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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.
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.
6 Dynamic Core Training Exercises
Rotation and antirotation are vital for injury prevention and athletic performance. Incorporate both with this dynamic core routine.
Stress Less With ARORA Fitness
However you prefer to unwind or destress, there’s an ARORA class for you.
Fitness Classes for Your Feelings
Guidance for choosing a workout class based on your current mood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to Use a Foam Roller to Build Strength
Foam rollers aren’t just for recovery. This innovative workout shows how to use the tool to elevate your strength routine.
9 Do-Anywhere Stretches to Ease Back Pain
Try these neck, shoulder, and back stretches when you’re feeling achy.
Split Training: An Upper-Body and Lower-Body Strength Workout
Hone your strength — and optimize your recovery — by splitting your workouts into upper-body and lower-body training days. These two workouts show you how.
Fit + Focused
Break through your fitness plateau and build upper-body strength with this tempo-based workout.