You’re New to Life Time. Now, What Do You Do First?

Workout Plans

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.

By Emily Ewen

Equipment-Based Workouts Workouts

Your First Week of Strength-Training Workouts

A Dynamic Personal Trainer outlines a seven-day routine for those who are new or returning to working out at the club.

By Callie Fredrickson

Your First Week of Classes at Life Time

A seven-day guide to starting a classes workout routine at your athletic country club.

By Emily Ewen

Workout Floor

Your Guide to Navigating the Fitness Floor

The gym can be confusing and intimidating to navigate. Our experts weigh in on venturing out of your comfort zone.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Fitness Tips Membership

Woman doing a bench press on a weight bench

6 Personal-Trainer Tips for Using the Workout Floor

Top reminders for using this space in the club effectively.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Membership

Strength machines on the workout floor at Life Time

How to Use 4 Popular Strength-Training Machines

A Dynamic Personal Trainer demonstrates using four common strength-training machines — and offers advice for adding them to your workout routine.

By Emily Ewen

Cardio Equipment-Based Workouts

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How to Use 4 Popular Cardio Machines

A Dynamic Personal Trainer explains four common cardio machines — and offers advice for adding them to your workout routine.

By Emily Ewen

An area of machines and weights on the workout floor at Life Time, including two rowers.

4 Life Time Trainers Share Their Favorite Machine on the Workout Floor

Plus, they demonstrate how to use their most-loved equipment at the club.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Strength Training

How to Use 3 Odd-Looking Strength-Training Machines

Don’t let intimidation stop you! A master trainer demonstrates how to use three machines that may appear strange but can offer benefits to your routine.

By Tina Nguyen

Equipment-Based Workouts Workouts

Your Exercise Backup Plan: 7 Moves to Try When the Workout Floor Is Busy

If the machine or equipment you want isn’t available, consider these swaps.

By Emily Ewen

Workouts

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A 30-Minute Strength Training and Running Workout

This 30-minute hybrid workout combines strength training and speedwork for an effective, efficient challenge.

By Nicole Radziszewski

Running Workouts

A woman doing a glute bridge in a fitness setting.

8 Beginner Strength-Training Moves for Body-Composition Change

Resistance training is an essential part of any fitness routine. These exercises can help boost metabolism and support fat loss.

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Equipment-Based Workouts Strength Training

A 7-Move Unilateral Workout for Full-Body and Core Strength

These “dual-purpose,” one-sided exercises work multiple muscle groups at a time including your core for full-body strength and stability.

By Emily Ewen

Collage of woman doing the Big 3 powerlifting moves

A Powerlifting Workout

Curious about the “Big Three” lifts? Hone your squat, bench press, and deadlift with this well-rounded, all-ages workout.

By Andrew Heffernan

Equipment-Based Workouts Strength Training

How to Use the Treadmill for an Indoor Hiking Workout

Our fitness editor shares a favorite indoor hiking workout for the treadmill — plus, an upbeat playlist.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Cardio Equipment-Based Workouts

A woman doing a bodyweight squat while wearing a weighted vest.

2 Must-Try Weighted-Vest Workouts

Boost the benefits of these strength and endurance workouts with a weighted vest. All you need is 30 minutes.

By Carrie Harris

Workouts

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6 Dynamic Core Training Exercises

Rotation and antirotation are vital for injury prevention and athletic performance. Incorporate both with this dynamic core routine.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Equipment-Based Workouts Strength Training

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.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Equipment-Based Workouts Pilates & Barre

A 10-Minute Glute Workout to Build Strength and Power

Try this two-move dumbbell routine for long-term strength gains and a same-day booty pump.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

At-Home Workouts Equipment-Based Workouts

Fitness Tips

I Don’t Want to Think About My Workouts. What Are My Options at Life Time?

Take the stress out of planning your workouts with several in-club or in-app possibilities.

By Emily Ewen

5 Common Mistakes People New to Fitness Make

A Dynamic Personal Trainer offers advice for combating these blunders when beginning a new workout regimen.

By Callie Fredrickson

8 Things to Add to a New Fitness Routine

Important habits to consider when you’re starting (or restarting) a workout regimen.

