Gyms in Lockhart

The amount rises with a location's prepaid memberships, from $20,000 when prepayments are up to $20,000, to $50,000 when they top $45,000. It can be a surety bond or a certificate of deposit. Two kinds of gym can skip it: one that never requires contracts or prepayment over 31 days, financing, automatic bank drafts or initiation fees; and an established gym that swears every three years to assets over $50,000 per location, five years under substantially the same ownership and no closure complaints.

When a Lockhart gym closes

The gym must post notice inside and outside each entrance at least 30 days before closing or relocating, and notify the Secretary of State, except after a fire, flood or act of God. To claim against the security, mail your contract and proof of payment to the SOS within 90 days of the closure notice appearing on its website.

The Texas Health Spa Act covers businesses selling memberships for exercise instruction or the use of exercise facilities. Nonprofits, member-owned clubs, dance and aerobics-only studios, rehab providers and school programs are excluded. A covered gym can't operate or sell memberships without a certificate for each location, costing $100 and renewed yearly. Look for it on the wall, and find its number in your contract.

Besides the online search, the SOS posts a PDF of registered locations every Wednesday showing whether security is posted. A contract is void if the gym wasn't registered when you signed.

A new gym that sells memberships before opening must keep the money in an FDIC-insured escrow account until 30 days after it opens, unless exempt. If it doesn't open within 180 days of its first sale, or doesn't stay open 30 days, prepaying members are generally owed a full refund.

A full refund is yours if certified-mail notice goes out within three business days of signing. Contracts can't exceed three years, financed ones can't require payments beyond five, and the contract must print your cancellation and closure rights in conspicuous 10-point type. If the gym closes without offering a location within 10 miles, or moves more than 10 miles away, you can cancel and get back unearned payments.

Fixr's national figures put basic gyms at $15 to $40 a month and better-equipped ones at $50 to $100 (January 2025), so ask a Lockhart gym for its total contract price. The Secretary of State registers gyms but doesn't regulate their practices, so complaints go to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at (800) 621-0508.

The Texas gym guide has the full rules, San Marcos gyms give more choice, the list order is explained in our terms of service, and the Lockhart page covers the town.