Lateral Fitness

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym.

Fantastic experience: I've never been to their physical location, but I have been taking their Homebody online classes since the start of the pandemic. I've never been motivated to work out at home before, but their classes are so fun! Their trainers are amazing and I have never been fitter. This is going to keep me sane through the winter.

Fantastic experience: I have been going to Lateral Fitness since it opened and it keeps getting better and better. Lateral is definitely one of the best places to exercise in Chicago. Whether you are new to exercising or super fit you can find a class or trainer who will fit what you are looking for and will help you meet your fitness/health goals.

Fantastic experience: I am fortunate to work out at Lateral Fitness quite regularly thanks to my company’s corporate membership. Through it, we’ve developed quite a cozy relationship with the boutique River North gym. Besides offering classes and small-group training to our employees, Lateral has also conducted company-wide fitness and nutrition challenges that include one-on-one coaching. Our relationship with Lateral Fitness is truly one of the best perks of my job. It is amazing to have access to top-notch personal training for free during work hours. I surprised that other companies don’t take advantage of this opportunity. I will admit that at first I was hesitant to work out with my coworkers. But soon I began to see the benefits of the small-group atmosphere—namely, the opportunity to build trust, both with the trainers and with each other. Now it’s great because we encourage each other to attend classes (often difficult to do work scheduling) and try to make fitness a priority. I hear of other companies who have a random room with a couple cardio machines, and that's their "fitness program." We, on the other hand, get personal training from award-winning competitive trainers. All of this on top of the fact that we no longer have to cram in workouts before or after work is just pretty darn fantastic.

Fantastic experience: My friend and I took a Pilates class here this past weekend. Instructor was great! She was able to adjust the movements for those of us who are experienced plus the newbies in the class. Really good one on one attention. I also like the Quick Fit lunchtime 30 min full body workout class. A great way to squeeze a workout into my day. Locker room was really A+, entire place is very clean. There was a definite relaxing, welcoming and personal feel to the entire place. I love the convenient location too-1/2 a block from the brown line stop.