Modern Equipment
Two floors of championship-grade racks, calibrated plates and Technogym-class ergs — replaced on a rolling three-year cycle, never run into the ground.
Downtown Austin · Est. 2009
No excuses.
Just results.
A members-only strength and conditioning club where forty coaches, championship-grade equipment and recovery science exist for exactly one reason — to make you measurably better.
Equipment & performance partners
- IRONFORGE
- VELOCITÉ
- NORTHPEAK
- PULSE LAB
- ATLAS NUTRITION
- KINETIK
- SUMMIT RECOVERY
- CARBON ATHLETIC
Our standard
A gym run like a
performance lab
Apex began in 2009 as a 900 sq ft powerlifting room above a bike shop. Seventeen years later the equipment changed, the standard didn't: assess first, program second, and never let a member train without a coach who knows their history.
Evidence over ego
Every programme decision traces back to a screen, a scan or a number on the bar. If the data says change it, we change it.
Coaching is the product
Equipment is table stakes. What members pay for is forty coaches who notice the third rep before it goes wrong.
Standards, not shortcuts
Immaculate floors at 4am, plates racked by weight, towels stocked. Detail is the culture, not the housekeeping.
Everyone belongs on this floor
National-platform lifters and first-week beginners train in the same room, on the same standard of respect.
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Active members
Training out of a single Downtown Austin location.
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Certified coaches
Strength, conditioning, nutrition and rehabilitation.
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Retention rate
Members still with us twelve months after joining.
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Years of practice
Refining one methodology since 2009.
Why Apex
Built for people who
refuse average.
Everything here is engineered around one question: will this make our members measurably stronger, healthier and harder to break?
Elite Trainers
Forty coaches with national-platform, professional-sport and clinical backgrounds. Every one of them still trains on this floor.
Nutrition Guidance
Registered dietitians on staff, not an app subscription. Plans built around how you actually eat, reviewed against monthly scans.
Recovery Zone
Contrast plunge, infrared sauna, compression therapy and a physio-led mobility studio — because adaptation happens after the session.
24/7 Access
Keycard entry at any hour with staffed coaching from 5am. Train at 4am or 11pm and the floor is still immaculate.
Personal Programs
No templates. Your block is written from your screen, your scan and your calendar, then rewritten every twelve weeks against real data.
Programs
Train with intent
Nine coached disciplines, each with a defined progression path. Start anywhere — your coach maps the rest.
The facility
42,000 sq ft of purpose
Four floors, each built around a single job — move heavy, move fast, move well, then recover properly.
Floor One
The Strength Hall
Twelve competition racks, four platforms with calibrated plates, and a dedicated mono-lift bay. Rubber-bonded flooring rated to withstand a 300kg drop, and enough space between stations that nobody trains in someone else's shadow.
- 12 competition racks
- 4 lifting platforms
- Calibrated plate sets
Floor One
Functional Zone
A 40-metre turf runway for sleds, carries and sprint work, wrapped by rigs, kettlebells to 48kg and a throwing wall. This is where capacity gets built for the life outside the building.
- 40m turf runway
- Full rig system
- Sled & carry library
Floor Two
Recovery Suite
Contrast plunge pools, a six-person infrared sauna, compression therapy chairs and a physio-led mobility studio. Booked in the member app, supervised by our clinical team, open daily until 22:00.
- Contrast plunge
- Infrared sauna
- Compression therapy
Floor Two
Locker Rooms
Hotel-standard changing rooms with individual timber lockers, rainfall showers, fresh towels on demand and a grooming bar. Come straight from the office, leave ready for the rest of the day.
- Private timber lockers
- Rainfall showers
- Daily towel service
Ground Floor
Protein Café
A full kitchen run by our nutrition team — cold-pressed juice, single-origin espresso and macro-labelled plates designed to be eaten in the twenty minutes after you rack the last bar.
- Macro-labelled menu
- Cold-pressed juice bar
- Single-origin espresso
Timetable
This week on the floor
Sixty coached sessions a week. Reserve your spot in the member app up to seven days ahead.
