BRING IT ATHLETICS has been serving the Wheaton, IL area since 2009. Founded by Jim and Debi Hughes, Bring It Athletics provides fun, challenging, unique, and creative training sessions that help you feel strong, confident, young, athletic, and energetic! We are here to support your vision and unlock your inner better self.
Jim and Debi have been training since 1992 after earning their Bachelor and Master degrees in Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, and Sports Medicine from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Jim was a graduate assistant on the Illini S&C staff while earning his Masters degrees. They both continued training after moving to Chicago in 1996 as Personal Trainers and personal training manager. In 1998 Jim was then hired to be Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at University of Illinois-Chicago where he was responsible for training 17+ sports and over 300+ athletes. He served in this role until 2001 when they were hired to be the Strength and Conditioning Coaches of the NBA's Washington Wizards. In 2003 after starting a family they went back to the private sector and started building up their private clientele in Virginia until they decided to move 'back home' in 2008. Jim was Fitness director and Debi a personal trainer at the Wheaton Sport Center for 12 years until 2020 when they decided to start BRING IT ATHLETICS.