Best Sport Training Center near Chicago, Illinois

If you're a full-time student, there's no reason for you not to come here. It's included in your tuition. I've had the wonderful opportunity to work out here and lose a substantial amount of weight. There's tons of equipment here for casual lifters, olympic lifters, and everyone in between. If you haven't started your journey yet and have wanted to, let this be day one. If I can do it, you can do it too. Chances are you'll make some friends along the way!

Overall good equipment but women’s locker room has roaches the size of a rodent. Very shocking to see especially for the price of the memberships.

In fact, it is a great gym for those who love sports and respect the health of their body and soul.😍 In short, you can do any kind of sport you like here.🤘 The best facilities, excellent ventilation, regular and academic system.👨‍🎓

The gym is pretty good but I'm actually like too strong now so definitely be careful if you want to start going here

My campus recreation center. Best place to release stress during semester and get to access the entire facilities for free. Love the drop-in-classes, the pool facilities including sauna, spa, and steam room.

The gym is filled up with free weights, lack of equipments, only 2 running machines, no elliptical machine. Even worse than some apartments' gym and can't refund as an IIT student. A really bad experience as student. I would say this is the worst university gym I've ever seen.

Using GPS to get there isn't easy. Complex itself is pretty nice but needs updating.

No one wipes down the machines and the main weight room is constantly full. Edit - still no one likes to use spray bottles but the remodeled upstairs weight room is comfy and I like it better. Anyone in sports get super preferential treatment and are allowed into the building whenever. If I wanna workout before 10 I cant but for some reason the sports kids get to do whatever the heck they want. Its really obnoxious and makes it hard to work out sometimes. Its really telling how they feel about the rest of us. Absolutely not okay

Both the gym and sports complex are good. But this is the only place I have seen throughout Chicago that just needs reason to close down. Most of the days they are closed because of various vague reasons like too hot, too cold, weekends and what not. If you are actually serious about being fit then this place is just not right for you!

The equipment they had prior to the remodeling was better. The barbells they have now aren't even the proper ones to be able to squat. There is no grip to the bar so that the bar can grip on to your back when squatting and that can be pretty risky especially with heavier weight. The racks they have now aren't sturdy and there are no mirrors in front of the racks either which makes squats feel a bit awkward at first. To me, this remodeling just tells me that we lack funding or whoever was in charge of ordering equipment didn't do so mindfully.

Come for the Taekwondo…leave with discipline and a fire burning in your heart with a newfound appreciation/obsession for martial arts. This is a fantastic dojang owner and operated by an even more fantastic family of masterful instructors. Bring your kids and yourself here to learn not just Taekwondo, but life lessons too.

Great place my 6 year old daughter loves it and so do my wife and I.

Great teachers who care about their students and the surrounding community.

I love Champyon. We have been going there for 9 years and they have always been great and are great with me and my children. If you are looking for your kids to learn self defense and leadership qualities this is the place!!!

At first i was a little skeptical about taking my son to a Taekwondo class. Not knowing what to expect I was against it. Honestly it has been the best experience for my son and for my family. My son absolutely loves to learn new things. Not only has he made new friends but he has also improved on he elasticity and his own persona. All the instructors, the owners and the parents have been completely amazing. Made our family feel like we have another family in our Taekwondo world! If your looking to teach your children structure and discipline this is the place you need to go!

Love this gym! I have a lot of different equipment to choose from, it’s clean, and everyone is professional! It’s never crowded either! Would highly recommend 😊

DBJ Gym is a great place to work out! It's a clean and safe environment. Never over crowded!

The environment is very professional and clean. The staff offers a lot of workout equipment here. Awesome!

1 of few indoor tennis courts in the city and no membership required to book court time. Books up fast during the winter, more availability during the warmer months when playing outside is an option. Ball machine rentals available.

The only year round park district skating rink. Reasonable prices. Skate rental available. Classes and public open skating. Family bathroom, snacks, recycling, music piped into the skating rink, lockers. Water fountains, playground and some tennis courts outside.

This is one of the best park districts in Chicago. There are various sports classes that you can participate in at a very good price

I absolutely LOVE Mcfetridge! I have been going there for years, I took lessons as a kid and I go for Free skate on weekends. Great affordable price. It is indoor so it is year round. I always get a couple of friends and go for an hour. There is also indoor tennis and a gym! Great and well kept facility. Yes, there is a place to sit and wait if you don't want to go on the ice.

Tried visiting here last time. Too bad this place is private property for us minorities.

First time coming to this gym location for First Ascent and was really impressed ! To start, there is not an official parking lot but a good amount of street parking in the area. Attached a picture on the front door on good places to park. The gym is very large, as there is 3 full alleys of bouldering and a small gym on the side. the locker rooms are large and there are plenty of free lockers to put your stuff in (they have padlocks on them). there is a wide range of beginner - intermediate and advanced climbs. the staff is friendly and helpful. the community at these gyms are welcoming, as i found it easy to talk to strangers about different routes and encourage eachother. the prices are fair and pretty standard. overall, a well rounded gym and will be coming back !

