve tried many gyms throughout Houston and this is one of the best ones I’ve been to. Very well balanced workouts with a lot of variety and challenging with great coaches that truly care and pushes you. Highly recommend this workout for everyone at every level of your fitness journey."

"Absolutely love this gym. So happy I joined an amazing community of motivating individuals. Usually I’m hesitant to join group fitness training, but BFT & their amazing trainers make the experience worth it - not only will they support you physically, but they hype you up to be the best version of yourself! The results are evident and I feel stronger than ever. Thankful for BFT for opening in Htown!"

"Best group training workouts, great coaches, wonderful community. As a former F45 member for the past 2½ years I saw great weight loss success with their system, but after frustration from programing (several injuries from overtraining certain muscle groups chasing a clock) and maxing out on weights within a year, I started looking elsewhere. With a secondary a goal of muscle building, I was only able to achieve this when supplementing my F45 workouts with outside strength training. I joined here at BFT River Oaks as a founding member and like how evenly split the focus is focus between HIIT cardio and resistance training. They discipline you to strengthen and condition your heart by focusing on targeting heart rate zones during work periods and controlling your breathing during rest periods to lower it back down. Love how resistance days are rep-based, not time-based with so you can focus on going heavy, tempo and proper form. Speaking of going heavy, it's nice to have a squat rack with compound barbell lifts instead of just dumbbells and kettle bells. After being here a month now since their opening, I'm very happy here and see my health, physique, conditioning improve dramatically. I'm very impressed with the coaches like Mychael & Kyle as they're very well trained and attentive tailoring to every member's specific needs and fitness level. Great culture and community with other members making you really feel like you're in a supportive environment where everyone is having fun pushing to reach their goals. The heart rate monitor chest strap is a must have as you can see on the monitor during class when you're in the right zone as well as if you hit the target for that workout at the end. I really feel like here at BFT I'm back in my first days of working out at F45 in November 2020 where I was having fun, motivated, disciplined and seeing consistent results. As long as the programing stays the same and keeps me feeling like I'm being pushed, I can't see myself not being here for years to come."

"I spent many years doing F45 with decent results early on but seriously began to lose interest in the last year because of what dawned on me were scattered, random-seeming workout sessions. At the end I felt like I was just forcing myself to go to workouts in some hope of continuing to make progress in my own fitness journey. BodyFit Training (BFT) River Oaks coincidentally opening recently (just about a month ago as of this review) was a godsend, and I cannot say enough good things about my experience there so far. Probably the easiest way I could describe BFT itself is combining the best aspects of OrangeTheory, personal training, and F45 with a particular focus on progressive strength development and cardiovascular enhancement. There is a heavy emphasis on keeping track of your cardiovascular and strength progress at BFT River Oaks. 
They utilize heart rate training/monitoring as an integral part of every session (emphasis on going up, down, or maintaining specific target rates depending on where you are in the workout) and the staff at BFT River Oaks has loaned out monitors to members and newcomers who may not have their own so that they can take full advantage of class. Progressive strength development is also an integral part of BFT - you can opt in to testing for your 5-rep max on a series of fundamental strength movements (such as deadlift, back squat, military press, etc) so that the weights you use during class are appropriate to your personal strength growth. During each multi-week training block certain of these movements will reappear throughout the block with variation on weight lifted and reps (generally fewer reps each week but heavier weight) to encourage further strength development. And of course the weight training equipment used in BTF is legitimate stuff - you don’t see or use equipment like trap bars, land mines, or power racks in other group fitness chains. The real strength of BFT River Oaks is the burgeoning community of staff and members it has developed. Although consisting of people of vastly different fitness experience and levels (from complete newbies to longtime athletes) everyone you meet tends to be extremely enthusiastic about pushing themselves and each other to perform at their very best. Camaraderie is the norm and not the exception at BFT River Oaks: at each class you will typically be grouped into pairs or triples, and work/rest during sets is typically designed to utilize this format to full advantage such as “You-Go-I-Go” where the resting partner will also spot for the active partner. It feels safer and more reassuring to push yourself to max weights and effort when you know you have someone always watching your back and encouraging you. And the coaches are no slouch either. There are always two or three of them at each class but you never see them up front just barking generic encouragements like at many other fitness studios - there are constantly roaming to spot you, provide individual instruction/feedback on form, or even flat out work a set with you to push you ahead. TLDR version: One of the best group fitness/progressive strength training gyms you will find in Houston with an awesome “fit family”. If you are looking to improve your fitness then try BFT River Oaks out - I do not think you will be disappointed."