Strength Training
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How to Do the L-Sit
This acrobatic feat helps build full-body strength and rock-solid core stability. Here’s how to build up to this impressive move.
Grip, Swing, Repeat! Why More Adults Should Hit the Monkey Bars
Improve your grip and upper body strength by reintroducing this classic playground favorite into your strength routine.
How Muscles Remember — and Regain — Lost Strength
Taking an unexpected break from fitness due to illness or injury? Don’t stress — your strength can return faster than you think.
Create Functional Strength With This Odd-Objects Workout
Build real-world strength by embracing awkward positions and unruly weights in this strongman-inspired routine.
5 Hamstring Exercises for Runners
A certified running coach explains why hamstring strength matters for performance and injury prevention and demonstrates five exercises to add to your routine.
4 Exercises for a Stronger Side Butt
Want healthy hips? Build strength in your gluteus medius and gluteus minimus with these progressive moves.
What’s Really in an Effective Strength-Training Plan?
Learn the movement patterns and other variables that form the backbone of a well-rounded and productive strength regimen.
A 7-Move Glute Workout for Healthy Aging
Learn why strong glute muscles are essential for aging well — and how these exercises can strengthen your lower body.
A 10-Minute Glute Workout to Build Strength and Power
Try this two-move dumbbell routine for long-term strength gains and a same-day booty pump.
How to Perform an Effective Dumbbell Pullover
This classic bodybuilding move builds your lats and shores up your core stability.
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.