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Indoor Triathlon
Come join us for the 2025 FFC Indoor Triathlon Series, powered by Grit Endurance! This is a great opportunity for athletes of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Whether you are looking to complete your first triathlon in a controlled environment or challenge yourself to improve your performance, this race is for you!
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-Swim: 10x distance covered
-Bike: 1x distance covered
-Run: 3x distance covered
East Lakeview Member Appreciation Week
Staying home for the holidays? Bring your friends and family members to FFC East Lakeview for our Member Appreciation Week on Monday, December 23 to Friday, December 27! All week long, bring a guest for free and join in the FFC festivities! We’ll have cocoa, surprises for members and guests, and maybe even a Grinch sighting or two!
Questions? Contact Sarah at sfassett@ffc.com.
Thanksgiving-Themed Group Fitness Classes
Join us during Thanksgiving weekend for some fun, themed Group Fitness classes! View the lineup of classes below, then reserve your space in the FFC+ app.
Elmhurst
East Lakeview
Gold Coast
Lincoln Park
Oak Park
Park Ridge
West Loop
FFC East Lakeview Hispanic Heritage Month Zumba Class
Help us celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our Team teach Zumba! Zumba fuses Latin/international rhythms and movements. These easy-to-follow dance moves feature intermittent interval training that includes fast and slow rhythms. Fitness Variations help add interval training to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. No prior dance experience necessary. It’s a Salsa, Merengue, Belly Dance, Reggaeton, Hip Hop and more DANCE party! Join The Fun.
Monday, October 7:
Sign up today in the FFC+ app!
Member of the Month: Julia Friedman
How long have you been an FFC member?
-I joined this past spring within days of signing up for a backpacking trip in the Pacific Northwest.
What inspired you to join FFC?
-Fear (kidding, sort of). I’d never backpacked before and 4 days on the Pacific Crest Trail, hiking 9, 10, and 13 miles on the first three days in 100+ degree heat with over 40 lbs on my back, felt like a huge undertaking. Plus, the last big day of hiking included upwards of 1400 feet of elevation gain within the first three miles. In addition to training walks that I could do on my own, I wanted to get stronger.-
Tell us more about your goal of hiking the PCT and how FFC (and Angela and our other service providers) helped you meet your goal?
-When I joined FFC, I told Zach that my goal was surviving this hiking trip and I needed to get stronger. He paired me with Angela and we went to work! All of our workouts focused on whole body strength training. Most importantly, she showed me that I could do things that I’d never done before and could do more of it than I thought I could. We did a bunch of weight lifting with barbells, flipping tires, and pushing a weighted cart that we affectionately named “Chelsea.” I liked Angela’s style of telling me to do as much as I can – not worried about if it’s 8 reps a set or 12 – and then challenging me to try a little more weight and see how it goes.
If anyone is looking to accomplish a similar feat, what words of wisdom can you offer?
-Go for it, but train! When tackling the major uphill slog on that third day, I kept telling myself “you trained for this, you trained for this” followed by “one foot in front of the other.”
Anything else you’d like to add?
-A day before I headed out on the hike, I walked into a store in Portland wearing a pair of gym shorts. The owner remarked “you have strong legs!” That was another mantra I repeated to myself throughout the hike :) Throughout my training I could feel my arms, back, and legs getting stronger.