Let's face it. Getting to the gym to burn those tacos off is not that easy. Putting some snazzy short shorts and sweatbands on to thwack tennis balls at your friends, however, can be a little more inspiring. Noah Rippner and Brie Rippner-Parsons, brother-and-sister founders of Rippner Tennis at South Austin Tennis Center, which they now manage, have created a tennis haven with a loaded schedule of activities, including youth classes, cardio group lessons, and Express Lunch Workouts for the more ambitious. Why go to the gym when, for a few bucks, you can send bright-yellow balls sailing, grunt like Seles, and settle your scores on the courts?
