Rashad Grant

Specialist Level – Personal Trainer
ISSA Certified | CPR/AED Certified

Rashad is an ISSA-certified personal trainer and boxing coach with more than nine years of experience in personal training, group fitness, boxing, and strength and conditioning. He has owned and run his own boxing and fitness gym in Chicago and spent years coaching youth and adults through a Chicago nonprofit boxing program, where he later served as Chief Program Officer.

Rashad has trained clients of all backgrounds, from beginners and busy professionals to older adults and competitive athletes, including a basketball player who went on to compete at the NCAA Division I level. He specializes in strength training, boxing conditioning, and sports performance, and helps clients build confidence, boost their energy, and feel stronger in their everyday lives through individualized programming and consistent accountability.

His coaching style is tough, motivational, and patient. Rashad starts by understanding each client's current fitness level and goals, then builds a realistic plan with clear instruction, steady support, and measurable progress. Many of his clients have trained with him for years.

Boxing with Rashad

Wednesdays | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

Rashad's boxing sessions are built for all levels and focus on technique, conditioning, and discipline. Each workout is tailored to your ability and goals, so you build real skills while getting into the best shape of your life.

What to Expect:

  • Warm-Up & Conditioning – Prepare your body and build the endurance to work hard from start to finish.
  • Stance & Footwork – Learn a solid foundation so you can move with balance, control, and confidence.
  • Boxing Fundamentals – Develop clean technique on punches and combinations, from the jab and cross on up.
  • Defense & Self-Defense – Practice blocking, slipping, and staying protected, with skills that carry over outside the gym.
  • Strength & HIIT Finishers – Round out each session with circuits that build power, boost your energy, and leave you feeling unstoppable.

Whether your goal is feeling more confident, getting stronger, sharpening athletic performance, or learning to box for the first time, Rashad will push you, support you, and hold you accountable every step of the way.