Cheap, Fun Things to Do in Austin, Texas (2025)
Cheap, fun things to do in Austin are abundant! From gyms to ACL to Zilker Park, South Congress, here’s how to have fun on a budget in ATX.
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Cable Squats: Muscles Worked and How to do Them
Cable squats: muscles worked, how to do them, and why you would do them. Cable squats are a great accessory exercise for your lower body.
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New Semi Private Personal Training in Austin, Texas!
Semi-private personal training is a great option for lifters who want a custom training plan, a coach and accountability buddies. Learn more here!
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The Best Workouts for Health: Contributor for Epoch Times
Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander contributed to article written by Emma Suttie and published in the Epoch Times called “From Cardio to Play: The Best Workouts for Your Health”.
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Dumbbell Back Workout: The 5 Best Exercises
A dumbbell back workout for full back strength and muscular development. Learn these 5 pulling exercises for a complete back workout today.
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Dumbbell Arm Workout At Home
Dumbbell workout at home. Exercises to work your biceps and triceps with Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander.
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Plank Exercises for Beginners
Plank exercises for beginners: a simple way to get started on core strength and endurance. Learn how to work abs with planks.
Merry Christmas from Alexander Training
Merry Christmas from Kathryn of Alexander Training. Take time off, or a little slower and enjoy your holiday this year.
How to Heat a Garage Gym: The Best Tips and Equipment
How to heat a garage gym in the cold weather: what kind of heater works best, whether you need insulation, and other tips to stay warm.
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Home Leg Workouts With Dumbbells
Home leg workouts with dumbbells are a simple, accessible way to build strong legs home. Learn the exercises here.
Horizontal Pressing Exercises
Horizontal pressing exercises for upper body strength are great for chest strength and development. Learn the bench press, dumbbell press and push up here.
The Best Gifts for Powerlifters and What 1 Gift to Avoid
Gifts for powerlifters: The ultimate gift guide for powerlifters (2024) and the 1 gift you should NOT get your powerlifting friend.
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Restaurants Near Domain Austin
Restaurants near the domain, Austin. The Domain Northside is the perfect place for the best restaurants and craft cocktails in North Austin.
How Much Does a Barbell Weigh?
How much does a barbell weigh? Olympic bars, power bars, and specialty bars like trap bars, hex bars, football bars and deadlift bars.
Lat Pulldown Machine Exercises and Variations
Lat pulldown machine exercises and variations: how to execute and implement them for your best back development.
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Austin Gift Ideas
Austin gift ideas: food, music and experiences from local artists and artisans. Gifts, gift certificates and gift cards from ATX.
5 Tips to Plan for a Fit Fall Season
Now is the time to plan for a fit fall season – make your fall workout plan now! 5 tips by Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander.
Home Gym Ideas: Garage Edition (2024)
Home gym ideas: garage edition! Train from the comfort of your garage with the right equipment, flooring, and storage.
Austin in September (2024 Events)
Austin in September is all great weather, festivals, relays, local music, and live entertainment. What to do in Austin Texas in September.
How to do RDLs with dumbbells (Romanian deadlifts)
How to do RDLs with dumbbells, for hamstring, back and glute development. Romanian deadlifts work your entire posterior chain for lower body strength and athleticism.
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How to Do Barbell Rows and Row Variations
How to do barbell rows and row variations for a bigger and stronger back, with videos & tips from Kathryn Alexander, Austin personal trainer.
Dumbbell Shoulder Workout at Home + Exercise Demos
Get an amazing dumbbell shoulder workout at home with these exercises and demo videos by Kathryn Alexander, personal trainer in Austin.
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Austin Hiking Trails with Water (Summer 2024)
Austin hiking trails with water and waterfalls for summer 2024. Where to hike, bike and swim in the capital city’s hot summer months.
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Should I Go to the Gym Everyday?
Should I go to the gym everyday? 3 days a week? How to find your optimal workout routine for your fitness journey/training schedule.
Full Body Band Workout at Home: 12 Best Exercises
Full body band workout at home: try these 12 resistance band exercises for a full body resistance training workout.
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1 Month Body Transformation: Maximizing Your Results
How to maximize a 1 month body transformation for quick and safe body recomposition, weight loss and fitness progress.
