The Kage Gym was founded by two gym friends, Gonzalo Sanchez and Omar Sanchez.
One day, they found a warehouse gym that was shutting down, and saw the opportunity of a lifetime.
After coming together, they purchased the spot and began renovating it out themselves.
Working day in and day out: painting, moving and buying equipment, and so much more.
This is the passion project of two gym-bros who want to make Mundelein's premier lifting spot.
September 2022 was the grand opening. The Kage Gym now stands here today as Mundelein's premier destination for any lifter.
We've had hundreds of people come through The Kage Gym and step out feeling like someone else. Someone GREATER.
We stand on three major priniciples:
Family.
Community.
AND LIFTING HEAVY ASS WEIGHTS!
But seriously...
What are you waiting for? We want YOU down at The Kage Gym. We want YOUR energy and passion over here.
Come down and become ABSOLUTELY JACKED at the Kage Gym. Grab your keycard today.
Born and raised in LIMA, PERU, Gonz moved to the US when he was 4 years old, to Chicago.
With the introduction to fast food, plus a sedentary lifestyle in America, that would lead to Gonz growing up as a chubby kid.
Throughout elementary school and middle school he was bullied and made fun of due to his weight and appearance.
Fueled by the desire for change, that would eventually lead to discovering the gym in 8th grade.
It was love at first sight, and would catapult into a changed life trajectory.
However, it was only the beginning.
After building a solid amount of muscle over the next couple of years throughout high school, he was still unhappy with his physique and still held a lot of fat that he didn't understand how to lose.
Frustrated, he searched the web to understand what he was missing, finally understanding it was his DIET.
He had never tracked calories nor any macros and would basically eat whatever he wanted.
Not to mention he was still very sedentary and only trained about 1-2hrs in the gym. So that lead to the start of tracking his calories + getting creative in the kitchen.
This was when he saw the biggest difference:
First losing 10lbs... then 20.....30.....40.... and ultimately over 50+lbs at his leanest weight ever which was 162lbs, from the original weigh-in of 220lbs!
After seeing that success in his weight loss journey, he decided to start coaching others and helping them with their fitness goals in the same way he had done for himself.
He has now have coached dozens of people to have reached their dream physiques through nutrition plans made with tasty foods that make dieting easy and training structures that are enjoyable and build lean muscle.
On top of that him and his partner Omar opened up The Kage Gym in 2022 to further increase their reach and help more people out with their fitness journey!
If you feel stuck or need a little bit of help with your fitness journey, please feel free to reach out on his tagged instagram, and he'd be glad to help you.