HIGHWOOD, IL (JULY-AUGUST 2012) – In conjunction with Highwood’s Evening Gourmet Farmers Market, Equinox is announcing the new “Workout Wednesdays” in the park! On July 25th and August 29th, from 5-5:30pm, Equinox will be providing free workout demos in Highwood’s wonderful Everts Park! In its fourth year, this one-of-a-kind Farmers Market is ready to accommodate those fanatics who want to get in a quick workout in the great outdoors, before shopping, dining and enjoying live music at the Farmers Market!
Everyone is encouraged to come out for these free workout demos, while taking in all the other action this market provides! Live music, unique vendors, and awesome foods give that extra “kick” for the intense, carefree workout demos Equinox is providing! Everts Park offers plenty of green space, room for 100 different vendors, and more importantly, a beautiful surrounding for great outdoor exercise.
“Highwood’s Evening Gourmet Farmers Market represents summer, health and community – and Equinox fits right in with that. Everts Park presents a great opportunity for Equinox to showcase our unique instructors and classes to members of our own community,” says Julie Valenti, Area Group Fitness Manager for Equinox.
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Equinox will be demonstrating some of their signature workouts classes such as ViPR, Whipped! and Tabata. These classes maximize metabolic rate and increase caloric expenditure, as well as decrease body fat and increase athletic performance. They are the classes that deliver the most bang for your buck! While ViPR enhances movement, skills and functional strength, Whipped! uses timed intervals with kettlebells, body bars and battle ropes, and Tabata brings on the ‘sweat,’ with its high intensity interval training!
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Get ready to break a sweat with some of Equinox Fitness Clubs' top instructors and the unique equipment being provided! Group Fitness managers Julie Valenti and Jenn Hogg will be on-site to get Highwood residents and surrounding community members working out in the park on Wednesdays. With over 30 years of fitness experience between them, these instructors are well qualified with their unique approaches to working out. Everyone is encouraged to come out and try these workout demos, as Equinox offers multiple intensity levels so that anyone and everyone can get a successful workout!
For more information, please contact info@ripplepublicrelations.com or call Equinox directly at 847-681-7777.
About The City of Highwood
Highwood was founded in 1868 by William Wallace Everts, a Chicago civic leader and world-renown educator. His concept of a family-based community has endured for more than a century. The beautiful Everts Park, in the heart of downtown Highwood, has been named in the founder's honor. Benches and trees in the park celebrate and remember people who, through turbulent times and peaceful ones, built and sustained the community. Many of Highwood's street names recall Everts' family and friends whom the founder encouraged to build homes here. Residents of Swedish, Irish, Italian, Latino and other heritages have since populated the community, each enriching the community through their cultural traditions.
The Village of Highwood was incorporated in 1887. The name briefly became Village of Fort Sheridan and then City of Fort Sheridan. In 1904, the community officially became known as the City of Highwood. Fort Sheridan, a former army base slightly northeast of the City, has had a profound influence on Highwood's development, and it continues to do so today as part of its land, incorporated into the City, nearly doubled Highwood in size. Today, Highwood is blending the past and present with exciting new plans for its future.
The City of Highwood, IL administrative offices are located at 17 Highwood Avenue
Highwood, Illinois 60040. For more information, please visit http://www.celebratehighwood.com
or http://www.cityofhighwood.com, or call 847.432.1924.
About Equinox
Equinox Fitness Clubs operates 56 upscale, full-service facilities in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Boston, Dallas and DC. The company offers an integrated selection of Equinox-branded programs, services and products, including strength and cardio training, group fitness classes, personal training, spa services and products, apparel and food/juice bars. Since its inception in 1991, Equinox has developed a lifestyle brand that represents service, value, quality, expertise, innovation, attention to detail, market leadership and results. For more information, please go to www.equinox.com.
