Perhaps the new year caught you off guard, and you’re just getting around to a resolution. Maybe you’re off to a good start and want to build on that. Or perhaps the thought of working out hasn’t crossed...
Home bodies: Watch these videos to get fit without the gym
Take your fitness routine virtual in 2021. Watch our Home Bodies online video series and see which workouts work for you. This month, the Chicago Tribune will share stories from instructors offering a wide range of fitness options, from yoga and mixed martial arts to dance cardio and fitness for new moms. Short sample workouts from each of them will provide an opportunity to test out new types of exercise for a routine tailored to any fitness goal.
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It’s a strange process, finding a new fitness routine as a former professional dancer. For Ashley Rockwood, going to the gym after retiring from Giordano Dance Chicago just didn’t cut it. “I was super...
When an organization has been around since 1858, it tends to have a bit of practice in adapting. One year after its founding, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago suffered a setback when its first building...
Perhaps the new year caught you off guard, and you’re just getting around to a resolution. Maybe you’re off to a good start and want to build on that. Or perhaps the thought of working out hasn’t crossed...
No matter why you enter her studio, Martha Patricia Montes is ready to find a workout that works for you. She has helped clients with pre- and postnatal exercise, sports training, gaining strength after...
In her 10 years as a fitness instructor, Seobia Rivers has found her niche. Her role as a fitness and health creative provides space for all her passions: visual arts, nonprofit work that makes fitness...
The best yoga studios are the ones with a real sense of atmosphere. The dim candlelight, the gently scented air, the aura of calm. For instructor Whitney Pasch, the best yoga at home incorporates those...
No one knows moms like a mom — and that includes understanding the struggles new mothers face. “Whether they’re not getting enough sleep or were just handed this tiny human to keep alive, these are women...