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5 Adventures to Take With Your Dog
Looking for adventurous inspiration? Your pup’s ready to show the way.
How to Cope With a Toxic Friend
Maintaining healthy social ties is crucial to our well-being, but some relationships may not be giving you the best energy.
5 Ways to Increase Your Social Connections
How to use gratitude, reciprocity, altruism, choice, and enjoyment to cope with loneliness.
When Should I Get My Kids Involved in Sports?
An expert Q&A on the benefits of sports for kids, how to get them started, and how to keep them engaged as they grow.
6 Ways to Bring Back Free Play
Kids are so overscheduled these days. Here are some tips to bring unstructured play back into their lives.
How to Create a Home Obstacle Course for Your Kids
Practical tips on how to increase free play in your house.
The After-School Workout
Once the final bell of the school day rings, encourage your kids to get moving and burn off some energy with this 30-minute workout.
Are Kids Specializing in Sports Too Early?
Yes, and for most kids, this can be harmful, says our expert. Here’s why — and what to do.
10 Back-to-School Survival Tips — for Parents and Kids
Life Time trainers and coaches, who are also parents, give real-life advice for easing kids into the busy fall season.
Want Smarter Children? Teach Them Music
Music can shape stronger neural networks, according to a recent study.
Saved By the Bell: Kristen Bell
Actor, Singer, activist, entrepreneur, and now children’s-book author Kristen Bell wants to save the world — or at least make it a better place for all.
How to Help Kids Thrive Through Physical Activity
Our children face many fitness challenges, including sports specialization, gender issues, excess screen time, and more. Discover how to help kids find meaning, health, and joy through physical activity.
Why Dance?
Dance is more than a physically beneficial form of fitness: It evokes happiness, mental relief, and social connection. In this mini episode, Jeimy Bueno Prisby explains why you don’t need to be a “dancer” to enjoy the advantages of moving your body.
Why Self-Compassion is a Learnable Skill — and One We ALL Need
Self-compassion is a powerful tool for improving our own well-being and our relationships — yet cultural blocks often dissuade us from practicing this skill. In this episode, Kristin Neff, PhD, shares what self-compassion is, the strong, positive ways it can affect us (and others), and how we can start cultivating more of it in our daily lives.
Why GameFace?
From a young age, sports offer a way to stay active and learn valuable life skills. For some, they become an ambition as they get older. In this mini episode, DeVentri Jordan, founder and national director of GameFace at Life Time, shares the ways this sports-training program helps people grow in athletics, whether they’re just getting introduced to sports or are aiming to compete at a high level.
Active, Healthy, Social: 5 Benefits of ARORA
A few Life Time members share what they love about the latest programming for active, older adults and how they participate in this growing community.
Getting Bigger and Stronger: A Beginner Strength-Training Workout for Teens
This full-body routine offers a great entry point for the growing kids in your life to start building their confidence on the workout floor.
Finding My Groove Again
How a resurfaced workout playlist sparked this Life Time team member to find fitness — and joy in it — once again.
Stories of Pride: Four LGBTQ+ Team Members Share What the Month of June Means to Them
These four Life Time team members share how uplifting, celebrating, and supporting the LGBTQ+ community is vital to our health — and goes well beyond Pride Month every June.
Let the Fun Begin: The Many Ways Kids Can Enjoy Life Time
Whether your kids are taking their first steps or heading to high school, our athletic country clubs offer a range of healthy options for every age, stage, and personality.
Celebrating All the Dads Out There
And one in particular for the cofounder of Life Time’s ARORA program.