Join Joy Miles every Monday evening In April from 6-7 pm to help you get ready for the Triathlon Series starting from choosing a race, choosing equipment, and everything else you need to know to get you to the finish line. Not only is Joy Miles a Senior Pilates Trainer but also a Certified Level 1 USAT Coach with over 15 years of experience coaching Indoor Triathlons to Ironman.
Email Coach Joy at jmiles@ffc.com for more information. Reserve your spot on the FFC+ app!
Join us Friday, April 28 at 6 PM as we dance in honor of Autism Awareness Month & support Chicago Autism Network! Chicago Autism Network is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families find and afford effective autism therapy and support, regardless of income, race, neighborhood, or gender!
To learn more about Chicago Autism Network and how to get involved, visit chicagoautismnetwork.org.
Donations can be made at: chicagoautismnetwork.org/donate
Reserve Your Spot in the FFC+ app today. Questions? Contact Jen Dahl at jdahl@ffc.com.
Join us for a plant-based brunch in honor of National Nutrition Month on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at FFC East Lakeview. We will be discussing how our diet impacts the environment and how we can incorporate more sustainable habits to fuel for the future. A delicious and nutritious buffet-style menu will be served along with a tasty mocktail! Brunch will be served at 11 AM, and will last approximately 1 hour. Cost is $30, and tickets can be purchased here: ffc.com/nutrition-workshops
Questions Contact Griselda Ayala at gayala@ffc.com.
We offer Pickleball at 5 of our locations:
FFC Elmhurst
FFC Gold Coast
FFC Oak Park
FFC Park Ridge
FFC Union Station
Head to the FFC+ app Club Events section to check out open play times, league play and tournament info! If you are a non member looking to register for a pickleball league or tournament – head to ffc.com/group-fitness-programs.
Join us from Saturday, March 11 – Friday, March 17 for these special St. Patrick’s Day-themed group fitness classes. Check out the lineup of classes below, and register for a spot in the FFC+ app!
Elmhurst
East Lakeview
Gold Coast
Lincoln Park
Oak Park
Old Town
Park Ridge
South Loop
West Loop
Do you suffer from balance issues or vertigo? RUSH Physical Therapy is proud to offer Vestibular Rehabilitation at our site located inside of the East Lakeview FFC. Our Physical Therapist, Michelle Boongaling, specializes in treating a wide range of vestibular disorders.
Stop in to RUSH or email kwax@rushpt.com for more information!
Here at FFC, we believe in acknowledging and empowering not just our outstanding members and teams, but supporting diversity, inclusion, and equity in our communities. Keep reading on to learn about five organizations in Chicago that we are highlighting in celebration of Black History Month!
Affinity Community Services
Affinity Community Services is a Black-led, queer-led organization dedicated to social justice in Black LGBTQ+ communities. Since 1995, Affinity has centered Black queer women through community organizing, intergenerational programming, education, and healing justice.
They work to end the marginalization of Black LGBTQ+ people globally by building brave activist communities where all intersections of LGBTQ+ identity are fully embraced. Through activism, education, and transformative justice practices, we build avenues for collective action, LGBTQ+ justice, healing, and Black liberation. Learn more here.
Brave Space Alliance
Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ+ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. BSA strives to empower, embolden, and educate each other through mutual aid, knowledge-sharing, and the creation of community-sourced resources as we build toward the liberation of all oppressed peoples. Learn more here.
Coffee, Hip-Hop, & Mental Health
Coffee, Hip-Hop, & Mental Health is a 501c3 Charitable Organization working to bring awareness to the importance of mental health, emotional intelligence and self-awareness to one’s quality of life, particularly in the Black community. Their primary service is to provide access to mental health and therapeutic services by removing the financial, systemic and emotional barriers which prevent healing. Learn more here.
