Strength Training
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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.
Breaking Down Weight-Loss Barriers
A roadmap of habits for support your efforts for body-composition change.
All About the 60XT Challenge: Everything You Need to Know
Learn about this new body transformation program that kicks off on March 24.
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 Do the French Press
This accessory exercise targets the triceps, helping build strength and size in the back of the arms. Learn how to master — and modify — this strength move.
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.
A Powerlifting Workout
Curious about the “Big Three” lifts? Hone your squat, bench press, and deadlift with this well-rounded, all-ages workout.
6 Must-Try On-Demand Workouts to Boost Your Routine
Sample these popular on-demand workouts — anytime, anywhere — in the Life Time app.
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.
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.
How to Set Up a Barbell Deadlift
This compound movement strengthens the hamstrings, glutes, back, and core. It also trains the hip-hinge pattern, which has functional carryover to other exercises and daily activities. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.
How to Set Up a Barbell Overhead Press
Reaching for or lifting objects overhead is commonplace, making this shoulder strengthener a truly functional exercise. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.
Perform a Safe and Effective Kettlebell Swing With These Cues
This dynamic move builds full-body strength and explosive power, working the posterior chain as well as the upper body, namely your lats, forearms, and hands. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.
Are You Making These Common Pushup Mistakes?
This fitness staple is a full-body exercise that builds core stability as well as back, arm, and chest power. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.
What’s the Best Way to Sequence a Workout?
Learn how to sequence your workouts to match your goals and make the most of your efforts.
How to Do the Wood Chop
This rotational movement builds core strength, power, and coordination. Mix up the move with two variations.
9 Strength Moves You May Be Setting Up Wrong (and How to Fix Them)
Expert guidance for nailing the setup of common strength moves — so you can make the most of your lifting efforts.
Feel the Zoom! A Low-Impact, Full-Body Workout to Build Speed and Power
Build explosive power at any age with this speed- and strength-boosting workout.