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ONE HEALTHY HABIT:
Avoid Screens at Bedtime
This month’s One Healthy Habit challenge puts time limits on your tech use for better rest at night — and an easier start the next day.
PUMPING IRONY: Eat Less, Live Longer?
The latest longevity research suggests that calorie restriction may slow the pace of aging, but questions about the design of these types of studies — and the threat of sparking eating disorders — muddle its conclusions.
Can You Analyze Your Dreams? Yes, and Here’s How
Your subconscious is speaking to you while you’re sleeping. Here are strategies to uncover what it’s saying.
The Importance of Heart-Rate Zone Training
Understanding your heart-rate zones allows you to approach your fitness efforts in a more personalized way — working at the right intensity level and tapping into the right fuel source for your body at the right time. Omaur Bliss, GTX Coach, explains more about the benefits of this type of training and the ways it’s integrated into GTX programming.
A Look at the Stress Reaction and Heart Health Lab Panel
What blood markers are tested and why knowing them can positively impact your health plan and trajectory.
How to Use Guided Imagery
Guided imagery can be a powerful support tool for health recovery, goal realization, and emotional healing. Here are some practical guidelines to follow when finding the right program for your needs.
Can Antibiotics Affect Your Ability to Exercise?
Yes, according to recent research, and it all comes down to how antibiotics throw the microbiome out of balance. Learn why.
PUMPING IRONY: The Price of Prevention
Barely one in three U.S. seniors is vaccinated against shingles, despite their vulnerability to the often-dangerous virus. One reason for their hesitancy became all too clear when I got the bill for my shot.
Everything You Need to Know About Bodyweight Strength with Coach Kemma
Learn about this do-anywhere training plan designed to kick-start your love of fitness.
4 Fitness Markers to Evaluate Your Health
Are you aging well? Try out these four fitness tests that have been linked to a reduced mortality risk.
What Is Medical Gaslighting?
Medical gaslighting occurs when a healthcare provider dismisses a patient’s symptoms as unimportant, psychosomatic, or as a manifestation of hypochondria.
PUMPING IRONY: Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something!
Sitting may be the new smoking, but recent research suggests that what you happen to be doing while parked in a chair — or on the couch — may mitigate its effect on your aging brain.
5 Techniques for Managing Stress in the Moment
Try these quick exercises for immediate support during stressful times.
What Are the Risk Factors and Triggers for Functional Neurological Disorders?
It turns out there are a variety of different triggers, say experts.
PUMPING IRONY: Forever Young?
The latest revelations from a leader in the antiaging industry promise a treatment that could dial back the years, perhaps extending our lifespans indefinitely. But is the goal a longer life or something even more elusive?
3 Life Time Coaches Give Their Top Tips for Healthy Transformation
Consider these simple tips from our experts to help you make progress toward your healthy goals.
How Much Protein Do I Need?
If you ask any of the Life Time dietitians — including this episode’s guest, Paul Krieger, RD, CPT — they’ll note that one of the most important things you can do for your nutrition is make sure you’re consuming enough quality protein. Kriegler explains why this macronutrient is so critical for health, and he shares how much protein you need, what animal and plant sources are the best, and ways to support your body in properly digesting and absorbing it.
How to Relieve a Stiff Neck
Simple strategies for addressing and preventing discomfort in your neck.
PUMPING IRONY: A Parley With Parkinson’s
While I only occasionally wonder whether Parkinson’s awaits me somewhere down the road, recent research provides some calming evidence that lifestyle changes may help keep the disease at bay.
Reassessing New Year’s Resolutions
Life Time Dynamic Personal Trainers share their thoughts on New Year’s resolutions — and offer tips for sticking to your healthy-living goals all year long.
Survey Says: Building Muscle Is a Top Fitness Focus for 2023
A recent survey reveals that building muscle topped weight loss for the most popular fitness goal in 2023.