A former NBA star is inspiring the …

A former NBA star is inspiring the community to stay fit in the face of the pandemic. In March, Kendall Gill decided to stop sitting around as the Covid-19 crisis intensified. Word got out and now the 60/40 Club, headed by the retired basketball player, meets on Chicago’s South Side at Dunbar Park. Gill, who is an icon of Illini basketball and a graduate of Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields, helps friends meet the 60/40 challenge. It is comprised of a 60 yard sprint, followed by a 40 yard jog, done twenty times, followed by 20 each of squats, push-ups, sit-ups, tabletops and planks. The next day, the number is increased to 21– and so on until 45.