Cook County SilverSneakers & Medicare Gyms

Crestwood — 5331 W. 135th St, Crestwood, IL 60418 — 708-659-4800

Pool:

Indoor pool and whirlpool — included with the $60/yr (resident) or $75/yr (non-resident) add-on membership for SilverSneakers/Renew Active members.

Senior-friendly classes:

Fitness classes are included with the paid add-on membership — check the current schedule directly.

Good to know:

The indoor track, sport courts, and fitness center are free with a SilverSneakers or Renew Active ID number. The pool, hot tub, and fitness classes need the annual add-on membership on top of that. Sign up in person with your ID number.

Lemont

Pool:

Indoor pool confirmed.

Good to know:

Fitness center, fitness classes, indoor track, and open gym are included at no extra cost with an approved SilverSneakers plan.

Chicago Ridge — Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham Ave., Chicago Ridge, IL

Senior-friendly classes:

Also runs a Stix & Kix drum cardio class and pickleball leagues, including a Thursday morning 40+ ladies league.

Good to know:

Exact days, times, and costs for the SilverSneakers program aren't posted online — call ahead or check the registration portal.

Oak Lawn — 10444 S. Central Ave, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 — 708-857-2215

Good to know:

"Qualified members will have their membership fees at the Racquet Center covered" for SilverSneakers, Prime, Silver&Fit, Active&Fit, and Renew Active — per the district's own site. Court fees are still separate even for qualified members. No pool.

Des Plaines — 515 E. Thacker Street, Des Plaines, IL 60018 — 847-391-5711

Pool:

Houses the Prairie Lakes Aquatics Center.

Good to know:

Also has an indoor walking/jogging track. "We're proud to welcome members of the award-winning Tivity Health SilverSneakers and Prime Fitness programs" and "we proudly serve Renew Active by UnitedHealthcare members," per the district's own site.

La Grange — 536 East Avenue, La Grange, IL

Good to know:

6,700 sq ft fitness center plus a walking track. Membership registration is in-person only.

Chicago (West Rogers Park) — 3003 W. Touhy Ave, Chicago, IL 60645 — 773-761-9100

Pool:

Six-lane, 25-yard indoor pool, included with the SilverSneakers-linked J-Fit pass.

Good to know:

The J-Fit pass (SilverSneakers) also covers a 7,000 sq ft gym, exercise equipment, free weights, and some fitness classes.

Northbrook — 300 Revere Dr., Northbrook, IL 60062 — 224-406-9200

Good to know:

Same SilverSneakers-linked J-Fit pass program as JCC Chicago's Bernard Horwich location.

LA Fitness runs its own dedicated SilverSneakers class-locator page — chain-level SilverSneakers acceptance is medium-high confidence. Renew Active and Silver&Fit are only claimed by third-party SEO/aggregator sites, not by LA Fitness itself or an official program source, so we're not listing those as chain-confirmed. LA Fitness absorbed the XSport Fitness and Esporta Fitness chains in 2024–2025 (see note above) — some addresses below were formerly those brands.

This chain generally accepts SilverSneakers — confirm your specific plan and location before you go.

CFX's own insurance-memberships page states it accepts SilverSneakers, Prime, Renew Active, Silver&Fit (via American Specialty Health), Active&Fit, and Gympass — the clearest all-three-programs chain source found. The page blocked a direct automated fetch, so this is drawn from the page's own indexed content rather than a firsthand read — medium-high confidence.

This chain generally accepts SilverSneakers, Renew Active, Silver&Fit — confirm your specific plan and location before you go.

A 2012 Healthways press release announced a SilverSneakers/Prime Fitness partnership across Anytime Fitness locations nationally, reaffirmed more recently on the chain's own social channels — but Anytime Fitness is 100% franchised, and multiple sources caveat that individual owners decide whether to keep honoring it. Treat chain-level acceptance as directional, not a guarantee for any specific club. Renew Active and Silver&Fit are unconfirmed.

This chain generally accepts SilverSneakers — confirm your specific plan and location before you go.