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Lower Back Pain from Squats? What You Can Do
A common fear for many is lower back pain from squats. We will show you some ways to prevent and reduce your lower back pain.
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Technology and Online Personal Training
Technology and online personal training: a match made in training heaven, bringing tools to help your workouts reach the next level.
Leg and Glute Home Workout For Lower Body Strength
Check out this leg and glute home workout. Hit your fitness goals from your home or garage gym with this lower body session.
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Benefits of Online Personal Training: How it Can Help You
The benefits of online personal training are many: access to world class coaches, convenience, and affordability. Make it work for you!
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Dumbbell Curl: Muscles Worked (+ Exercises!)
Dumbbell curl muscles worked, exercises, and tips on how to maximize your biceps growth for bigger and stronger arms.
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How to Find the Best Online Personal Trainer
How to find the best online personal trainer for you: what to look for, what to expect, and what to do next!
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Simple Core Workouts at Home: The Best Ab Exercises
Simple core workouts at home: ab and core exercises for strength, aesthetics and function (includes videos). Equipment free and easy to do.
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How to Find a Personal Trainer in Round Rock, Texas (2024)
Find a personal trainer in Round Rock, Texas, to help you reach your fitness, strength, and health and wellness goals in 2024.
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How Thick Should Gym Flooring Be? A Detailed Guide
How thick should gym flooring be? A guide to home gyms and commercial gyms, and flooring types: rubber mats, rubber tiles, turf and more.
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53 Best Gym Motivational Quotes on Strength & Fitness
Gym motivational quotes and powerful words for your strength and fitness journey, including my favorite of all time.
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Triceps Exercises for Women: Sculpt Your Arms
Tricep exercises for women. Tone and build your arms for strength, increased physical ability, and aesthetics.
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Alternatives to Sit Ups: Try These Exercises Instead!
Alternatives to sit ups. Ab & core exercises beyond sit-ups for 6-pack abs and a healthy back. Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander tells all.
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Bushing vs Bearing Barbell: What’s the Difference?
Bushing vs bearing barbell. Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander explains the differences and which is best for you.
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Home Gym Organization Ideas and Best Storage Solutions
The best home gym organization ideas and storage solutions for home and garage gyms. Make your small space work for your training!
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The Best Personal Training Options, Explained
The best personal training options explained: from one-on-one, online personal training, and team programs, which is best for you?
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Iron Forge Gym in Round Rock, Texas
Iron Forge Gym in Round Rock, Texas, has amazing equipment, strongman training facilities, and the best personal trainers in Round Rock.
The Best Hamstring Strength Exercises for Posterior Work
The best hamstring strength exercises to strengthen your posterior. These will build you into a stronger and faster athlete, reduce your risk of injury and knee pain, and make your everyday life all around easier.
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How to Make and Keep New Year Fitness Resolutions
Austin personal trainer Kathryn Alexander wants to help you make and keep your new year fitness resolutions and goals!
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The 5 Best Parks in Austin for Outdoor Recreation (2023)
Just in time for cooler weather (hallelujah!), I present to you the 5 best parks in Austin for outdoor recreation. Austin is a beautiful city that does an excellent job of prioritizing parks, green space, and walking trails. It is…
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The Best Exercise Machines for Lower Back Strength
The best exercise machines for lower back strength will build muscular strength and endurance, encourage good posture, and prevent pain.
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Best Rear Delt Exercises: Strengthening Your Shoulders
The best rear delt exercises can help with posture, performance, injury prevention and balance while bodybuilding. Read all about rear delts here.
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Push Pull Squat Workout
The push pull squat workout is a great framework for getting a complete training session. Here’s how to implement it for the best results.
How to do Standing Calf Raise + Modifications
How to do the standing calf raise plus modifications, for calf and ankle strength and increased balance and mobility.
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From UT Student to Personal Trainer
In a guest post for Austin Fit Magazine, I explain how to go from being a student at UT to becoming a personal trainer.
Dua Lipa, Michael B. Jordan Workout: How They Got Fit
Dua Lipa and Michael B. Jordan workout hard to prepare for their roles in movies. Here are some ways they train to get fit.
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Curling in the Squat Rack
No curling in the squat rack! It’s literally a meme now but there’s truth to it. Learn squat rack etiquette, and when you can break the rules.
