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Life Time in the News: “Woman, 104, Who Swims Laps Every Day Shares Simple Tips for Long Life”
The oldest Life Time member in North America shares the insights she’s garnered about longevity.
4 Strength-Training Tips for Active Older Adults
An ARORA-certified trainer offers advice for starting or maintaining an effective resistance-training routine, along with guidance for balancing it with low-impact cardio efforts.
How to Keep Your Brain Healthy as You Age
Our brains age just like the rest of our bodies, and just like it’s important to care for our bodies so we can move functionally well for as long as possible, it’s also essential to do everything we can to maintain and support healthy brain function as the years pass by. With the current absence of effective treatment options for most neurological diseases, prevention really is the best treatment for them, and it’s never too early — or too late — to start. Edward Park, PhD, explains what to know about normal and abnormal brain aging, as well as the lifestyle strategies we have control over to support our brain health and help reduce the risk of decline and disease.
Healthy Aging and the Brain: 5 Ways to Improve Neuroplasticity
The importance of exercising our brains as we age and advice for easy ways to strengthen cognitive functioning.
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.
Exercising Safely with Parkinson’s Disease
Consistent exercise can help slow the progression of Parkinson’s. Experts weigh in on how to get the best results.
Strength, Mobility, Balance: Introducing ARORA Fit
A Q&A with the creators of the new signature group training format that’s designed for active older adults.
Stress Less With ARORA Fitness
However you prefer to unwind or destress, there’s an ARORA class for you.
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.
Survey Says: It’s Never Too Late in Life to Make Fulfilling Friendships
A recent study shows that adults aged 55 and older are craving more social activity and satisfying relationships — which helps them adopt healthier habits.
A First Year of Fun: ARORA 2022 Events
See the ways our ARORA community moved and engaged together in our first official year.
ARORA Classes: Find Your Starting Point
ARORA’s co-founder offers recommendations for ARORA classes to try when you aren’t sure which one to choose.
Healthy Aging and Travel: How to Prioritize Your Well-Being on the Go
Tips from an ARORA-certified trainer on maintaining strength, mobility, and endurance to make your long-term travel goals a reality.
This Month in ARORA: Highlights From Our October Community Event
Watch the fun these ARORA members had together this past month.
Why Indoor Cycling Is for Everybody
A Q&A with the designer of the new ARORA Cycle format on how indoor cycling can be an accessible workout for people of all fitness abilities.
This Month in ARORA: Highlights From Our ARORA Dance Event
See how these Life Time members moved and grooved to put some extra fun into their fitness.
Why ARORA?
Becoming a grandparent, caring for aging parents, getting unfavorable health news, not moving the ways you used to — there are several points in our lives, especially when we get older, when age becomes a front-of-mind topic. To support older adults who want to be healthy and fit as they age, Life Time created the ARORA program. The co-founder, Renée Main, joins us in this mini episode to talk about its genesis and all that it offers to members.
Game On!: 3 Ways Games Boost Your Health
Card and dice games have come to Life Time — and an ARORA co-founder shares three reasons getting dealt in is good for your health and well-being.
This Month in ARORA: Highlights From Our Sunshine Yoga Event
Watch how these Life Time members found balance and calm at this ARORA community event.
Life is Good
91-year-old Life Time member Mike V. shares how he’s learned how to enjoy each day.
10 Rules for Aging Well
Every second of every day, all of us are aging, and yet we often wait to address — or altogether avoid — age-related concerns about our health until we reach a certain point in our years or our capabilities begin to diminish. Frank Lipman, MD, shares 10 essential factors he’s outlined for aging well, emphasizing that it’s never too late — or too early — to start embracing them, and that it’s not as difficult as you might think.