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The Joint-Friendly Water Workout
These pool-based cardio and strength exercises are easy on your joints — and all together add up to good workout.
Sprints, Strength, and Balance: A Look at Ultra Fit Training
With Mechelle Lewis Freeman, Olympian and Ultra Fit Coach
The blend of sprinting with strength and balance work makes Ultra Fit training unique in its ability to improve your functional fitness and push you to your athletic limits. It’s also why Bahram Akradi, the founder and CEO of Life Time and developer of this format, describes Ultra Fit as one of the “most efficient, effective workouts.” In this episode, track and field Olympian and Ultra Fit Coach Mechelle Lewis Freeman digs into the science behind the training and explains how it’s designed to challenge your body and brain through every stage of life.
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The Importance of Heart-Rate Zone Training
With Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach
Understanding your heart-rate zones allows you to approach your fitness efforts in a more personalized way — working at the right intensity level and tapping into the right fuel source for your body at the right time. Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach, explains more about the benefits of this type of training and the ways it’s integrated into GTX programming.
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Why GTX?
With Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach
GTX is a signature group training format at Life Time that’s a 50/50 blend of cardio and strength. But what is the class like? What results does it elicit? And how does it differ from other training programs? In this mini episode, Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach, shares those details and more about this format.
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Your First Week of Workouts at Life Time
A Dynamic Personal Trainer’s seven-day guide to jump-start your fitness if you’re new to or restarting a club routine.
The Dance Jam Workout
Move and groove like you’re on the dance floor — and get in a full-body cardio workout — with this 30-minute version of Life Time’s Dance Jam class.
BREAK IT DOWN: The Double-Under
Master this heart-pumping jump-rope move to boost your cardio, balance, and coordination.
The Health Benefits of Sprint-Interval Training (SIT)
All-out sprint intervals can boost your fitness — and transform your body at a cellular level.
Becoming an Effective Fat Burner: How to Build Your Aerobic Base
The benefits of burning fat efficiently go well beyond aesthetics. Here’s advice for how to do it — and not stress your system.
How Much Cardio Do You Really Need?
Don't just "do cardio." Transform your conditioning program by doing the right amount and intensity to drive results.
BREAK IT DOWN: The Mountain Climber
This do-anywhere body-weight move combines strength and cardio training with intensity.
The Science of Sprinting
Sprint interval training (a.k.a. SIT) can boost your fitness and transform your body at a cellular level — and Life Time is putting it to work in Ultra Fit, its latest training format.
The Indoor-Rowing Workout
These three indoor-rowing workouts promise to propel your cardio fitness forward, no matter your level.
BREAK IT DOWN: The Jumping Jack
Finesse your form on this classic calisthenic move to amp up its cardio benefits.
3-Week Indoor Cycle-Training Workout
A beginner’s plan to train your body for a one-hour cycle ride.
The Low Impact HIIT Workout
Get all the benefits of a high-intensity workout with this five-move, dumbbell-based routine.
The Low Impact HIIT Workout
Get all the benefits of a high-intensity workout with this five-move, dumbbell-based routine.
BREAK IT DOWN: The Wall Ball Toss
Develop core stability and cross-body coordination.
The Skater Jump
This lateral move builds lower-body strength — and boosts cardio at the same time.
The Active Metabolic Assessment: The Most Accurate Test For Cardio Training
Use this guide to determine your anaerobic threshold and learn how to train in your heart-rate zones.