Unicus Functional Fitness

Unicus Functional Fitness Unicus Functional Fitness is a group fitness class at Westwood Fitness and Sports Center. Unicus Functional Fitness is much more than a group fitness class.

Classes are included with a Total Fitness Pass Membership, or pay for a single class with an $8/fitness drop-in fee. We are a community of like minded individuals that want to live their lives to a higher standard. Our coaching, training, and methodology is centered around functional fitness/movements at high intensity. We constantly vary workouts, which is important for many reasons. We strive to

prepare people to be better at life whether that be helping a friend move, playing with your kids, or shoveling snow. Life can be unpredictable and preparing for the unknown is a part of survival. Functional movements can be defined as multi-joint movements that require utilizing more than one body part to achieve a task. No one lifts a heavy box from the ground to a shelf with just their biceps nor does anyone move a couch with just their hamstrings so we center our training around performing functional movements that prepare us for whatever life throws at us. High intensity can be a tricky term to define as it is all relative to each individual workout. There are workouts that intensity is defined by how quickly you can complete the workout while others are defined by how much weight you can lift. All workouts are infinitely scalable to suit any possible fitness level. Every athlete will perform the same workout; however, the degree at which the workout is performed will vary depending upon the athlete. Unicus Functional Fitness takes the emphasis off of the scale and mirror (where most people get discouraged), and shifts the focus to times and weights. As athletes continue to improve their times and weights lifted, the improvement on the scale and mirror will be unavoidably noticed. Our community at Unicus Functional Fitness is what sets us apart as we perform all workouts in a group setting where encouraging each other as much as possible is the norm. In our community the person who finishes last gets the loudest cheers. Our community is a family where we are all there to help make each person better at not only fitness, but life. Athletes are held accountable by one another and pushed farther than they ever would with headphones in trying to do this on their own. The camaraderie present in our gym is similar to that of a sports team or a workplace as everyone encourages, empowers, and believes in one another. We hang out with each other outside of the gym and help one another out when in need. This is a family. Unicus means uncommon in Latin and this is the basis of our philosophy as a community. We strive to push our athletes to live their lives uncommonly. Every person has the ability to be uncommon; meaning living with passion and purpose. It is easy to settle for mediocrity in life as it takes little effort and no risk. We as a community strive for a higher level of purpose that in return makes us better as athletes, but more importantly as people.

Westwood will close at 5:00 p.m. today, Dec. 22, and will not reopen until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24. No Unicus cla...
12/22/2022

Westwood will close at 5:00 p.m. today, Dec. 22, and will not reopen until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24.

No Unicus classes on Friday.

Westwood & Duis Center will close at 5:00 p.m. today, Dec. 22, and will not reopen until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24 (weather permitting).

Emerald Hill Pro Shop will close at 5:00 p.m. today and will not be open tomorrow for gift card purchase as originally planned. Please note that gift cards may still be purchased at www.emeraldhillgolf.com.

The Dillon Home will also be closed.

Any additional changes to our hours will be noted here on Facebook. Stay safe & warm!

That’s a wrap on the CrossFit Open 2022! Congratulations to all those who competed in the Open this year!
03/17/2022

That’s a wrap on the CrossFit Open 2022! Congratulations to all those who competed in the Open this year!

Great opportunity to invite friends or family to get involved with our program!
01/21/2022

Great opportunity to invite friends or family to get involved with our program!

Great turnout this morning for our annual 12 Days of Christmas workout.  Thanks for spending part of your Christmas Eve ...
12/24/2021

Great turnout this morning for our annual 12 Days of Christmas workout. Thanks for spending part of your Christmas Eve with us.

Try CrossFit with no commitment! At CrossFit Unicus, your first two classes are FREE. Give us a chance to show you what ...
11/23/2021

Try CrossFit with no commitment! At CrossFit Unicus, your first two classes are FREE. Give us a chance to show you what makes CrossFit so infectious! All ages and abilities are welcome.

Classes are offered Monday through Thursday from 5:30-6:30a, 4:15-5:15p & 5:30-6:30p; Friday from 5:30-6:30a & 4:15-5:15p; Saturday from 8:00-9:00a. To claim your free classes, just show up at Westwood. Let the front desk in building 1 know why you’re there, and they will direct you to CrossFit. This is an ongoing offer, so try it whenever it’s convenient for you!

11/22/2021

Thanksgiving Week Schedule!!

We will have regular class hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Thursday and Friday will each have ONE 8:00 am class.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Classes on Thursday, November 11 will be free for Veterans! Join us at 5:30a, 4:15p or 5:30p!
11/08/2021

Classes on Thursday, November 11 will be free for Veterans! Join us at 5:30a, 4:15p or 5:30p!

The strong women of CrossFit Unicus! Join our crew - your first two classes are free!
08/11/2021

The strong women of CrossFit Unicus! Join our crew - your first two classes are free!

Don't miss CrossFit classes six days per week at Westwood! View class schedule and register online at www.crossfitunicus...
06/10/2021

Don't miss CrossFit classes six days per week at Westwood! View class schedule and register online at www.crossfitunicus.org.

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in Murph 2021!
06/01/2021

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in Murph 2021!

Our 8:30 a.m. class on Memorial Day will be free for everyone! See you there!
05/25/2021

Our 8:30 a.m. class on Memorial Day will be free for everyone! See you there!

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1900 Westwood Drive
Sterling, IL
61081

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