We came here as a group with some who already climb as a hobby and it was my first time. Kate at the front desk was friendly and professional and completed my forms and completed the intro with a video with information about climbing. After signing a waiver and getting Climbing shoes it was time to get ready. They have lockers to put away clothes and stuff not needed while climbing. They have an area to work out and it includes weights, treadmills, rowers, and more. They also offer group classes in one of the rooms. Finally, they have a good size place to climb, from easy to difficult and the climbing is leveled. We were there for about two hours and had fun climbing, if you have never done it, take it easy since you'll work out muscles all over your body. Free parking on the west side of the side street. Can sign up for a daily pass as well as monthly.

First Ascent re-inspired me to get back into bouldering and improving my upper body strength. There are many problems in this gym with a relatively tall rock climbing wall. You can definitely find problems which fit your level and problems you will aspire to solve.

Probably the best bouldering gym I’ve ever been to. Creative routes that are challenging and fun, and a fantastic/consistent increase in difficulty that allowed for me to push myself in ways I can’t at my home gym. Only downside is I don’t live nearby so I can’t come more often!

The friendly staff and welcoming vibe made my first time climbing an enjoyable and exhilarating experience! I appreciated the easy to follow and understand instructional video and the challenging yet skill-level appropriate climbing options. Overall, a great experience and I’ll definitely be back!

State of the art indoor banked track facility. It is by far one of the best indoor tracks in the country. It has great seating and an area to warm up for athletes.

I went to a Kwanzaa event here; however, I was super impressed by the track itself as a person who use to run track. What an amazing venue and track.

This place is beautiful, state of the art. My son has participated in a number of track and field events here and really appreciates the track. It features a big screen so you can keep track of what's going on, and a health-focused snack and beverage counter for spectators.

Absolutely a track you should run in for fun or very serious competition. What an honor to run here for the USA T and F Indoor Nationals Masters Championships. The banked track was at the right elevation and allowed for some amazing outcomes. The track in general is fast and well maintained. I look forward to running again, soon. Respectfully, Madam Ambassador Dr. Nealy United Nations Peace Ambassador NGO ECOSOC Dr. Angela J. Nealy B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

We have been coming to the Track and Field center for a few years now for ballet and my son started soccer within the past year. Coach Robyn is great for ballet, but the manager Carlos Santizonleaves a lot to be desired in the communication department. Miscommunication #1: My son was asked to participate in a 3 on 3 tournament for soccer, we went to the location only to find out a boys team wasn't registered at all. No one ever called to say this or apologize for the miscommunication. Miscommunication #2: My son recently signed up for soccer that started this past Wednesday evening. We get there and he is the only kid there. This happened over the summer and we received a call about moving to a different class. This time absolutely nothing. I left my info, left a voicemail and sent an email. Magically did not hear anything until today when both my husband and I called (received an email within 5 mins of him calling) and had to go up there because according to the front desk the manager does not have a set schedule. Talking to the manager, I was basically told they still run a class for 1 student(sir I can play with him for free if that's the case), no urgency or apology for not communicating properly (only, oh we had a track meet today, but this issue was on Wednesday). This could have been easily resolved and handled. I pulled both my children from programming this session due to his incompetency. It's nice to have this spot in the neighborhood, but structure is needed. Professionalism is needed from the manager in communicating with patrons.

It's not the biggest gym, but that's to be expected given that it's in Chicago. The space that they have is used very effectively though, and the pool looks huge and well-maintained, although I haven't swam in years. Some of the weight equipment show their age, but even then, everything is really well taken care of, and there are also plenty of newer equipment too. There's a good focus on powerlifting and free weights in the weight room, and the equipment selection shows that. They allow chalk which is fairly uncommon in my experience for school gyms (neither UIC nor UIUC allows chalk for example) and commercial gyms. They have a variety of barbells, including women's bar (35 lbs and 25 mm diameter) and I think even some power bars (45 lb and 29 mm diameter) instead of the standard mixed use barbells (45 lb and 28.5 mm). There are 10 (12?) squat racks (technically 5(6?) two-sided full racks, but the point is that there are 10 or 12 slots with safety bar to squat and such), although there aren't any dedicated bench stations so you'll have to pull a bench over to one of the racks to bench. They have most of the weight machines you'd expect to see. The main critique I have would be that they don't seem to have a hack squat, and all their leg press machines are horizontal leg press, which feel way worse to me than angled leg press. They were doing some maintenance when I was there though, so maybe they had those machines stashed away. Also, while they don't have a hack squat, they do have 2 Smith machines so really, it's just the lack of an angled leg press that somewhat matters. There's a decent cardio selection upstairs, and there are several rooms to play/practice other sports. It would be nice to have some matted areas to stretch and perform mobility routines/yoga, but there are portable mats available.

Received a day pass while visiting the college with my son. The pool is great and the facility was really nice and clean. There was an interesting little museum and hall of Fame when you first walk into the building that was cool to see.

