At the start of this year, we shared that aSweatLife would be transitioning into a community-led model.
What started as a fitness blog grew into something so much bigger over the last decade: friendships, meetups, Sweatworking Week, ambassador groups, studio partnerships, retreats, run clubs, and thousands of moments of connection. And the truth is, the most meaningful part of aSweatLife was always the people.
As we move into this next chapter, we couldn’t be more excited to introduce the Founding Community Leadership Team. Meet the group helping guide aSweatLife into its future as a community-powered organization.
✨ President: @fitfooddreams ✨ Vice President: @chi_namaste_erin ✨ Vice President (Partnerships): @laurenscheuneman ✨ Social + Friendship Lead: @coachmr85 ✨ Fitness + Sweatworking Lead: @jenniferlutenski ✨ National / International Leads: Samira Kamran + @kdesai90 ✨ Marketing + Social Media Lead: @letsgocrazy4
This group emerged through conversations, nominations, volunteering, and a shared belief that connection matters. They’re thoughtful leaders, community builders, and people who deeply understand what makes aSweatLife special.
Over the coming months, you’ll see this team leading meetups, partnerships, friendships, and community experiences — while helping shape what this next era becomes together.
Watching this evolve into OUR COMMUNITY has been a true pleasure.
We loved our time partnering with @aura_zba for studio of the month in February. This gorgeous studio offers yoga, may Pilates, meditation and more.
To cap off our month there, we met up as a group for a vinyasa yoga class with a sound bath finisher and it was the highlight of our collective weekend. Class was led by Amanda, who one of the Ambassadors said was “the best instructor I’ve had in a while.”
We saw friends meeting up at the studio before brunch, after tough workouts at @recoveryonwater, and even a mother-daughter morning out.
Pop over to their bio and learn more. even better, stop into the studio in Bridgeport and roll out your mat.
This memory was a fave: the time we had an aSweatLife Ambassador photo shoot scheduled and it snowed before, during and after.
Sure, we shivered, but this shoot was 1 of 1. What a fun, silly day. Shoutout to everyone who piled their parkas on @jeanaandersoncohen right before @kcbasso and @casslynee started taking pics.
And never has there been more joy in gently tossing snow into the air right before those shutter bugs started clicking.
This one was taken at our January studio of the Month, @bodyhighfitness Gold Coast where the workouts feature heavy lifts and a big community vibe. A few of us met up for a workout (in a heavy rainstorm somehow!? Whatever, it’s Chicago).
But we’ve loved a sweaty-workout-group-shot since the beginning of aSweatLife, using it as a moment to seal in the memory and put a bookend on the experience.
Here’s to shared sweat and friendships that are bigger than any gym 💜
Reliving this moment in 2019 at @thaliahallchicago when we created a fitness fest featuring @michelobultra, instructors we love, and live music from @lowdownbrassband.
@cbels23 started the day with boxing and our friends from @glowoutsalons were there braiding so we all looked the part.
@rocksandgrace created a mashup of her signature dance and sculpt classes from @freemvmtshop 😍🦄
And to conclude the day, @jennyfinkelyoga led us the music of Chicago’s own @lowdownbrassband.
It was a wi tee like this one - and a snow storm delayed us, but what an incredible day with all of you. Who remembers this one??
There’s a lyric in Hamilton I (Jeana) can’t stop thinking about: “Teach them how to say goodbye.”
After nearly 14 years of building aSweatLife, 2026 will be our final full year with me as the leader.
When all of this started, I was lonely. I was miserable at a PR job where I felt trapped. I was looking for community in the gyms and studios that I explored through aSweatLife.com. Through all of the ups and downs over these years - the early mornings, the fitness festivals, the trips across the country with a team that was like a family, the COVID of it all - I found it.
It was in the people around me who asked for more, asked for help, offered to show up for me, and offered to show up for each other. I don’t doubt that the community that was formed here will continue in its own way after my time at the helm is complete. What that looks like will unfold over time, but the spirit of aSweatLife will live far beyond any one person or platform.
Not as an ending, but as a celebration.
This year includes: 💦 one last Sweatworking Week 🏆 a full year of Studio of the Month features 🌿 an aSweatLife retreat at @petiteacres 🤍 community gatherings all year ✨ and a season of throwbacks, stories, and love letters to what we’ve built together
Some chapters don’t close quietly. They close with gratitude, sweat, laughter, and a lot of heart.
We love a dreamy yoga studio with a grounded approach (and an obsession with making your body feel better). @theyogaseed_ delivers on vibes and substance. We’ve loved this studio of the month around aSweatLife.
You can find Active Yoga, mat Pilates, restorative yoga, baby and me …
And if you’ve never tried @tuneupfitness, you can find the Yoga Tune Up classes here. Your muscles and joints will ❤️swoon❤️
We’re celebrating this studio’s first anniversary (happy anniversary, Yoga Seed!!!) by offering you 2 weeks of classes for $49 🧘♀️ get it at the #linkinbio.
This month at aSweatLife, we’re so excited to see all of the runners in the aSweatLife community shine during Chicago Marathon seaso AND as usual we’re out here living for some perks.
🧘♀️@theyogaseed_ is welcoming Ambassadors into the studio to experience mat Pilates, yoga, parent-and-child classes and more! For our non-Ambassador friends, you can get 20% off classes with code SEED20! (learn more at the #linkInBio)
🥊@titleboxingwestloop is welcoming us in to feel like athletes on the heavy bags! You can pop in too even if you’re not an Ambassador and get your first class for free. Get their Link in our bio!
👩💻We’re coworking at @_workingfrom_ as a crew and we can’t overstate this, but if your coworkers are far away (or if you just need to get out of the house) this is THE spot.
💪 We’re getting together for a private group workout at @theyogaseed_
📚The book club is reading “Death of the Author” by @nnediokorafor and discussing (by the way, readers out there, this is a good one).
You can learn more about the ambassadorship at the link in our bio ❤️
Some of us at aSweatLife have new training and recovery partners from @nowfoodsofficial. #NowPartner
It’s always heavy lifting season around here, but it’s also marathon season for a lot of the Ambassador crew, so the CBD Bodycare line couldn’t have been released at a better time.
Here’s what we’re toting around from path to gym: ✨ NOW CBD Joint & Muscle Cream ✨ NOW CBD, Extra Strength Balm ✨ NOW CBD Massage Oil ✨ NOW® Solutions Muscle Zen™ Essential Oil Blend
We’ve been obsessed with NOW since meeting the brand because of its commitment to testing. 👩🔬 Before creating a CBD line, efficacy was rigorously tested. Outside of broad-spectrum CBD, all of the products are enhanced with natural botanicals like arnica, menthol, and calendula.
So, while we can’t share Birdie the dog with everyone (sorry, she’s spoken for), we can share this training partner with you - get 25% off through the end of October at the link in our bio.
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