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 Howie Machek was born with an innate athleticism that became apparent while he pursued little league baseball and basketball in his youth. It wasn't until the age of fourteen when he started working at Health Food Flannigan's in Palos Hills that his love for personal fitness blossomed. As a teenager, Howie was an accomplished heavy weight wrestler at St. Lawrence High School. Howie's love of sports as a child blossomed into a passion for health and fitness that he would embrace and carry into his professional life.
Remembering his first gym encounter Howie states, "I loved my first gym experience, it was a small dirty gym. It smelled like it looked. Working out for me was a great way to release stress. I became a gym rat."
Howie realized that fitness transformation was his calling and enrolled in college to pursue a degree in exercise physiology. While working on his degree, Howie gained experience by working as an assistant personal trainer at Moraine Valley Community College. Following his graduation from Northern Illinois University in 2000, Howie successfully trained many people to help them achieve their best body from Olympic-bound athletes to the general population.
"When I was working on my degree, I had the desire to combine the physical benefits of a great workout with the mental well-being of a spa and transform the gym into a hip, chic environment that you would want to hang out at."
In 2001, while working as a certified personal trainer at two prestigious facilities, Howie decided to start his own in home personal training business. In 2010, Howie made the pivotal decision to find a permanent home for One Body Fitness and develop his dream studio; a state of the art gym with the look and feel of a sophisticated urban spa. One Body Fitness is able to offer something extraordinarily unique: a private spa inspired setting for personal training with over $200,000 in sophisticated state of the art equipment in a 1250 sq ft facility for the client's sole use. "The facility is truly amazing. Because the gym is private it's only me and my client. There's no waiting for equipment and no distractions like you would get in a gym with this caliber of equipment," states Howie.
Howie currently resides in Plainfield, IL. When he is not busy training clients or working out, he enjoys spending time with family and friends.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science Northern Illinois University in Exercise Physiology
- American Council on Exercise, Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Member
- American Council of Sports Medicine, Member
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