Our outpatient Cardiac Rehab and Cardiac Prehab concierge programs were developed to reduce risk of future heart attacks and strokes in people who want immediate attention and an unparalleled level of evidence-based care. With a team of exercise and health professionals by your side, you will develop life-changing habits to maintain an active, fulfilling lifestyle.
Our cardiac programs follow medically approved protocol used in hospitals nationwide without the stale hospital atmosphere. Once you step foot through our doors, you will be greeted by a caring staff with decades of fitness and wellness experience.
In both programs, clients work on diet, stress, exercise and smoking cessation when necessary. Our team works with you and your doctor to build longevity in your body and purpose in your life.
Ready to begin? We are too! Traditional, hospital-based programs have long waitlists, insurance hurdles and impersonal care. You can start here TODAY!
As a private facility, we have the flexibility to begin immediately and work around your schedule.
Cardiac Prehab is our exclusive program that follows similar guidelines used for people with cardiovascular disease and risk factors but want to prevent having a heart attack.
Cardiac Rehab is the nationally accepted standardized program of professionally guided and monitored exercise and consultation on the most influential factors that impact heart disease, including nutrition, stress management and smoking for patients recovering from heart events.
As a client, you participate in exercise 2-3 days per week monitored by an EKG and an exercise physiologist, and you receive guidance on how your diet, stress, sleep, smoking* and daily decisions can be adjusted to support a healthier lifestyle for your heart. * if applicable
Our priority is you. We leverage our relationships with doctors and professional staff to build what you need, not what insurance deems reasonable for the masses.
Your support system matters to us too. We encourage you to bring them along this journey, as fellow participants, facility members or curious loved ones.
We are up to date with the latest COVID-19 practices and focused on the safest environment possible.
This is the kind of place you keep telling your friends they have to see to understand! Itʼs a gym, but they have helped me with so much more. My trainer even went to a doctors appointment with me when I was trying to figure out if my age was causing my pain or if I could actually do something about it. (It was both ha ha!) I trust the trainers and team and on days I miss the gym, I miss the staff too.
Heather Sholl is a social entrepreneur and founder of The Villages Gym. After graduating from Texas A&M, she began her career in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and facility manager in Hamilton, Texas. She teamed up with the owner and local healthcare leaders there to build a cardiac rehab program, and sold the fitness center to Hamilton Hospital, then relocated to Houston.
While building a clientele in Houston, Heather teamed up with friends to found the nationally recognized non-profit organization Boot Campaign. Boot Campaign funds the treatment of PTSD with a special focus on physical wellness that is unique to veteran services programs. Today, she is focused on merging the treatment side of healthcare with the prevention side of wellness at The Villages Gym by establishing concierge Cardiac Rehab and Prehab.
Dr. Aliota is an interventional cardiologist at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, and the Department Head of Cardiology at Memorial Hermann Memorial City. Texas. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Texas Heart Institute at St. Lukeʼs Episcopal Hospital, where he served as chief fellow in both the general cardiology and interventional cardiology program. He completed his residency program at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. He is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, and internal medicine and sees patients in the Memorial Houston, Memorial City and Katy area.
