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Fitness Data Explained
Wearable fitness devices collect a lot of information. Learn how to make the most of yours.
Meet Your Studio, Cycle & Yoga Performers: Three Experts to Motivate Your Workouts
Plus, learn to move like these performers with their signature moves.
The True Source of a Runner’s High?
Could endocannabinoids —not endorphins — be the answer?
The Nature Cure
Learn how going outdoors can help ease depression and hypertension and improve resiliency and immunity.
A Holistic Approach to Health — and Weight Loss
When it comes to building optimal health — including goals like losing weight — fitness and nutrition are often the two main factors that are associated with results. But there are many other lifestyle behaviors that influence your ability to reach and sustain your goals. Anika Christ, RD, CPT, joins us to take a comprehensive look, offering strategies for better health as a whole — and weight loss as a byproduct.
3-Week Indoor Cycle-Training Workout
A beginner’s plan to train your body for a one-hour cycle ride.
How to Do Side Plank
Boost your lateral stability, core strength, and overall balance by personalizing this body-weight training staple. Take it to the next level with two challenging variations.
The Chipper Workout
This high-volume workout will challenge your strength, conditioning, and mental stamina.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Modify, Modify, Modify!
How our fitness editor personalizes her routine to make exercises easier, harder, smarter, and all-around better.
6 Steps to Create a Fitness Routine You’ll Love
Here’s how to find a fitness routine that resonates with you.
4 Trapezius Muscle Stretches to Relieve Pain
Improve your neck and shoulder comfort with these simple exercises.
Staying Fit in College
A chaotic class schedule doesn’t have to mean a non-existent exercise plan. Learn how a Life Time Digital Membership can support your healthy-living efforts.
How Do I Start Working Out?
Four of Life Time’s Master Trainers share their go-to strategies for making fitness progress — whether you’re picking up your routine again or starting fresh.
Why Small Habit Changes Might Not Work For Everyone
While one-habit-at-a-time methods can be useful for some, many times a more holistic overhaul may be a more successful approach for getting you to your goal.
5 Truths Behind Weight Loss Success Stories
Time and time again, our coaches see these five elements as being key to those seeking a weight-loss transformation.
Why Finish Lines Work for Fitness Programs
Four reasons to work finish lines consistently into your health and fitness approach.
How Fitness Can Improve Your Brain and Mental Health
Moving your body can help you sharpen your focus, improve your mood, and more.
The Benefits of Moving Your Body
The benefits of physical activity can be felt in every part of the body, making you stronger, smarter, healthier, happier, and even more gorgeous.
Workouts to Train Your Body for Outdoor Adventures
Get trail-ready with advice and exercises from our expert trainers to prepare you for hiking, backpacking, paddling, or portaging activities.
Why Nutrition-Only Programs Rarely Work
Looking for transformational results? Learn why nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle all play a pivotal and connected role.
Fueling for Your Workouts
Fueling for workouts can be tricky: How we do it depends on a lot of individual factors, and it can take time to learn what does or does not work for us. Cliff Edberg, RD, Master Trainer at Life Time, breaks down what we need to know about pre- and post-workout nutrition, and offers general guidelines we can start with to then hone in on what’s best for us.