Jim Karas Intelligent Fitness & Wellness

Jim Karas Intelligent Fitness & Wellness is an elite personal fitness training service based in Chicago. Jim Karas is known for getting celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Diane Sawyer in the best shape of their lives and is the author of 5 best-selling fitness and health books. Jim Karas also has a training studio in Lake Forest, IL which opened in 2017. Over the past 34+ years, Jim Karas has established itself as Chicago's most successful personal training firm. Established in 1986. Jim has been the Fitness Contributor on ABC's Good Morning America, is frequently seen on The Dr. Oz Show and The View and for three years hosted Couch Potatoes on ABC News Now. Jim has served as a Contributing Editor for Good Housekeeping magazine and has written feature articles and been profiled in countless other national publications including Business Week, Time, Town & Country, Vogue and "O" The Oprah Magazine. Jim Karas is a Lifestyle Expert who combines a degree from the Wharton School of Business with over 34+ years of unparalleled success in helping people look and feel their very best. Jim is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Business Plan for the Body among several other books. Jim is a widely sought after as a keynote speaker for many of the world's most prominent corporations and organizations. Jim is former Chairman of The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University and former Vice Chairman of the World Future Society.