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1/13/10 -"She Stays Trim with the Help of a Boxer's Workout", Chicago Fitness Examiner

12/08/09 - Pug's Boxing team starts training for 2010 Chicago Golden Gloves

8/15/08 - NW Herald; Dobry Opens New Gym in Crystal Lake!

3/15/06 - Chicago Tribune; Obed Sullivan on Comeback trail

2/27/06 - Dobry signs deal to train former NABF & IBF heavyweight champ OBED SULLIVAN

11/19/05 - Where did Olin Kreutz learn to punch like that?

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Pug's Hall-of-Famer Jose Hernandez

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Pug's owner Gary Dobry (r)

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Pugs' Cut-Man Extraordinaire, Lorenzo Meyer (cornering in Smokin' Joe Frazier's last fight vs. Jumbo Cummings)

(l) Pugs' Hillary Slater

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Pug's Owner Gary Dobry (l)& Gary Kruse (r)

Kingdom Come
by Gary Dobry

1/13/10: Chicago Fitness Examiner article

By Tim Kane

She stays trim with the help of a boxer's workout

Anita Illg was frustrated 3 years ago -- going through a divorce -- and needed to blow off some steam. That's why she started working out in a boxing gym. She wanted to punch something.

"It was a way to get out my frustrations," said Illg, a 27-year-old resident of Crystal Lake who works as intervention specialist at a rehabilitation clinic for teenage girls who have drug, alcohol and behavioral problems.

"I have no desire to get into the ring and spar," Illg said. "I don't want to get hit in the face. But I keep coming here [The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy in Crystal Lake] because of the boxer's workout. I love it."

She exercises with a class ranging from six to 12. They jump rope togehter for 15 minutes, do bag drills, shadow box and take turns hitting target mitts held by their trainer.

She said that plenty of times she had come home from work tired. It would be easier to skip the workout and just stay home.

"I tell myself that I know I will feel great afterwards," she said. "And I do."

1/07/10: Chicago Tribune article

12/28/09 : NEW YEARS' SALE!

12/1/09 : GET IN FIGHTING SHAPE FOR XMAS!

12/1/09 : 2010 CHICAGO GOLDEN GLOVES!

9/7/09 : CLASS IS IN SESSION!

8/1/09 : BACK TO SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP SALE!

7/07/09 : '09 SUMMER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE!

5/15/09 : 3-MONTH STUDENT SUMMER MEMBERSHIP SALE!

2/24/09 : SPRINGTIME MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

12/29/08 : NEW YEAR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

12/01/08: HOLIDAY MEMBERSHIP SALE!

11/11/08: THANKSGIVING MEMBERSHIP SALE!

9/17/08: OCTOBERFIST!

8/15/08 : NW HERALD ARTICLE

7/15/08 : YOUTH BOXING STARTS SEPTEMBER 1st!

5/23/08 : DOBRY OPENS NEW CRYSTAL LAKE GYM

Roundhouse Fitness, Inc. will close its' doors on May 31st, 2008. Roundhouse's owner and head trainer, Gary Dobry, will be opening-up a new facility in the thriving city of Crystal Lake, Illinois. The new venture, The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy, will open around June 15th, 2008, at 824 S. Main St., #102, Crystal Lake, Il., 60014. The new business plan will emphasize personal training for amateur and professional boxers, Mixed Martial Artists looking to acquire boxing skills and cross-training and boxing fitness for physical fitness enthusiasts. Classes will also be offered in the evenings and week-ends. We are offering low Pre-Opening Membership Specials if you join before June 15th - Contact us at : pugsgym@aol.com

Head Trainer Gary Dobry has trained numerous amateur and professional champs including NABF & IBF Heavyweight Champion, Obed Sullivan, Jose Hernandez, John Venesanakos and numerous others. Dobry currently has openings for new clients. Whether your goal is an amateur title, guidance and management in a professional career, a MMA wanting to acquire boxing skills or just one who wants to use boxing training to lose a few pounds and get into fighting shape, Dobry has openings and is booking now for the new Crystal Lake facility. Contact Gary at: pugsgym@aol.com

12/06 : XMAS MEMBERSHIP SPECIALS!