Elmwood Park, IL Health and Fitness

Certified personal trainer Amanda Georgopulos plunges exercisers into the body-sculpting throes of intensive fitness workouts. Modified to suit all ability levels, Amanda's challenging routines involve a throng of full-body exercises that include running and jumping, lunging and coal mining, helping to build lean muscles and burn fat for a stronger, slimmer physique.

40 years ago, the initials heading C&D Towing stood for the Cicero & Devon Texaco gas and service station, founded by brothers Val and Joe Strumberger. Today they've come to stand for "Capable and Dependable," the values carried by the tow truck drivers who rescue cars and trucks of all sizes from a future spent trying fruitlessly to hitch a ride from passing semis. Along with gently rolling vehicles onto a fleet of handsome red trucks, C&D's technicians can protect and resuscitate them with services including jumpstarts, tire changes, seasonal safety checks, and electrical work.

The passionate coaches of CrossFit Defined guide fat fighters through quick, ultra-intense daily workouts designed to sculpt lean physiques and push endurances to the limit. Inside the expansive open-layout gym space, affectionately referred to as The Box, sweat seekers lift weights, throw balls, and perform rigorous callisthenic moves to constantly shock and strengthen the body's internal system of pulleys and weights. In addition to the regular CrossFit regimen of fast-paced calorie burning, CrossFit Defined hosts endurance sessions designed to help athletes last through anything from conquering triathlons to doing the Macarena for 12 hours straight.

As instructors at Real Ryder Revolution—or R3—like to say, “We don’t spin, we ride.” They make that statement a reality by creating the closest experience to hitting the open roadways possible within a studio environment. Their facility houses 24 RealRyder cycles that add the side-to-side movements of a real-world riding experience to a stationary bike. From a small, raised platform, instructors pedal, turn, lean, and steer their way through a 45-minute workout set to adrenaline-pumping music to push students past their individual comfort zones. Routines focus on building a mind-to-muscle connection as riders strengthen their will to keep going even after they’ve realized that the german shepherd stopped chasing them. For a post-workout cleansing or a quick wardrobe change before work, R3 houses showers and changing rooms for its guests.

Sheffield Square Dental Care's Dr. Eliot Tokowitz crafts healthy, aesthetically pleasing smiles with services such as checkups, metal-free, tooth colored fillings, Invisalign, lifetime whitening, and porcelain veneers at a facility focused on patient comfort. Patients can indulge in aromatherapy with eucalyptus or tea-tree oil and paraffin hand wax treatments, and when their mouths aren't being worked on, can sip coffee or juice from the juice bar. After a treatment, they can grab their cars or roller skates from the attendant at the office's free valet parking service.