Here's a perfect way to spend an evening outside with your kids and celebrate Easter with other Members and their families! Please register at the Service Desk.

FREE Featured Events like three great presentations, an opportunity to join us on a community walk and more! Team Training sessions, Group Exercise and Virtual classes are all open to all. What a great day we have planned! Join us!

Spend time in our incredible warm water pools and learn skills you will need to work as a professional lifeguard in this concise, hands-on session. Sign up today at the Chesterton Service Desk.

We are here to help you continue those New Year’s Resolutions with a social media challenge because we would LOVE to help make showing up to the gym more fun and rewarding!

We appreciate all of you so much and a big thank you for braving the cold and snow to come in. You are the reason we are here 364 days a year and we are grateful for each and every one of you. For the month of February, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we are asking you to “Share your Love for FHFC” and tell us how we’re doing.

Be ready to act! Take one of many American Heart Association CPR/AED classes offered at our Chesterton location. Sign up today!

Let’s finish the year off strong with a weight loss challenge! This November, compete against other members in a 4-week long weight loss competition! 

Crossroads YMCA and Franciscan Health Fitness Centers Schererville are excited to announce a collaboration between the two organizations to serve more families in Northwest Indiana. 

Whether you are young or old, overweight or fit, yoga has the power to calm the mind and strengthen the body. We offer Yoga on our Group Exercise Schedule at no additional cost at both Clubs. Come join us.

Our Schererville location has been a part of the Northwest Indiana community for over 40 years. Reaching back almost as far is the Schererville Club’s 41+ Luncheon whether named as such because the Club is on Rt. 41 or because the attendees had to be over the age of 41, has been lost in the lore.

Looking for a fitness program that doesn’t involve a gruesome workout on a treadmill? Aqua aerobics is a wonderful all-over body workout and a great way to mix up a traditional gym workout with the fantastic benefits of water.  

The Chicago Heights Club will be switching both the lap and therapy pools to salt water in the next month. Within the last five years, the Chesterton and Schererville pools have all been converted to salt water. Members have been happy with the differences the conversion made. 

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. It is important to understand what options we have to stay healthy. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases has the Top 10 reasons of why getting vaccinated is important. National Immunization Awareness Month. Learn the top reasons to get vaccinated. 

There may be a lot of unknown currently in the world, however what is known is that practicing these 7 tips can help you stay healthy during quarantine. Be sure to check the website for updates! 

Stay active while staying protected at home. One of those being our Group Exercise Class at Home Workouts that have been recorded with our Franciscan Health Fitness Centers certified instructors! 

The new fad during this pandemic...a sidewalk chalk workout. It is simple and easy. What is nice about this innovating workout is that you have an open canvas to put whatever you choose.

While keeping staff both working and safe, the fitness center staff has been supporting the local Franciscan Hospitals by making much needed PPE.

As our lifestyles and daily habits change during the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place, kindness to each other is not only easy to practice, it’s even more important than ever. 

Training from home has benefits you may have overlooked with new options including LesMills Virtual workouts videos, online exercise classes, Myzone Master Trainer classes and Franciscan’s own trainer videos of the classes you love. 

Here’s a fun at-home workout that uses simple products you have on hand. Shelter-in-place doesn’t have to mean stay-in-place. Get up and get moving with this core and strength workout from Lisa. 

Do you know what affects the health of your bones?  And that basic self-care for your bones should include strength training? We have plenty of options for you to choose from in our on-line At Home Workouts. 

Learn the American Heart Association’s 7 key health factors and behaviors to decrease your risk for heart disease and stroke. Find out how to keep your heart healthy. 

Massage helps alleviate stress and the symptoms of many health conditions. Whether you need a Deep Tissue, Hot Stone or Ashiatsu Massage, we are here with options. Appointments are available in our Chesterton Club. 

Handwashing is a vital part of our everyday lives, but is even more important during certain times of year, like cold and flu season. But proper handwashing is not just for the winter months – it's a year-round good habit. 

15 years ago, Sandy Povlinski, an avid runner, began looking for a gentler way to exercise. We are happy her journey brought her to our Fitness Centers. 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Beginning at age 40, you should have a mammogram every year or as directed by your health care professional.

The purpose of Myzone is to use technology to help people exercise harder and smarter! Franciscan Health Fitness Centers have brought Myzone belts to group exercise classes and the results really show! 

Franciscan Health Fitness Centers personal training is now being powered by Alloy. Same amazing personal trainers paired with new programs to provide continuity and great results!

Technology is changing at a rate of knots, and so are the terms we use to explain it. These days the term virtual can mean, well, virtually anything. So what exactly is virtual exercise?