How Much Does a Personal Trainer Cost?
How much does a personal trainer cost? Many things factor into this, such as location (Austin is more expensive), and trainer experience.
How to do the Back Extension Machine
Learn how to use the back extension machine to make your back, glutes and hamstrings strong and effective.
How to Get in Shape Fast
How to get in shape fast! Wondering how fast you will see results? here is the quickest way to getting shape and see progress.
5 Minute Health Tip
5 minute health tip: when you feel like you are stressing, snowballing, or losing control of a situation, take 5 minutes to be still and breathe.
Quad Exercises at Home
Try these quad exercises at home! With some dumbbells and creativity, you can do the best quad exercises for home training.
How to Do Pushups
How to do pushups. With these exercises, tips and tricks, you’ll be able to get your first pushup and more!
Does Alcohol Make You Gain Weight?
Does alcohol make you gain weight? Sure can! Drinking can affect fat metabolism and causes the dreaded beer belly.
How To Make Exercise FUN
How to make exercise fun again! Try these easy tips so you’ll stick to it, and see the results you are looking for!
Gym Mistakes to Avoid (and What to Do Instead)
Working out can seem really complicated: lots of rules, lots of mistakes that can be made. Generally, you can do a few things well, and avoid a few major mistakes, to see the results you want. Here are a few of the more common mistakes and easy ways to avoid them.
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Austin Fit Fest
The Austin Fit Fest is coming up on August 19 here in the capital city! Featuring strongman, powerlifting, MMA and more!
Home Gym Essentials
Home gym essentials. This is a list of the basics I suggest you have when you start investing in home gym equipment.
My Favorite Fitness Things in North Austin
My favorite fitness things in North Austin: why you can find what you need for your fitness journey all the way up here. I lived in Houston for sometime and I found that you pretty quickly develop your little pocket…
My Current Favorite Ab Exercise
Check out my current favorite ab exercise, which works your whole core. It’s harder than it looks, and will challenge you in a fun way!
The Benefits of Working Out Alone
The benefits of working out alone: training alone can be really fun, and I highly encourage you to exercise alone occasionally.
Full Body Workout You Can Do Inside
This full body workout that you can do inside focuses on calorie burn and conditioning. Spare yourself from the summer heat and try this!
Modify Don’t Miss; How to Train Around Light Injury
Modify, don’t miss; specific tips and tricks for building a training strategy to allow you to work around light injury.
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Love Notes, Volume 1
Love notes from my clients 
I save every happy comment a client sends me. Here are some of the funny and sweet ones.
When Will I See Results?
“When will I see results?” is a common question client ask me. This client case study illustrates what to do when you are wondering the same.
How to do Triceps Kickbacks
Learn how to do triceps kickbacks properly, so you can build your triceps strength and tighten your upper arms.
How to Overcome Gym Intimidation
How to overcome your gym intimidation for good. Learn some short term mindset shifts that lead to long term confidence.
What is the Best Training Split?
What is the best training split for your workout goals? Full body, upper/lower, push/pull/squat? Read on to find your best option!
10 Best Ab Exercises
Having a strong core can benefit you in your day-to-day life. Learn the 10 best ab exercises for at home or the gym!
How to Use the Hammer Strength Leg Curl
How to use the Hammer Strength leg curl, which can be a great machine for building hamstrings strength and power.
Why You Should Buy a Grill
Why you should buy a grill: from the ease of use to the flavor you can’t replicate. Get your protein in a fun easy way by grilling.
2 Common Lifting Myths Debunked
2 common lifting myths debunked, so you can gain muscle and lose fat and not let myths slow your progress.
How Much Exercise You Need To Do
Determining how much exercise you need to do can be tough. Consider these factors to come up with an exercise plan that works for you.
10 Surefire Ways to Get More Protein in Your Diet
Here are 10 surefire ways to get more protein in your diet. Protein is vitally important, but sometimes takes planning to get enough.
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Be High Maintenance
Be high maintenance; make maintaining healthy habits, daily self care and routines a priority for your life.
How to do Bulgarian Split Squats
Learn how to do Bulgarian split squats, a uniquely challenging, versatile and beneficial exercise.
