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Supplements to Support Your Efforts in Your Favorite Fitness Classes
Pairing these expert-recommended supplements with your go-to Life Time workout class can aid your body’s recovery.
How to Do the Goblet March
This low-impact move challenges your balance while strengthening your grip, core, hips, and back.
Start Spreading the News: Life Time Pickleball Has Arrived in New York City
A tennis legend and four top-rated pickleball pros help break in the new pickleball courts at Life Time at PENN 1.
Can Chiropractic Care Help With Exercise Recovery?
A licensed LifeClinic chiropractor explains the role of this type of treatment in the recovery process.
Expert Q&A: How Cupping Can Alleviate Tension and Pain
Two massage therapists outline the benefits of this ancient therapeutic technique.
What Is Pilates — and What Are the Benefits of Pilates?
A Pilates expert shares the principles behind this exercise modality and the top benefits of adding it to your routine.
The Problem With Using the RICE Protocol to Treat a Soft Tissue Injury
Some think the RICE protocol — rest, ice, compression, and elevation — is an outdated way to handle injuries. Here’s how to use a little PEACE and LOVE for recovery.
How Do I Know If it’s Safe to Exercise Outside?
Wildfires, smog, and other environmental issues can cause poor air quality. Consider these four factors when contemplating an outdoor workout.
Expert Answers: How Do I Minimize the Impact of Hitting the Outside of My Shoe on the Ground When I’m Running?
If posterior striking is one of your running challenges, these four strength exercises can make your body more resilient to the impact.
5 Mobility and Strength Moves to Prepare You for Golf Season
These exercises can help prevent injury and optimize your performance on the course.
8 Yoga Poses to Help Digestion
Stretch, twist, and breathe your way to better digestion with this restorative flow.
Morning Movement
The benefits of moving first thing in the morning are vast and varied. Our fitness editor shares a routine that works for her.
Why Escalating Density Training?
Escalating Density Training (EDT) is an approach to training that’s focused on density during strength training — and that can mean big results in a shorter period of exercise.
Can I Make It Safer to Do an Outdoor Workout on a High-Pollution Day?
Here are several ways to protect yourself if you decide to take your workout outside.
Does Exercising Outdoors on a High-Pollution Day Negate the Benefits of Exercise?
It’s complicated. Here’s why.
Go-To Recovery Methods for Pickleball Players
A pickleball pro shares guidance for supporting your body and maintaining its readiness to hit the court.
Where Do You Wobble?
Our fitness editor explores what it means to face moments of imbalance head-on — in movement and in life.
5 Stretches to Promote Recovery and Stress Relief
A stretch specialist demonstrates a few moves that can relieve muscle tension and counter stress.
The Big Pickle in the Big Apple: Life Time is Bringing More Indoor Pickleball to Manhattan
The ever-growing sport of pickleball is taking hold in the city that never sleeps.
What Is Rucking? Tips to Getting Started
Learn how adding a weighted pack (known as a rucksack) can elevate the strength and endurance effects of your daily walk.
A Nasal Breathing Strength-and-Conditioning Workout
Learn how to harness the power of nasal diaphragmatic breathing with this body-weight strength-and-conditioning flow.