Jennifer

Hi, I'm Jennifer Antrim from Morton, Illinois. I'm married to the Body Combat program manager at Gold's Gym in Morton (Shaun Antrim for those that know of him and his awesomeness.) Through my guy I was strongly encouraged to do Body Combat with him and I LOVE IT! It is so exciting to push yourself to the limit and it is truly the most fun class I've ever taken. (Sorry to all the other non- Combat Les Mills programs- they are fun too.) So I have been begging him to help me get certified as a Combat Instructor, and I hope to find a training in the Fall.

Aside from Combat, I've always been into fitness, well, ever since I met Shaun in high school). I took Tae Kwon Do with him for a few years, but quit when we got married and had a baby. In my mid twenties I entertained the idea of fitness competitions, but wasn't willing to commit the enormous amount of time involved in training. Around this time I started running and decided that I really wanted to run a marathon before I turned 30. I ran my first Chicago Marathon at 29 and will be running my 6th this October. (My running music is all Combat tunes - It's my favorite thing to sprint to Check Your Head or Zombie.) I also did the St. Jude Memphis to Peoria charity run for 2 years, but it's a coveted spot, so I let someone else have a turn this year. I kind of half-heartedly lift weights at the gym, but I'm trying to commit more time to it.

In my personal life, I love to go out and have a good time with my significant other. We go to local drinking establishments. I love to go boating on the river. You just can't go wrong with outdoors combined with adult beverages, at least in the summer. As a career, I'm a special education teacher. I just got my Master's Degree this spring (have to pat myself on the back about that one every once in a while). I read a lot too,mostly beach books, or blouse rippers (trashy romance), and I am a Stephen King fanatic. We have 2 kids ages 15 and 11, and I get to call myself a Band Parent these days. To sum it up I love life and want to live every day to the fullest!