ReDEFINED Fitness calls itself the “neighborhood’s toughest gym,” but Eric Smoot and Silviu Gansca, co-owners of the Wilmette fitness outpost, have a soft spot for giving back. Every year for the past 20 years, they have challenged their clients to not only build their strength and endurance but to support communities in need. The fitness studio, […]
Standing in front of thousands of people every month to introduce best-selling authors and researchers at Family Action Network-sponsored talks, Lonnie Stonitsch is one of the North Shore’s most visible people. And many have noticed that over the last 11 months, Stonitsch’s appearance has changed. She’s known for adding a flair of blue or pink […]
When you meet Eric Smoot and Silviu Gansca, their energy is the first thing you notice. Both men radiate the passion that comes from doing something you love—changing lives through fitness and through their work in the community. Every year their company, Redefined Fitness in Wilmette, adopts 10 families from a homeless shelter in Indiana. […]
