The Final Countdown: How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Race

I will use any reason to include a Beyonce music video in a blog post/ With race season upon us, some of you may already be preparing to run in […]

A workout at home inspired by #CTFSweatworking

Last night, we held the first of two #CTFSweatworking events this week at CrossTown Fitness. Don’t worry, we’ll tell you all about it after Saturday’s event, but the big picture idea […]

Pear salad with basil oil dressing

(Recipe adapted from Women’s Health 15-Minute training guide) If you’re as obsessed with soaking up every second of warm weather while we’ve got it as I am, then you’re probably […]

The Do’s and Don’ts of the Lakefront Path for Runners

After that amazing weekend we just had, I think it’s safe to say spring has sprung. And one of the first thing Chicagoans do the second it gets warm enough […]

Cycling Classes in Chicago at Power Sculpt Fitness

Class title: Power Cycle Express Studio: Power Sculpt Fitness, 3119 N. Lincoln Ave. Class Focus: This fitness hot spot just moved down the street from its previous location to make room for a spinning […]

Just opened! A new Shred415 location in Wicker Park

Address: Shred 415,1444 N. Milwaukee Other locations Old Town: 230 W. Division, Chicago, IL Lincoln Park: 2156 N. Clybourn Class Focus: This class works to spike and lower your heart rate […]

How to break a bad habit

(The following post is a guest submission from Ashley Skelton, who’s not only a Registered Dietitian, but a total fitness fanatic.) Last week I asked you to define what being […]

Pre and post workout nutrition

Welcome to endurance sports season. Maybe you dusted off your bike and figured out how to put on a swim cap for a triathlon (the swim cap is really the hard […]

SPROING into spring at this new Old Town studio

Studio: Sproing Sport,  1652 North Wells Street Class Focus: As described on its website, “45 minute class featuring 30 minutes of High Intensity Interval Training like you never have done before.” Cost per class: $25 […]

Healthy Eats: Strawberry and Spinach Salad

I love spring food. One of my dietitian mom’s mantras that has always stuck with me has to do with eating food that’s every color of the rainbow, and avoiding […]

Wear the right gear for walking and hiking: Ahnu Sugarpine Air Mesh

It has been a long cold winter in Chicago. No one knows that more than my poor dog who spent the more miserable days whining to go outside only to insist immediately that […]

At-home ab workout designed for spring

Spring is a tease this year. Who knows when we’ll get the full Monty. For the day when somehow, somewhere, summer blows into our fair city, this ab routine can […]

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