My Block My Hood My City
My Block My Hood My City is building a better Chicago one neighbor, one act of service, one block at a time. On their website, My Block My Hood My City explains, “we show up to do the work no one else is doing, in a way no one else can. We hear the call of our communities and we are rising up to answer. When we build community connections across Chicago, our city becomes happier, healthier, and safer.” Learn more here.
Urban Grower’s Collective
Urban Growers Collective is a Black- and women-led non-profit farm in Chicago working to build a more just and equitable local food system. They aim to address the inequities and structural racism that exist in the food system and in communities of color. Rooted in growing food, Urban Growers Collective’s mission is to cultivate nourishing environments which support health, economic development, healing, and creativity through urban agriculture.
They provide hands-on job training and create economic opportunities for youth, beginner BIPOC farmers, and men who are at high risk for gun violence. Their aim is to provide jobs while working to mitigate food insecurity and limited access to affordable, culturally-affirming, and nutritionally-dense food. Learn more here.
Join FFC Registered Dietitian Griselda Ayala for our Mardi Gras Mocktails workshop on Friday, February 17 from 10 – 11 AM. See how to make a refreshing mocktail perfect for all of your upcoming festivities! The workshop includes a profile of ingredient benefits and preparation tips!
Q&A with Griselda to follow the event.
To sign up, please email Griselda at gayala@ffc.com.
Bring a gently used book to FFC East Lakeview in February for our Book Drive with Open Books! Open Books is a Chicago nonprofit that provides literacy experiences for tens of thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and the sale of new and used donated books.
We will have a book drop area in our lobby all month long. All books are welcome! Thank you for supporting our community!
Have you ever been curious about the apparatus in the Pilates Studio? The Reformer along with other pieces of apparatus in the studio is here to help assist you to:
• Enjoy better control of your body
• Help you to move more freely and efficiently
• Increase your range of motion
• Improve your posture
If that sounds intriguing, like something you can use in your everyday life and including your workouts, then this is a class for you. Join us Wednesday, February 8 at 5 PM in the Pilates studio for Pilates 101 with Ruth.
This class is geared strictly for beginners, brand new to the fun world of Pilates. Here, you will be teamed with others who are new to Pilates and will learn how the exercises feel within your body, how to adjust the springs based on the exercise and be ready to join an ongoing Group Apparatus class.
Reserve your spot on the FFC+ app!
DASH, Developing Active Senior Health, is a special FFC community, designed for people who want to stay active, fit, healthy and social, all the days of their life.
DASH Group Fitness Class – Every Friday at 9 AM with Jaron
Enjoy an introductory strength, mobility and cardiovascular group class with a Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor. Sign up in the FFC+ app!
DASH Class Highlight: Restorative Yoga – Every Monday at 7:30 PM
This class uses supported yoga poses and breath techniques to bring the body and mind to a state of stillness. Learn how to relax and breathe deeply in order to achieve the benefits of health, vitality and inner peace. All levels welcome.
Introducing our newest addition to the FFC group fitness schedule: ICON. This total body workout is rooted in the science behind metabolic conditioning. Ten exercises varying from strength and cardiovascular are performed at moderate to high intensities where both immediate and intermediate energy pathways are used. Three total rounds are completed and each round will require a longer work interval with a shorter recovery.
Classes will be on the schedule starting the week of June 6. Check the FFC+ app for dates and times. We’ll see you in class! Questions? Please contact Lois at lois.miller@ffc.com.
Come for the core, stay for the bubbles! Join Joy Miles on Saturday, June 11 at 1 PM in the Pilates Studio. Come for a great Pilates workout, utilizing a variety of fun apparatuses and stick around with your fellow classmates after class for a sip of bubbly! Bring a friend to class with you at no charge.
Register in the FFC+ app. For more information, please contact Joy Miles at jmiles@ffc.com.
Come celebrate Pride month with us at our indoor pool on Saturday, June 25 from 3 – 5 PM! We will have great music and beverages available. Wear your best Pride swim attire and enjoy the fun!
Questions? Contact Aaron at abeasley@ffc.com.
