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New Uptown boutique fitness studio spins an intense workout for Houstonians

Revolution Studio Uptown Park new location

The Uptown crowd can spin away at the newest Revolution Studio outpost.

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Houstonians looking for new ways to get ripped in Uptown have no shortage of options, thanks to a soon-to-open, celebrity gym TruFusion and now, a locally spun fitness gym.

Revolution Studio, a boutique fitness studio founded in Houston, will open a new location in Uptown Park on Saturday, August 10. The new gym will offer cycling, yoga, and strength training classes and will be open seven days a week.

The new Uptown location boasts 3,400 square feet of workout space and features Revolution Studio’s signature Cycle and Lotus Studios, locker rooms, and a retail boutique of fitness clothing and accessories, according to a release.

Revolution Studio offers three class formats. RIPPED is a high-intensity, circuit training class designed for a full-body workout. Classes hold up to 15 “warriors” and utilize dumbbells, bands, and medicine balls with lifting, squatting, pushing, and jumping movements to build body strength, per a release.

Meanwhile, The Cycle Studio, designed for 45- or 60-minute rhythm-based cycling classes, features 56 Stages bikes organized in stadium-style seating. The classes incorporate cardio, weights, and core strength paired with high-energy music.

Other workouts include yoga classes, which are heated and hold up to 28 “yogis” with a variety of props, including blocks and straps. RS Ride is a 45-or 60-minute rhythm-based cycling class.

Revolution Studio was founded by husband-and-wife duo and native Texans, Mitch and Kim Syma, who opened their first studio in Sugar Land in October of 2012. Revolution Studio currently operates in River Oaks, Memorial City, and Sugar Land.

“Our new studio at Uptown Park brings us closer to our clients in the uptown neighborhood,” said Kim Syma, in a statement. “Partnering with EDENS and bringing our high-energy cycle, creative Vinyasa yoga, and HIIT strength classes to Uptown Park offers convenient access to over 75 classes a week at Houston’s most sought-after fitness studio.”

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Stretching the budget

A $100,000 salary in 2026 goes further in Houston than it did last year

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$100,000 stretches a little further in 2026.

A 2026 income study has good news for big earners in Houston: A six-figure salary goes further than it did last year.

A Houston resident's $100,000 salary is worth $84,840 after taxes and adjusted for the local cost of living, according to the new financial analysis from SmartAsset. That's about $1,500 more than Houstonians were bringing home last year.

The 2026 take-home pay is about eight percent higher than it was in 2024, when the same salary had an adjusted value of $78,089.

SmartAsset used its paycheck calculator to apply federal, state and local taxes to an annual salary of $100,000 in 69 of the largest American cities. The figure was then adjusted for the local cost of living (which included average costs for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, and miscellaneous goods and services). Cities were then ranked based on where a six-figure salary is worth the least after applicable taxes and cost of living adjustments.

Houston ranked No. 60 in the overall ranking of U.S. cities where $100,000 is worth the least. If the rankings were flipped and the cities were ranked based on where $100,000 goes the furthest, that places Houston in the No. 10 spot nationwide.

Manhattan, New York remains the No. 1 city where a six-figure salary is worth the least. A Manhattan resident's take-home pay is only worth $29,420 after taxes and adjusted for the cost of living, which is 3.10 percent lower than it was in 2025.

SmartAsset determined Manhattan has a 29.7 percent effective tax rate on six-figure salaries. Meanwhile, the effective tax rate on a $100,000 salary in Texas (based on the eight cities examined in the report) is 21.1 percent. It's worth highlighting that New York implements a statewide graduated-rate income tax from 4-10.90 percent, whereas Texas is one of only eight states that don't tax residents' income.

Oklahoma City, No. 69, is the U.S. city in the report where a $100,000 salary stretches the furthest. A six-figure salary is worth $91,868 in 2026, up from $89,989 last year.

This is the post-tax value of a $100,000 salary in other Texas cities, and their ranking in the report:

Plano (No. 27): $72,653
Dallas (No. 47): $80,103
Austin (No. 53): $82,446
Lubbock (No. 59): $84,567
San Antonio (No. 62): $86,419
El Paso (No. 67): $90,276
Corpus Christi (No. 68): $91,110

According to the report, getting some "financial breathing room" by making six-figures really depends on where someone lives and what their lifestyle is. For residents living in the 42 states that levy some amount of income tax, their take-home pay dwindles further.

"And depending on how taxes are filed, reaching a $100,000 income may push a household from the 22 percent to 24 percent marginal tax bracket," the report's author wrote. "Meanwhile, locations with high costs across housing and everyday essentials may be less forgiving to a $100,000 income."

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