Naperville, you’re finally getting a brand-new Life Time athletic country club! Life Time Naperville will open in early 2027, bringing elevated and luxurious health and wellness experiences to the third-largest city in the state.
“People have been asking for this club for a long time,” says Darrien Johnson, lead general for Life Time Naperville and a hometown resident. “We have clubs on the outskirts of Naperville — Life Time Warrenville on the north end and Life Time Romeoville on the south end — but this new club will sit right in the middle, filling in that geographic gap for members in the area.”
Life Time Naperville is the 16th club to open in the Chicago region, showcasing Life Time’s commitment to developing with the Windy City and surrounding areas. (Learn more: “Life Time’s Next Chapter in Chicago.”)
“We’re at the point now where Life Time has a reputation in the state of Illinois,” Johnson adds. “Continuing to open more clubs helps people understand who we are and what we stand for — and Life Time Naperville has the opportunity to be a flagship location in this prominent area.”
Let’s explore the 102,460-square-foot club:
Upon entering the club, you’ll be greeted by the concierge team. Throughout the first floor, you’ll find a variety of amenities and offerings dedicated to helping you feel your best inside and out.
First, there’s the LT Shop, where you can shop for Life Time-branded apparel, LTH supplements, and fitness equipment, like the LT Pro 48 pickleball.
You can also check out the LifeSpa and give your skin and hair some TLC. This salon and spa features treatments designed to pamper, including massages, facials, recovery services, and more.
Feeling hungry? Head to the LifeCafe, a full-service culinary kitchen featuring chef-curated menu items including build-your-own bowls, as well as nutritious to-go options. The bar in this space will also host a variety of social events.
Continuing through the first floor, you’ll walk by the Life Time Work Club Lounge, an open-plan, community-style coworking area that’s complimentary for members. (Learn more: “What Is the Life Time Work Club Lounge?”)
You’ll also find luxurious locker rooms for families, men, and women on this floor. The men’s and women’s locker rooms are each outfitted with a full hydrotherapy suite dedicated to recovery and relaxation, including a sauna, steam room, whirlpool, and cold plunge. “These amenities are conveniently available in the locker rooms to make your recovery as streamlined as possible,” says Johnson.
For your convenience, the locker rooms are also stocked with fresh towels, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors, and more.
Accessible through the locker rooms, the indoor pool area features a six-lane lap pool, six-lane lesson pool, and a pool-deck sauna. “In these pools, we’ll offer robust junior swim programming including swim lessons, swim team, and more,” says Johnson.
Those with a Junior Membership can drop their children off at the Kids Academy. Here, kids ages 3 months to 11 years can learn, play, and grow through engaging, enriching age-specific programming and classes. Parents can leave their kids at the Kids Academy while they use other areas of the club (up to 2.5 hours of child care per day is included with a Junior Membership).
The Kids Academy features two kids gyms, an activity studio, a movement studio, an infant area, a toddler room, and an outdoor kids play area.
Another perk of a Junior Membership is unlimited access to monthly kids and tweens events. Parents can enjoy an evening to themselves — at the club or elsewhere — during regular Parents Night Out and Tween Takeover events, which always have fun themes. Families can also enroll their kids in School-Break Camps for those days when school is out and they need some entertainment.
Johnson plans to pilot unique kid and tween-specific programming at Life Time Naperville. “My background is in sports, and I trained young athletes at the onset of my career, so this has always been a passion of mine,” he says. “My vision is to introduce a progressive kids and tweens program that’ll help them learn fitness, agility, confidence, teamwork, and more.”
Up on the second floor, it’s all about fitness. Discover the expansive workout floor featuring the latest and greatest equipment, including access to free weights, resistance machines, and cardio machines.
Dynamic Personal Trainers are available to support you in the pursuit of your fitness goals, while Dynamic Stretch specialists can provide assisted-stretch sessions to aid recovery efforts (both at an additional cost).
This floor is also where you’ll find the studios for group fitness classes, with separate spaces dedicated to barre, yoga, Pilates, and CTR (Core Tone Reform), plus two studios for other unique-to-Life-Time group fitness classes. “Life Time Naperville will have the best talent in the area — performers who will bring high energy into our community-centered formats,” says Johnson.
Also on the second floor, you can get your sweat on in a Life Time signature group training class like GTX and Ultra Fit, which will share a space, or Alpha, which will have its own area on the fitness floor. GTX is a 50/50 blend of cardio and strength work; Ultra Fit combines sprint-interval training with balance and strength efforts; and Alpha is centered around Olympic weightlifting and metabolic conditioning.
Near the workout floor, you’ll find the LT Recovery zone. This space is equipped with tools to soothe sore muscles and accelerate recovery, including HydroMassage and CryoLounge chairs, Normatec compression therapy devices, and Hyperice percussive therapy.
If you need some professional guidance on addressing aches or soreness, visit the LifeClinic, where licensed chiropractors are available by appointment (at an additional cost) to help address and alleviate pain or discomfort so you can move and function at your best. (Learn more: “Why LifeClinic?”)
The second floor also offers access to four indoor pickleball courts. If you want to pickle outside, the club will have four outdoor pickleball courts, along with a lounge. “Pickleball is going to be a huge program at Life Time Naperville with private lessons, leagues, tournaments, socials, and more,” says Johnson. “This club will definitely be a mecca for the sport.”
Outside, members can relax on the beautiful pool deck, which includes a leisure pool, lap pool, waterslides, poolside cabanas, and an outdoor bistro, bar, and dining area. “Members can look forward to unique events — for both families and adults-only — on this resort-style pool deck,” says Johnson.
For Johnson, who grew up in Naperville and is now raising his kids in the city, making Life Time Naperville community-focused is a personal mission. “This city has a lot of sentimental value for me,” he says. “I want to make sure members will have an experience that exceeds all expectations. Life Time Naperville will be a space where everybody can come, gather, and have memorable experiences together.”
