Company Mission and Foundation

Coach Jo, Personal Trainer & Lacrosse CoachJohanna Owens (owner and CEO) established this company to promote healthier lifestyles and women’s lacrosse in Austin. Coach Jo is on a personal mission to help heal herself and to help others. After struggling with recovery from knee and elbow surgery, and realizing the imbalances in her own muscle development, Johanna set out to learn the skills necessary to change her life and the lives of others. Texas Play Hard is based on the fundamentals of preventative exercises, nutritional awareness, and healthier lifestyle options. If you are ready to take your first step into a happy and healthier life we will be there to help!

Personal Training

Texas Play Hard Fitness TrainingBy browsing through our website, you have already taken the most important first step in improving your well-being. Johanna and her staff take the approach of training through four different disciplines: Pilates, Core Strength, Resistance, and Cardiovascular Training. She also promotes and highly encourages the use of the Bodylastics System. To find out much more >> take the next step.

Women's Lacrosse

Texas Play Hard offers numerous healthy experiences including lacrosse specific skills, rigorous exercise, team building, sportsmanship, travel, and of course, fun! Coach Jo Owens was instrumental in planting the initial seeds for women's lacrosse both at the University of Texas and in Austin High Schools.
She is certified by US Lacrosse as a Coach and an Official. Her vision is to build lacrosse in Austin, to provide opportunities for girls from middle school through high school and on to college level lacrosse... To hear more about our concept >> follow this link.

NASM CertifiedNational Academy of Sports Medicine CertificationUS Lacrosse