Let’s make health and wellness INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE FOR EVERYONE
Brush Park’s Community Vision
Brush Park Gymnasium is a safe, inclusive and welcoming space for families and neighbors to come to be active together with expert guidance.
We believe that community can be cultivated through a neighborhood gym. That's why our fitness classes are for all ages, genders, and experience levels. We provide childcare so young parents can continue to be physically active and we provide camps to help support our community's childcare needs.
Adrienne Farrell, owner and coach
Adrienne's first child was born in 2013. She found herself tossed into a new routine of feeding and nap times and not a lot of time to keep up her fitness routine. It was one of those non-negotiables: with a Masters in Exercise Physiology, she couldn’t give up her active lifestyle. She wondered why there weren’t more options in local gyms that met her entire family's needs.
Even though Chicago is saturated with options for gyms, nothing could accommodate Adrienne’s need for high quality fitness and child care. So, she started working out in her living room. That wasn’t going to work in the long term and Adrienne realized that if she wanted a place with high quality fitness options and a trusted childcare, she’d have to build it herself.
Adrienne has been focused on creating a space at Brush Park Gymnasium that authentically meets every family member's needs and is a supportive and inclusive space for all. She believes families should not compromise between high quality childcare and superb fitness options. Health and wellness can be accessible to every member within the same space and Brush Park Gymnasium is that vision realized.
Master’s in Exercise Physiology
Adrienne earned her Master’s in Exercise Physiology at University of Illinois at Chicago. During that time she worked with collegiate and professional athletes in the Strength & Conditioning programs at Northwestern University and UIC. Before that, Adrienne spent about a decade as a teacher and earned her undergraduate degree in Special Education from Hope College in Holland, MI. She holds certifications in mobility, nutrition, and strength & conditioning.
Home Life
Adrienne lives in Chicago with her two children Alex (13) and Ethan (10) and her dogs Bobby and Penny.
What is Brush Park?
Since Adrienne is a transplant from Detroit, she wanted to honor the heritage of her parents, grandparents and great grantparents who helped pave the way for her. Adrienne's mom grew up in the city of Detroit, her grandfather's both worked in the auto industry, her aunt worked for Vernor's Ginger Ale (America's oldest surviving ginger ale company) and her dad graduated from the University of Detroit. With these strong ties, Adrienne decided to name her gym after the old Detroit neighborhood, Brush Park, known for elegant Victorian mansions housing the city's elite like J.L. Hudson and architect Albert Kahn.