New Happenings at WBF

New classes and workshops are added regularly. 

Please keep checking back.  

Open House - Save the Date
Saturday, March 12th from 8am - 11 am.

Whole Body Fitness in Sauganash
6125 N. Cicero - 773-481-9830

Click here to Register Online - Pre Registration Required
NOTE: By clicking above you can view all classes and events by date, instructor bios, and pricing options  or feel free to call! 

    New Events Offered in February:

Sugar Blues Workshop - Wednesday, February 16

Suffering from the Sugar Blues?

Humans love sweet things. Even before we started refining sugar, we sought out foods with sweet tastes. Today, sugar is found in many of the usual suspects, like cakes, cookies and candy. But you will also find it in canned vegetables, baby food, cereals, peanut butter, bread and tomato sauce. It is often disguised in fancy language, labeled as corn syrup, dextrose, maltose, glucose or fructose…come a learn the 10 steps for dealing with sugar addictions!

Eating for Energy & Vitality Workshop - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

What would your life be like with an abundance of energy and vitality? What foods are best to eat to increase your energy? Avoiding sugar and chemical artificial sweeteners is a good place to begin the journey. Use gentle sweeteners like maple syrup, brown rice syrup, agave nectar and Stevie. Also eat sweet vegetables such as yams, carrots and beets…come learn ways to increase your energy so that you may live the life you were meant to live!

Personal Training or Group Personal Training:

Whole Body Fitness works with a variety of personal trainers at with an array of specialties and price points.  Contact WBF direct to discuss your needs and goals and we will pair you with a trainer.  

      If you would like to keep costs to a minimum, group training might be your answer:

Whole Body Workouts (Click above link for schedule) – This small group personal training workout focuses on exercises that energize you through stability, strength, power and flexibility.   You will experience movement thru squats, bending, lunges, pushing, pulling and twisting as well as core conditioning. 

·         Whether you are a regular in the weight room or just starting, this programming will get you results.

·        Our C.H.E.K. Certified Exercise Coaches tailors the difficulty of each movement to match the current fitness level of every client with a max of 4 participants per trainer.    We pride our coaching on the development of the foundations of health: Thoughts, Breathing, Hydration, Nutrition, Movement and Rhythm 

·         The group training format consists of a warm-up, 2-6 movement exercises, core strengthening and then will end with corrective stretches to better balance your body.

NOTE: Minimum assessment necessary prior to first workout -  Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your first class to take a mini stretch assessment with the trainer.

Consider getting a more intense assessment prior to taking a class to encourage the best results.   In a 45 minute assessment, a C.H.E.K. exercise coach will take a look at your posture and movement patterns to understand your muscular balance. The assessment will offer suggestions to reducing or preventing muscular pain.   The cost is $75 for a private appointment.  Email Ingrid or call Whole Body Fitness to schedule.

COST: Group Training Session cost starts at $35 for a single session but gets less expensive with package purchase. 

    Group Exercise Classes:

Starting in March, we are excited to announce Tracy Zakoff and her business, Prana Studio, will located in the building offering a variety of group classes focusing on the core such as Pilates. 

Current offerings include(Click above link for schedule):

·         Women's Boot Camp with North Shore Group Exercise

·         Whole Body Yoga - This class will address the whole body through yoga postures performed in coordination with the breath, to increase flexibility and core strength. As you breathe with the movement, blocked energy pathways (meridians/nadis) are opened up, delivering beneficial energy to the muscles, tissues, organs, etc. This results in increased vitality and health. Specific exercises are included to deepen and lengthen the breath, which aids in detoxifying the body. The class ends with a progressive relaxation to promote conscious awareness in each area of the body, bringing a sense of wholeness, self acceptance and inner peace. 

Each class includes modifications to fit the student’s needs.  Please arrive 15 minutes early to your first class for a mini-assessment.

WBF LOCATION: We are conveniently located right off the Edens Expressway at Peterson across from the Whole Foods.  We service clients from Sauganash to Edgebrook to those that live on the North Shore or downtown Chicago.

Need more info? Contact Ingrid direct at ingrid.wholebodyfitness@gmail.com