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Lakeview Gym Member On the Move | April ’17 Angela De Wood

Angela De Wood What do you do from 9-5? Combining my personal passion with my professional life, I entered the field of International Education. I worked as an elementary school teacher in South Korea before moving to Chicago where I transitioned into working with college students and young adults looking to study and work abroad. […]

Chicago Gym: March Member on the Move Matt Gibbs

Meet our West Loop Gym Member on the Move, Matt Gibbs! What do you do from 9 to 5? I’m co-founder of UPshow, a TV-powered social marketing platform. Take a look at the first TV at CTF West Loop, that’s an UPshow screen. We launched 2 Summers ago at a few bars in Chicago, and now we have over 3500 screens active across […]

Common Strength Training Myths: The Truth Revealed

If you knew of a form of exercise that helped you torch fat, rev up your metabolism, increase flexibility and even boost self-esteem, wouldn’t you give it a try? Strength training certainly isn’t a new concept, but it’s making quite the comeback in 2017, according to Health magazine. However, there are a few misconceptions that […]

West Loop Gym: Member on the Move

From 9-5 I work as a sales consultant at Proven Business Systems, working with clients to improve their IT infrastructure and equipment. I have to work out in the mornings or it won’t happen.  I drive an hour every morning to start my day at CTF and then head to the loop for work.  The […]