Sweatshop

Fantastic experience: After a year going to "my happy place" in Arlington Hts., am now struggling with this location closing and making a commitment at 76 years of age to drive 12.1 miles to Grayslake for my 4 mornings a week to continue a youthful, memory enhancement experience that has strengthened my hip replacement legs allowing extensive comfort via European travels...how can I not commit to Matt and Jim's entertrainer's skills and love they provide to everyone in the room?

Fantastic experience: We love the Sweatshop!

Fantastic experience: A terrific health club. Excellent staff, clean & well maintained facilities, and not overly crowded.

Fantastic experience: This is truly the best gym. Such an incredible team of people from the owners to the trainers.

Fantastic experience: Entertaining trainers and unique workouts.

Positive experience: Great Gym But should prolly change the name

Fantastic experience: I attended the sweatshop from 2014-2015. The trainers are fun and enthusiastic, and the owner Matt really cares about his customers and their progress. They would have different events each day. Sometimes it was aerobic workouts where everyone worked out together in lines. Sometimes it was obstacle courses or rotating workout stations, and sometimes it was open gym where the trainers would go around and show you proper methods for using the weights to focus certain muscle groups. The trainers were top notch and always tried to entertain, often wearing wigs and singing (intentionally badly) to the songs as the group mirrored them in the background or danced along with the exercise. But by far the most memorable thing about this gym was the challenges. Challenge days would allow you to earn wristbands which were similar to martial artist bands. Each time you completed the challenge during challenge day you got a new wrist band. The bands said things like 'smoke', 'fire', 'spark', 'inferno' and there was a whole chart of progress. The challenges themselves usually involved completing a series of exercises within an hour or so that were usually 500-700 reps worth of material (extremely difficult) and would occur once a month. Miraculously there were people even when I was there who had their 12th level band (the highest level). At the time I believe Matt was offering free gym to those who made it to the top level but that may just have been a promo offer.

Fantastic experience: I really love this place and I highly recommend it to people who are looking for a great and fun workout, after a stressful day at work I really look forward to going to the sweatshop and sweat my stress away and feel great afterward. All The trainers are so helpful and they all make sure that you get a great workout and have fun doing it.

Fantastic experience: Matt and Will provide an awesome tag team experience during the Monday morning class! The common theme of songs also keeps any boredom far away!

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Amazing people & great positive environment.

Fantastic experience: Best. Gym. Ever! Trainers make you feel welcome and included and provide a fantastic, customized workout. A gym with a real sense of community!!! Love it!

Fantastic experience: I would recommend this place to anyone that wants to workout in a super fun and supportive environment!

Fantastic experience: This is not only a gym, it's an experience. The trainers really care about you. They know your name, interact with your kids, and know when you are just having an off day. They work with any limitations you might have and never judge. I have been working out there a year and really feel welcome and part of the family. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will SWEAT.