Workouts

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8 Beginner Strength-Training Moves for Body-Composition Change

Resistance training is an essential part of any fitness routine. These exercises can help boost metabolism and support fat loss.

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Equipment-Based Workouts Fitness Tips

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Three 10-Minute Workouts to Build a Full-Body Strength Routine

Low on time, energy, or motivation? Try fitness stacking. Combining 10-minute bursts of activity might be just the trick you need to get moving.

By Nicole Radziszewski

Workouts

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The Joint-Friendly Water Workout

These pool-based cardio and strength exercises are easy on your joints — and all together add up to good workout.

By Emily Ewen

Active Aging Aqua Fitness

4 Antirotation Exercises to Build Core Strength

Antirotational exercises can improve alignment and core stability. Consider adding one of these moves to your next workout.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Equipment-Based Workouts Strength Training

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6 Dynamic Core Training Exercises

Rotation and antirotation are vital for injury prevention and athletic performance. Incorporate both with this dynamic core routine.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Equipment-Based Workouts Strength Training

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Stress Less With ARORA Fitness

However you prefer to unwind or destress, there’s an ARORA class for you.

By Emily Ewen

Active Aging Group Fitness

Fitness Classes for Your Feelings

Guidance for choosing a workout class based on your current mood.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Group Fitness

Barre Arms: Sculpt Your Upper Body With These 6 Exercises

Harness these dance-inspired, low-impact barre-arm exercises to build upper-body strength and endurance.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Equipment-Based Workouts Pilates & Barre

5 Moves You’ll See in ARORA Tai Chi

Learn about the benefits of this practice — and a few of the moves you’ll do in class.

By Emily Ewen

Active Aging Body-Weight Workouts

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Talks — S6, EP13 / Sprints, Strength, and Balance: A Look at Ultra Fit Training

The blend of sprinting with strength and balance work makes Ultra Fit training unique in its ability to improve your functional fitness and push you to your athletic limits. It’s also why Bahram Akradi, the founder and CEO of Life Time and developer of this format, describes Ultra Fit as one of the “most efficient, effective workouts.” In this episode, track and field Olympian and Ultra Fit Coach Mechelle Lewis Freeman digs into the science behind the training and explains how it’s designed to challenge your body and brain through every stage of life.

With Mechelle Lewis Freeman, Olympian and Ultra Fit Coach

Group Fitness Membership

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Talks — S6, EP12 / Why Ultra Fit?

Ultra Fit is a signature group training format at Life Time that combines sprint interval training with strength and stability work — and was designed with a competitive athlete in mind. But what is the class like? What results does it elicit? And how does it differ from other training programs? In this mini episode, Hayley Akradi, Ultra Fit Coach and national program ambassador, shares what’s good to know about this format.

With Hayley Akradi, Ultra Fit Coach

Group Fitness Membership

Talks — S6, EP10 / Why Alpha?

Alpha is a signature group training format at Life Time that’s centered around Olympic-style lifting and metabolic conditioning. But what is the class like? What results does it elicit? And how does it differ from other training programs? In this mini episode, Konnor Fleming, Master Alpha Coach, shares what to know about this format.

With Konnor Fleming, Alpha Master Coach

Group Fitness Membership

The Gardener’s Workout: 7 Functional Moves to Prevent Injury

Gardening is a great workout, but it may cause a lot of wear and tear on the body. These moves can help you tackle yard projects big and small.

By Heidi Wachter

Body-Weight Workouts Fitness Tips

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Talks — S6, EP8 / Why GTX?

GTX is a signature group training format at Life Time that’s a 50/50 blend of cardio and strength. But what is the class like? What results does it elicit? And how does it differ from other training programs? In this mini episode, Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach, shares those details and more about this format.

With Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach

Group Fitness Membership

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20-Minute 60day Workout to Get You Stronger

In this sample Sweat Session you'll perform three movements for four rounds, going down in reps and up in weights as you go, before finishing with a core block.

By The LTH Nutrition Team

At-Home Workouts Equipment-Based Workouts

Your First Week of Workouts at Life Time

A Dynamic Personal Trainer’s seven-day guide to jump-start your fitness if you’re new to or restarting a club routine.

By Emily Ewen

Equipment-Based Workouts Fitness Tips

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6 Exercises for Shoulder Pain

Performing this combination of strength and mobility exercises will help ease shoulder pain, make everyday tasks easier, and even improve athletic performance.

By Lauren Bedosky

Equipment-Based Workouts Fitness Tips

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16 Tips for Upgrading Your Fitness Routine in 2023

Seven healthy-living experts share their go-to advice for embracing healthy habits and sticking to your goals in the New Year.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Group Fitness

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6 Exercises to Help You Get Down on the Floor — and Up off the Floor — With Ease

Have you done a sit-stand test? The ability to get up off the floor with minimal support is a marker of longevity. Practice these moves to improve flexibility, balance, motor coordination, and muscle power.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Active Aging Body-Weight Workouts