Could Coffee & Caffeine Be The Key to Your Results?
Coffee? Really? It’s true. A cup of coffee before your workout has many benefits with very few side effects. We’ll get one thing out of the way now — drinking caffeine, specifically coffee, doesn’t dehydrate you. Here’s what the Mayo Clinic wrote about this myth: “Drinking caffeine-containing beverages as part of a normal lifestyle doesn’t cause fluid loss in excess of the volume ingested. While...
Pulse Fitness (Highland Park, IL)
Since November 2016, Aimee Welu and Patrick Murphy—co-owners of Pulse Fitness—have called the vibrant downtown of Highland Park, IL home. Located on the Northshore of Lake Michigan and 30 minutes north of downtown Chicago, the community of Highland Park is famous for the yearly Ravinia music festival, their many lavish homes—including the Ben Rose House made famous in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and the former home of Chicago Bulls...
Never Surrender, Never Give Up: Body-Solid Featured in March Spartan Carton
Subscribers to the Spartan Carton—a monthly delivery service offering a package of workout supplements, nutritional snacks, workout plans and equipment—will get a treat this month as Body-Solid Cannonball Grips was included in March’s box. Spartan Carton is a monthly delivery service similar to LootCrate, Birchbox, Dollar Shave Club and many more. Subscribers pay a monthly fee and receive a random collection of items, in Spartan...
Think Green: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Body-Solid Style!
Everyone is a little bit Irish today as the world celebrates St. Patrick’s Day. The annual holiday—celebrated on the anniversary of Saint Patrick’s death—is highlighted by food (corned beef and cabbage being the highlight) and alcohol (over 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed today worldwide). For those of us who would prefer to be in a gym or working out instead of lining the streets for a parade, you can still...
FUSE Gym (Elburn, IL)
Called Chicago’s western-most suburb, Elburn, IL is a town on the rise with population spikes well over 100% in both the 2000 and 2010 census. Once a largely rural farm town, new housing developments and an expansion of Chicago’s Metra train line has helped fuel Elburn’s rapid growth. Among that growth is the 4,300-square foot FUSE Gym, opened in November 2015 by Joe Humay, his wife Jessica Humay, her sister Heather Nanni and her...
VIDEO: BeneFIT Health & Fitness (St. Charles, IL)
Located just 40 miles from the heart of downtown Chicago is the quaint suburb of St. Charles, Illinois—nickname Pride of the Fox for the Fox River that runs through it—and the home of BeneFIT Health & Fitness: Read more about BeneFIT Health & Fitness below: BeneFIT Health & Fitness (St. Charles,...