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The Skater Jump
This lateral move builds lower-body strength — and boosts cardio at the same time.
Move to Lift Your Mood
Feeling anxious? Angry? Hostile? Depressed? There may be an exercise to help with that.
How Often Should I Exercise?
A Life Time trainer explains why the answer to this question is more complicated than you might think. Plus, offers exercise plan advice for three common fitness goals.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: My Anchor
Our fitness editor explains why an annual kettlebell-swing challenge brought an unexpected benefit during turbulent times.
6 Exercises for Healthy Hips
Our experts show us how to prevent and recover from hip issues with a series of simple moves.
The Neurobic Workout
These four brain-stimulating workouts can improve coordination, balance, and focus.
The Workout: Build Explosive Power
Lightning-fast, full-body training amps up your athleticism — for sports, or whatever life throws your way.
11 Ideas for Socially Distanced Fitness-Club Workouts
Maintain your physical distance during these effective and fun workouts that can all be safely done at your Life Time club.
How Exercise Heals
Regular physical activity can help us recover more quickly, heal more easily, and get an edge over all kinds of disease and injury. In fact, exercise may just be nature’s best medicine.
How to Gain Muscle Mass
Do you have trouble gaining weight or putting on muscle mass? Learn the right way to gain the healthy weight you want.
The Full-Body Group Fitness Class Plan
With a balanced mix of strength, cardio, and recovery classes throughout the week, you can work your entire body — and see noticeable fitness gains.
The Sprint Workout
Bump up your pace and your conditioning — and have some fun — with these sprint workouts.
5 COVID-Era Fitness Trends That Are Here to Stay
The pandemic has required us all to adjust our exercise routines in some way. These five evolutions may be a silver-lining change to our disrupted regimens.
5 Fitness Classes for Stress Relief
Whether you prefer to unwind with quiet stillness or release emotion with high-energy movement, there’s a fitness class suited to your stress-management style.
5 Beginner Foam-Rolling Moves
Discover why trainers often recommend the foam roller as a must-have tool for your pre-and post-workout routines.
10 Sets, 10 Reps: German Volume Training
Looking for a no-frills way to get strong, fast? Try Charles Poliquin’s modified German Volume Training plan.
Beyond Improved Fitness: 5 Surprising Benefits of Video Training
A Life Time master trainer shares some unexpected upsides of taking your workouts virtual.
The Art of the Warm-Up
You’ve probably been told that you should warm up before exercise, but has anyone shown you how?
4 Ways to Add More to Your Fitness Routine
Break through fitness plateaus with these tips for safely and strategically adding more speed, distance, weight, reps, recovery, and nutrition into your fitness routine.
25 Ways to Make Time for Fitness
Too busy to work out? Doubtful. The truth: Finding moments to move is entirely within your grasp.
FMS Screen Test
The Functional Movement Screen assesses seven basic movement patterns to identify tightness and weakness in the body – so you can correct them before they cause major problems.