Grilled Venison Fajitas Recipe
This grilled venison fajita recipe is delicious and healthy. Give this a try to add variety to your regular meals.
How to Make Your Training Session Quicker
How to make your training session quicker. Four ways to adjust your session and still get quality work if you are short on time.
How Much Protein Do You Really Need to Eat
How much protein do you need to eat? If you google “How much protein do I need” you get a variety of answers. Here’s the real truth.
My 5 Favorite Exercises
In this very non-scientific, highly biased list I present to you my 5 favorite exercises: deadlifts, squats, and more!
How to do the Hammer Strength Iso-Lateral Row (Plate Loaded Iso-Lateral Row)
How to do the Hammer Strength iso-row, also called the plate loaded iso-lateral row. This is a great machine to build back strength.
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SummerStrong 16 Recap #SS16
SummerStrong is an annual gathering of strength coaches, lifters, and physical culture enthusiasts at the Sorinex facility in Lexington, South Carolina. It’s education, fellowship, competition and reunion.
How to Use the Dynavec Gluteator Glute Machine
How to use the Dynavec Gluteator glute machine as part of your training to build strong, athletic, functional and aesthetic glutes.
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Training Philosophy at Alexander Training
Training Philosophy of Kathryn Alexander, personal trainer in Austin, Texas, and owner of Alexander Training.
How to Choose a Training Program
There are so many different fitness training programs, it is hard to know which one is best for you. Learn how to choose a program that fits your goals.
How to Make Time for Exercise With a Busy Schedule
How to make time for exercise with a busy schedule. Adjust your gym sessions, do home workouts, and find more time to exercise.
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Follow a Program
The top 5 reasons you should follow a program include getting the best results, ensuring a return on your time investment, and more.
How to do B-Stance RDLs
How to do B-stance RDLs: a staggered stance Romanian deadlift is a stable exercise for building posterior strength.
Social Benefits of Exercise
The social benefits of exercise are abundant. From seeing fun people at your gym every day, to having a workout partner you trust with your life, to having friends you mutually support through common and individual goals, the social connections…
Best Gyms in Austin
Finding the right gym is a huge step in consistently training. My 4 favorite gyms in Austin are Hyde Park Gym, Big Tex Gym, Lord’s Boxing and Iron Forge MMA.
How to Break Through Your Bench Press Plateau
Are you stuck in the gym? Learn how to break through your bench press plateau with these 5 tips from Alexander Training.
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How to Stay Fit With a Desk Job
The challenge of how to stay fit with a desk job is often overlooked. If you sit for much of your job, you know how easy it is to fall into a sedentary lifestyle. Try this free program if you need a simple, workable plan to follow.
Discipline vs. Motivation
Discipline vs motivation is everywhere these days. I don’t know about you, but I read about discipline vs. motivation all the time. Rely on discipline, not motivation, they say. Develop your discipline because the motivation will not always be there,…
How to Follow Gym Etiquette
How to follow gym etiquette, so you can feel more comfortable, work well with others, and get your training done.
How to Goblet Squat
Learn how to goblet squat as we cover the benefits, variations, and training techniques to implementing this beneficial lift.
Morgan’s Transformation
Morgan’s transformation. Morgan shows his amazing transformation, the collaboration between his hard work and Alexander Training.
How to Begin Lifting Weights
In case you were wondering if this is a good time to begin lifting weights: any time is a good time to begin lifting weights! You are not too old, and you are not too weak, you are not too…
What is the Importance of a Workout Plan?
A written workout plan is extremely important to help you reach your goals faster and more effectively, take the brainpower and mental stress out of the process, and help you avoid blind spots to get the best out of your fitness routine.
What is Semi-Private Personal Training?
If you have spent any amount of time in a gym, you might have noticed people working with personal trainers. Sometimes they are working one-on-one, sometimes in a pair, and sometimes in a small group. Maybe you have seen semi-private…
Managing Client Expectations
I recently contributed to a piece published on BecomeaPersonalTrainer.org called “40 Personal Trainers Reveal How to Manage Client Expectations.” The article contains a wealth of insight from many trainers and is a great read for both clients and trainers alike.…
Pushups on Vacation: A Success Story from the Beach
One of my favorite clients texts ever: my client became so good at pushups, she enjoyed them, and even did them on vacation!
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