- 06:00Barbell StrengthMarcus VegaHigh
- 09:30Functional FlowAmara IdrisModerate
- 12:15Express HIITDarius ColeHigh
- 18:00Hypertrophy PushJonah PikeModerate
The coaches
Coached by specialists
Olympic lifters, physiotherapists, sports scientists and former pros. Every coach on this floor holds a national-level credential.
Marcus Vega
Head of Strength
Former collegiate strength coach turned barbell specialist. Marcus has taken 40+ lifters to national platforms and writes every powerlifting block in the club.
- Powerlifting
- Olympic lifting
- Return to sport
Elena Marsh
Performance Nutritionist
Registered dietitian who spent six seasons with a professional cycling team. Elena builds the fuelling plans behind every transformation on our wall.
- Body composition
- Contest prep
- Endurance fuelling
Darius Cole
Conditioning Lead
Ex-400m sprinter who now designs our HIIT and engine work. If your conditioning has stalled, Darius will find the gap in under two sessions.
- HIIT
- Speed development
- VO₂ max
Transformations
Twelve months of work
Drag each image to compare. Real members, published with permission, no retouching.
BeforeAfter
BeforeAfter
BeforeAfterMembership
One club. Three ways in.
No joining fee, no lock-in, no contracts hidden behind small print. Freeze or cancel any month.
Basic
Full floor access for the self-directed athlete who already knows the plan.
$79/month
- 24/7 keycard access
- Full strength & cardio floor
- Locker room + towel service
- Movement screen on joining
- Member app with lift history
Pro
Coached classes and programming for members who want structure and momentum.
$149/month
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited coached classes
- Personalised 12-week programme
- Monthly InBody composition scan
- Recovery suite access (2x weekly)
- Guest passes — 2 per month
Elite
The full performance service: private coaching, nutrition and unlimited recovery.
$269/month
- Everything in Pro
- 4 private coaching sessions monthly
- 1:1 nutrition plan with Elena Marsh
- Unlimited recovery suite & cryo
- Quarterly VO₂ max + strength testing
- Priority class booking
- Unlimited guest passes
Member stories
Proof, not promises
Five thousand members, an average tenure of four years, and a 4.9 rating across 1,200+ reviews.
“I'd written myself off as someone who just doesn't do gyms. Two years later I deadlift double bodyweight and I'm the one dragging friends in on a Saturday. The coaching is the difference — nobody here lets you drift.”
Priya RamanMember since 2021 · Down 26 lbs“Calibrated plates, competition bars and a coach who reads bar speed better than my old federation judges. Apex took 40 kilos off my total's ceiling in a single prep cycle.”
Ethan BrooksMember since 2019 · Regional powerlifter“The recovery suite is what sold me and the programming is what kept me. I've run four marathons out of this building and haven't lost a week to injury since I joined.”
Naomi ClarkeMember since 2022 · Marathon PB 3:04“Elena rebuilt how I eat without ever handing me a meal plan I'd hate by week three. The scans made it undeniable — I could see it working before I could feel it.”
Tomás HerreraMember since 2020 · Down 41 lbs“Sofia built me a return-to-training plan that respected my body instead of ignoring it. Nine months on I'm stronger than I was before my daughter was born.”
Grace WhitfieldMember since 2023 · Post-natal returnGallery
Inside the club
Shot on a normal Tuesday. No stock photography, no staged smiles.
Training
Athlete setting up under a loaded barbell in the strength hall
Training
Member performing a dumbbell press during a hypertrophy session
Facility
Rows of equipment across the main training floor
Classes
Group class working through a conditioning circuit
Training
Powerlifter locking out a heavy deadlift on the platform
Recovery
Infrared sauna in the second floor recovery suite
The journal
Train smarter
Programming notes, recovery science and nutrition guidance written by our coaching staff.
Questions
Good to know
Still unsure? The front desk answers every message within one business hour.
Your first session
Come train with us
Book a free 90-minute assessment. Movement screen, InBody scan, and a coach who tells you the truth about where you stand.