A good gym just a short walk from the commons.

Weight room is crowded and not well laid out and too small for the number of people they are trying to service. The steam room has been closed for years (with no price adjustment for a day pass.) The pool is now under construction for months. Lockers are expensive--$70 a quarter. Overall an okay gym, but lots of frustrations with it.

This review is for the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center which houses the competition pool for the university. A parking garage is across the street, but other than that it's a challenge, For safety I would not park off campus. My son swam in his conference meet the UAA. He swims for Washington University. Typically Emory, Chicago & WashU are the top programs in the country. The teams are competing in swim and dive. The facility lacks adequate spectator space for very large meets such as this. The pool is a 50 meter plus diving. It's a great pool and swims fast! The staff at the event over four days was excellent. Ticketing was handled well and the lines organized. They even had a coat check. My deduction of 1 star is the spectator area. Not only small, but the design is poor. Only the two front rows can see well. 3.5 rounding down.

We have been proud members of Warriors Institute of Chicago for more than 2 years. I enrolled my son at the age of 4 and have noticed a big change in his ability to try new things, understand what it means to work hard, healthy competitive spirit, goal driven and a different respect for discipline. The Chief instructor here as well as the other instructors really get to know the students, push them, celebrate their academics, and trian them unlike I've noticed at other Martial Arts schools. The school is very clean, inviting and trustworthy. I would recommend this for anyone with a son or daughter in any age range./

Awesome place. I enrolled my Son. I plan to enroll my Daughters. I enrolled since i saw my son learning a lot. Great stretching and great for joints. This really helps all of us to focus while learning the art form. There is a great in person class and online mobile app components when you are traveling. Great Instructor. I highly recommend.

Awesome place. The Instructors teach respect and discipline, but still, make sure the kids have fun. Besides just learning technique there are opportunities for students to learn how to use weapons and sparring. My son has been coming here for close to two years and he is just as excited​ today about going as he was the first time.

Outside of the awesome instruction, super professional and does not feel like a second hand experience. I love the discipline my daughter is learning and she really enjoys class. The facility is always clean. Ample parking across the street on the commuter lot.

The Warrior Institute is a top notch, professional martial arts studio with amazing instruction. Not only do the students learn in a way that is easy for every student to understand, they learn discipline, gain confidence, and are allowed to progress at their own pace with the support of their instructors. I am very satisfied with my experience here.

I've been going for a little over 3 weeks. Awesome programs, Cordell is awesome, they always have different workouts so it never gets boring and motivate you to do your best.

Great People! Classes! Environment! Everyone is beyond professional and the only real place where you will achieve any goal when you walk into! It's friendly and fun and they place and staff will make you work as hard as you are willing to give! Be prepared to conquer anything!

The best workout!! Dell, the trainer, is amazing!! He is encouraging, supportive and fun. You will love it!!

I just recently started, I was looking to tone and not gain anymore weight and I’ve always wanted to try boxing. I’m really liking the classes and meeting people with the same mindset and goals. Staff is great! Cordell is a great training, I’m looking forward to my workouts and results!

Consistently fresh workouts, accountability, positive trainers and welcoming atmosphere. This is a great gym for all fitness levels to improve their bodies. Ryan and Paige do a great job with both locations. They even offer free recipes and motivation through their free facebook page! Best local gym by far!

I’ve been to a bunch of Krav gyms across the country (and one international) and this is one of my favorites! Great staff, really friendly and knowledgeable, and lots of class options. The culture is also very inviting.

The staff and instructors are very professional. They really care and make sure you don't walk away without learning something new each day. This place has helped me build my confidence. From day one, I received so much love and support. I'm truly blessed to meet new people who are willing to help me when I miss a step or two. I signed up for a one year membership after a month joining because I know this home for me. Give it a try!! You will not regret it!

I started taking classes over a year ago, and I can’t imagine life without Krav now! Not only is it great exercise, but it has made me so much more confident in my day to day life. Learning the self defense techniques in a safe environment, while still pushing myself physically has made me stronger physically and mentally. Not only that, but the community is the best. I have made new lifelong friends at Krav, it’s truly my favorite place to (almost) get punched :)

Krav Maga Illinois is an incredible organization for self defense training. The owner Sue and her team have created a nurturing environment, welcoming and supportive but also strictly adherent to the principles of Krav Maga. The instructors are top notch. There is a comradery amongst the staff and the students, and although the classes are exhilarating and will challenge you to improve your fitness, there is always laughter and a light spirit. It appears that at any time, life may become a contact sport. What better way to prepare yourself for that contact than by training at Krav Maga Illinois! Thank you Sue and everyone for welcoming me to your awesome training center!

Amazing training, and I've been to numerous other trial classes around the US while travelling. Krav Maga Illinois is consistently one of the best and most intense trainings, while also providing very clear and thorough instructions. They provide an ever-changing/advancing curriculum where you will never be bored and get full-body workouts. Inspiring and supportive students and teachers all around - highly recommend you give it a try!