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How Electrolytes Can Boost Your Athletic Performance
Electrolytes can prevent muscle cramping and help you stay hydrated. Here’s why.
Why Life Time Group Training?
Learn what sets these signature programs apart and how you can use them to kick-start or level-up your fitness.
How Amino Acids Can Fuel Your Athletic Performance
Learn how amino acids can support your body during a workout.
Breaking Down Weight-Loss Barriers
A roadmap of habits for support your efforts for body-composition change.
What Does My Resting Heart Rate Tell Me About My Health and Fitness?
Delve into what this measurement means for your heart health and exercise goals.
How to Find the Right Greens Powder for You
The first step is identifying which nutrients you may be lacking.
Why Creatine?
Creatine can be a powerful supplement for improving lean muscle mass, strength, energy, cognition, and more.
How Does Protein Support My Health and Fitness Goals?
Two nutrition experts explain why this macronutrient is critical for our health and well-being and offer tips for optimizing your intake.
How to Stop Talking Yourself Out of Exercising
Psychologist Diana Hill and biomechanist Katy Bowman, coauthors of a new book, share tips on how to clear the mental hurdles that keep you from moving your body.
Can Red-Light Therapy Help Fitness Performance and Recovery?
Here are seven common questions about red-light therapy, including its ability to reduce inflammation, aid muscle recovery, and alleviate aches and pains.
A Guide to Exercising During Cancer Treatment
Physical activity is a powerful complement to traditional cancer treatment. Learn how to manage your strength, energy, and mindset.
3 Functional Water Additives to Try
What you need to know about electrolytes, amino acids, and greens powders.
Why Am I Not Hungry After a Tough Workout?
Here’s expert advice on how to balance low appetite with proper fueling and recovery.
Perfect Your Plank With These Expert Cues
This isometric full-body hold is a highly effective strength and stability builder, targeting the deep-core muscles of the abdomen as well as the shoulders, glutes, and back. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.
Build Arm Strength With the Biceps Curl
Hone your biceps curl with these expert tips. Plus, we offer nine variations on the classic move.
Watch Out For These Common Split Squat and Lunge Errors
These moves — differentiated by whether both feet remain static (split squat) or one foot steps forward and backward (lunge) — strengthen the glutes, quads, and calves; build hip, knee, and ankle stability; and help improve overall balance. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform them correctly.
How to Set Up a Barbell Bench Press
This classic move builds chest and shoulder strength while also improving stability in the small, intrinsic muscles around the shoulder joint. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.
How to Set Up a Bent-Over Dumbbell Row
Building strength through the middle and upper back, lats, and shoulders, this row also enhances mobility through the scapulae and improves stability in the thoracic spine and deep abdominals. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.
How to Set Up a Barbell Back Squat
This exercise works muscles around multiple joints in the lower body, building strength and muscle in your quads, glutes, and hamstrings. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.
3 Tips for Fueling for Life Time Classes
Helpful reminders about prioritizing nutrition and hydration when going after your fitness goals.
4 Life Time Trainers Share Their Favorite Machine on the Workout Floor
Plus, they demonstrate how to use their most-loved equipment at the club.




















