What Is Pilates — and What Are the Benefits of Pilates?
A Pilates expert shares the principles behind this exercise modality and the top benefits of adding it to your routine.
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The Lifestyle Guide to Supporting Your Immune System
Understand what factors outside of nutrition and exercise influence the health of your immune system.
5 Signs You Need More Recovery After a Workout
Here are some warning signs that you might be overdoing it on the exercise front.
Expert Answers: Saunas for Weight Loss, Sore Achilles’ Tendons, and More
We ask the experts if saunas can help lose weight, why Achille’s tendons get sore, how many exercise sets and reps to do, and how to deal with lopsided injuries.
PUMPING IRONY: Mixed Messages
Bummed out by my painful recovery from an overambitious workout, I find myself slightly perplexed by a new study suggesting that exercise eases depression.
Workouts to Train Your Body for Outdoor Adventures
Get trail-ready with advice and exercises from our expert trainers to prepare you for hiking, backpacking, paddling, or portaging activities.
How to Fall in Love With Your Workouts
Four fitness experts from Life Time share their top tips for cultivating a positive mindset around exercise.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Out With Earn-and-Burn
Our fitness editor challenges the mindset of exercise as a way to “burn off” your last meal.
Fitness Fixes: How Do I Workout With MS?
Finding a way to work out with multiple sclerosis can be difficult, but following a few guidelines often makes exercise easier and helps manage the disease.
The Fascial Connection
Just beneath your skin lies a complex network of connective tissue called fascia that helps you move, stand straight, and play hard. Keeping fascia tissue healthy might be one of the most effective — and most overlooked — ways to improve your health and fitness.
Master Your Game With Sports Vision Training
Improving your visual skills — and acuity — can give you an edge in virtually any sport. Here’s how to start seeing more.
Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2017
An annual survey of health-and-fitness professionals predicts the coming year’s movements.
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.
How to Breathe
The way we breathe affects our athletic performance, cognitive health, and overall well-being. Here’s how to breathe better.
5 Things to Do — and Not to Do — When Starting a Health Program
A Life Time coach shares the dos and don’ts she’s seen make the difference for clients when embarking on a new fitness or nutrition plan.
How Your Hormones Affect Weight Loss
In his new book, The Setpoint Diet, New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Bailor talks about how to balance your hormones and lose weight naturally.
The Power of Working Out in a Group
Discover how training in a fitness community can improve your performance, keep you accountable, and help you tap into a greater sense of purpose.
6 Hip Stretches to Improve Mobility and Strength
Keep your hips strong, mobile, and fit for a lifetime with these stretching and strength drills.
Strength Training for Your Feet
Improving strength and mobility in your feet can help alleviate pain, boost athletic performance, and enhance your quality of life.
COMING CLEAN: Core Work
Right around the time I hit my heaviest weight, I started having horrible back issues. If I stood too long, if I wasn’t sitting up straight at my desk, I’d…
The Outdoor Strength Circuit
Too nice of a day to head to the gym? Get a super strength workout outdoors. Your local park or playground provides all the equipment you need.