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Sports & Recreation

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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.
By Jessica Migala
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
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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.
By Sarah Tuff
At-Home WorkoutsSports & Recreation
women run through a field

The Female-Athlete Research Gap

A Q&A with health journalist Christine Yu on the lack of research on female athletes.
By Lauren Bedosky
Sports & Recreation
Venus Williams

Venus Williams on Setbacks, Comebacks, and Resilience

Tennis champ Venus Williams on how the ups and downs of a nearly 30-year career have challenged and changed her.
By Michael Dregni
Attitude/MindsetPersonal Development
Shaun White

Shaun White: From Snowboarding Legend to Mentor and Entrepreneur

The five-time Olympian talks about stepping back from competition and leaning into exciting new adventures.
By Michael Dregni
Sports & Recreation
Person playing pickleball and a Dynamic Stretch Specialist helping a person stretch their leg

5 Stretches to Help Your Pickleball Game

A Dynamic Stretch Specialist on the importance of prioritizing your flexibility and mobility to reduce the risk of pickleball injuries.
By Emily Ewen
Flexibility & MobilityPickleball
The lower half of two people's bodies who are playing pickleball on an outdoor court.

Up Your Pickleball Game: 5 Classes to Add to Your Fitness Routine

Try one or more of these Life Time classes to strengthen your body’s on-court abilities.
By Callie Fredrickson
Group FitnessMembership
Person standing in front of a sign at Mt. Kilimanjaro

Summiting to New Heights

A Life Time Dynamic Personal Trainer prepares to climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro — and she’s inviting others to join her.
By Emily Ewen
Fitness TipsPlay/Recreation
Life Time Dumbo pool

Life Time in the News: “Woman, 104, Who Swims Laps Every Day Shares Simple Tips for Long Life”

The oldest Life Time member in North America shares the insights she’s garnered about longevity.
By Life Time Editorial Team
Active AgingAqua Fitness
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Life Time Breaks Ground on its First Ground-Up Pickleball Club

The athletic country club brand takes its commitment to this rising sport to the next level with the announcement of this new pickleball facility in the company’s home state of Minnesota.
By Life Time Editorial Team
MembershipPickleball
man rock climbing on indoor wall

How to Take Your Favorite Outdoor Fitness Activities Indoors

Continue pursuing or strengthening your abilities for the warm-weather activities you love in the off season.
By Callie Fredrickson
Fitness TipsGroup Fitness
people playing pickleball on an indoor court

7 Tips for Preventing Pickleball Injuries

Pickleball pros provide advice for steering clear from injury while playing this popular sport.
By Callie Fredrickson
PickleballSports & Recreation
Barbara Powell beneath a finish line of a running race.

All in on Running

Life Time Foundation athlete and ultrarunner Barbara Powell moves across the country to train for her most challenging race yet: the Leadville 100-mile.
By Callie Fredrickson
Member StoriesRunning
Two individuals doing a medicine ball toss.

8 Strength Exercises for Pickleball Players

These workout-floor movements can increase your strength and mobility, safeguard against injury, and improve your pickleball prowess on the court.
By Callie Fredrickson
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
Person exercising outdoors

5 Tips for Safely Exercising in the Summer Heat

Recommendations from two Dynamic Personal Trainers for working out when it’s hot outside.
By Emily Ewen
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
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Fitness Around the World

Martial arts in Brazil, stone lifting in Iceland, mace swinging in India. Infuse your active endeavors with renewed energy, courtesy of the inspired movement habits of other cultures.
By Andrew Heffernan
Sports & Recreation
Two people playing basketball on an outdoor court.

6 Summer-Training Tips to Become a Better Basketball Player

Advice from a Life Time Basketball trainer for improving your game over the off-season — plus, his two go-to shooting drills.
By Emily Ewen
Sports & Recreation
man hitting a pickleball over the net

How Do You Play Skinny Singles Pickleball?

This one-on-one pickleball variation can be a method of practice for improving your skills.
By Callie Fredrickson
PickleballSports & Recreation
what to eat to support a health gut for athletic performance

7 Tips to Build Your Gut Health and Enhance Athletic Performance

A healthy gut can enhance athletic performance. Here are three nutritional strategies to boost gut health.
By Michael Dregni
Fitness TipsGut Health
the athletic microbiome

How Your Gut Microbiome Can Affect Your Athletic Performance

Research is beginning to shed light on the relationship between the gut microbiome and improved athletic performance. Discover how these two seemingly unrelated factors are connected.
By Michael Dregni
Fitness TipsGut Health
A man running outside

Spring Training: A Time to Go for New Goals

Inspiration for pursuing your spring fitness routine from Life Time Dynamic Personal Trainers.
By Emily Ewen
Fitness TipsHealthy Habits/Goal Setting
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