By Bryce Morris

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How to Add 30 More Minutes of Movement to Your Day

A Life Time Master Trainer shares the health benefits of moving your body beyond your daily workout, along with practical tips for integrating more activity into your routine.

By Katie Wahowske

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What’s In Your Workout Bag?

Six Life Time Performers offer a peek at what they pack in preparation for a successful workout experience.

By Sophie Lunda

Using the Club

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Get Inspired: 3 Perfect Visits to Life Time

A few team members share how they’d spend time at their athletic country club if they could do all their favorite things.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Healthy Habits/Goal Setting

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30 Minutes at Life Time

Ideas for making the most of your time at the club when you only have 30 minutes to spare.

By Emily Ewen

What Would You Do With an Extra Hour at Life Time?

Inspiration for how to spend time at your athletic country club if you happen to have just a little bit more free time one day.

By Tina Nguyen

Healthy Habits/Goal Setting Membership

9 Features You Won’t Find at Many Gyms

The unparalleled amenities that set Life Time athletic country clubs apart from the rest.

By Emily Ewen

3 Ways to Be a Life Time Club Hopper

Members share their strategies for visiting the network of more than 180 athletic country clubs and how it meets their healthy-living needs.

By Tina Nguyen

Flexibility & Mobility Membership

Club Programming

One Secret to Sustainable Fitness Success

Learn why working with a Dynamic Personal Trainer can be a difference-maker as you pursue your health and fitness goals.

By Callie Fredrickson

Fitness Tips Membership

A Dynamic Stretch Specialist working with a client stretching his neck in an assisted stretch session.

What Is Dynamic Stretch?

How an assisted-stretch session at Life Time can help you feel better and reach your fitness goals.

By Emily Ewen

Person in a group fitness class doing a squat with a barbell on their back

Why Life Time Classes Are for Everyone

Group fitness coaches share how inclusivity shapes class programming at Life Time.

By Emily Ewen

Why Life Time Group Training?

Learn what sets these signature programs apart and how you can use them to kick-start or level-up your fitness.

By Emily Ewen

Family/Parenting/Kids Membership

How to Play Pickleball

It’s the fastest-growing sport in the country — but do you know how to play pickleball?

By Molly Kopischke

Membership Pickleball

A Life Time trainer coaching a gray-haired woman using dumbbells.

Discover ARORA

Learn all about Life Time’s latest collection of activities designed for those who want to stay active, healthy, and social as they age.

By Molly Kopischke

Active Aging Membership

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.

By Callie Fredrickson

Classes

Participants lifting dumbbell weights in a group fitness class.

The Ultimate Guide to Life Time Classes

A complete look at the studio, yoga, and cycle class offerings in our athletic country clubs — and tips for finding the right fits for you.

By Emily Ewen

What’s Your Signature Group Training Class Personality?

A guide to help you find the signature group training program that matches your needs, goals, interests, and workout style.

By Emily Ewen

Three side-by-side images of individuals taking three different strength fitness classes.

Which Strength Class Is Right for Me?

Build your strength-training routine with the many class options at Life Time.

By Emily Ewen

Which Cardio Class Is Right for Me?

A breakdown of the three cardio classes offered at Life Time and what you can expect in each format.

By Emily Ewen

Cardio Group Fitness

Which Yoga Class Is Right for Me?

A breakdown of the six yoga classes offered at Life Time and what you can expect in each class.

By Emily Ewen

Membership Pilates & Barre

Everything to Know About Pilates at Life Time

A Pilates expert explains the basics of this practice and how to work it into your routine.

By Emily Ewen

Person doing a lunge move on a Pilates reformer in a CTR class at Life Time

Core, Tone, Reform: What Is CTR at Life Time?

Step inside the studio for a peek at CTR, the newest athletic reformer class for Life Time members.

By Emily Ewen

membership

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9 Surprising Things Included in Your Membership

Beyond the best fitness equipment, fresh towels, and relaxing whirlpools, your Life Time membership includes a wide range of incredible bonus benefits. Are you taking advantage of them all?

By Lindsey Frey Palmquist