The Hill Country Health and Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez

Welcome to the Hill Country Health and Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez.

We know, you've tried them all. From expensive gyms to worthless diet plans, from up-at-dawn boot camps to flashy biofeedback equipment. And nothing's worked.

If this sounds familiar, then now is obviously the time to head for the hills — The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez, where being the biggest loser is truly a good thing!

We're not promising miracle fitness results and instant weight loss. But we do promise you'll have an action packed time creating a brand new you. That's because The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez is very serious about getting you in shape, while giving you an authentic Texas Hill Country experience — one that will leave you looking great, feeling terrific, and wondering why you hadn't come here sooner.

Our workout gym covers roughly five thousand acres of the most beautiful countryside around.

While giant gyms boast of their rows of equipment, dozens of classes, walls of flat screen televisions and ear-shattering music, you'll find a slightly different approach at The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez.

For openers, there's our wide open spaces — thousands of acres of virtually untouched nature completely surrounding you, crossed by miles of hiking and riding trails, all there just for your pleasure. Take a morning walk among the Indian plumes while a hawk passes high overhead, gaze at fields of bluebonnets, wild petunias and evening primrose while you breathe in the fresh Hill Country air.  Return to the Fitness Center later that morning to learn the perfect exercise program to meet your very specific needs and goals from a personal trainer who really does personally care about you. Then take a late afternoon horseback ride through some of the most spectacular countryside around.

Whoever thought that losing weight and getting in shape could also be such a perfect way to spend your time? In fact, we like to think of our fitness ranch as the biggest loser in the fitness game.  We know it sounds kind of corny, but it's a fact: you will lose weight and you will see results.  We promise that you, too, will be a big loser when you come to The Hill Country Health and Fitness Center at Ranch Cortez!

Just enough luxury.  More than enough fun.

If you're looking for a $1,000 a day health spa with your own private pool and nine-course dinners, The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez is definitely not for you. But if you have been searching for comfortable, private accommodations, magnificently unspoiled natural surroundings, a caring, friendly staff, and wholesome, healthful meals, consider yourself at home at The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez.

As part of the popular Rancho Cortez Dude Ranch, The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center gives you the best of both worlds — all the activities, excitement and fun of a full-service Dude Ranch, plus the healthful, life-enriching and life-extending benefits of losing weight, lowering your cholesterol and blood pressure, raising your awareness of how to stay fit when you get home, and showing stress right out the door.

So who needs one of those stuffy, outrageously over-priced spas when The Hill Country Health & Fitness Center at Rancho Cortez can get you where you want to be, show you a great time while getting you there, and where losing  is something to go home and brag about!  Come see us and find out if you can be the biggest loser!

For questions and inquiries, email fitness@ranchocortez.com.