Memorial Athletic Club for Women — Local services in Houston

While MAC Women has a lot more to offer, my review is focused on the Pilates program of Reformer and mat classes. Reformer classes and the women who run them at MAC Women have helped me level up my health game directly and significantly. As I have leveled up from 1.0 to 3.0, I have been supported, instructed, and challenged by a team of very cool, professional women (Sue, Becky, Catherine, Morven, and Johnsy), who have their own signature philosophies, goals, and personalities that make wanting to go exclusively to this instructor's classes or that instructor's classes a tempting choice. Certainly, you can't go wrong aligning with one particular instructor because each instructor on the MAC Pilates team pulls from such a wide variety of exercises that there's no way you'll feel bored nor your body plateaued. However, if you choose, like me, to take as many classes as you can from each of the instructors, you'll realize just how 360 your training becomes. As one example, I am literally taller from their dedication to my dedication. No, your bones don't actually grow doing Pilates, but your posture can improve so much that you might measure taller, as I did (a half inch taller), at the doctor's office who even measured twice because she didn't believe it.

I'm bendier. I'm stronger. I've got more balance and stability. I'm more grounded but also more confident. I'm happier. I'm even friendlier. I don't see people talk to each other nearly as much in the bigger group classes as we do in the Reformer classes. I'm more introverted than most people realize, so the camaraderie has been a very nice bonus. Obviously, I recommend Pilates Reformer in general but very specifically so from the technique-driven experts at MAC Women. MAC Women has been an important resource that has helped me to level up my life. In my late 50s, I'm arguably in the best shape and healthfulness of my life....

They need to call it MAC for women who don’t work. Their hours don’t work for anyone with a day job. Very small and very few machines. It is nice when you just want to get a quick no frills workout in.

The larger gym across the street is nice but way...

Love this gym. I am so happy to live so close to such a fantastic gym. The trainers are very knowledgeable and really care about your health and...