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How to Eat 30 Grams of Protein at Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Eating 30 grams of protein per meal is a target to aim for to help steady blood sugar, support energy, and keep you feeling satiated. Use these high-protein recipes to reach that goal.
Hop to It: A Leap Day-Inspired Workout
Elevate your routine with this five-move workout that’s full of leaps and jumps.
5 Tips for Staying the Course When You’re Not Seeing Fitness Progress
Advice from a Dynamic Personal Trainer about what to do when you’ve been working on your fitness but your results are seemingly stalled.
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.
Dynamic Duo: 3 Stretches to Do With a Partner
A stretch specialist outlines the benefits of assisted stretching and demonstrates three options you can try with a partner.
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.
Expert Answers: Do You Need Sodium for Hydration?
How this mineral is involved in the body’s hydration process.
2 Refreshing Electrolyte Mocktail Recipes
The inclusion of electrolytes in these mocktails provides you with an extra hydration boost.
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.
What Are Macros and Calories?
Macros and calories are often the focus for many individuals who are pursuing health-related goals, particularly those tied to body composition. Yet as straightforward as these essential elements of nutrition may seem, they are actually quite complicated and nuanced. Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT, helps us understand the differences between macros and calories and the roles they play in our health and well-being. He also offers insights for how to think about them when it comes to healthy eating.
Why Active Metabolic Assessment?
The Active Metabolic Assessment, often referred to as an AMA, is a test that assesses your current fitness status and provides data that can inform your fitness program and make your workouts more efficient. Anika Christ, CPT, RD, explains what the AMA is, the data you get from it, why that information is important, and how to use it to tailor your exercise regimen.
So, You Finished a Fitness Challenge — What’s Next?
A Dynamic Personal Trainer offers tips on how to stay motivated and maintain your healthy-living habits for the long haul.
The Downsides of the Sweet Stuff: All About Sugar and Sugar Alternatives
Sugar is everywhere, and — as with so many things — too much of it is detrimental to our health and well-being. While this is common knowledge for many, most of us are still consuming well more than is recommended, and the topic has gotten even more confusing in recent years with the proliferation of artificial and natural sweeteners. Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT, explains the body-wide health effects of sugar, the pros and cons of the various types of sweet sources, and how we can be more mindful about sugar’s place in our diets.
5 Stretches to Help Your Pickleball Game
A Dynamic Stretch Specialist on the importance of prioritizing your flexibility and mobility to reduce the risk of pickleball injuries.
Ask the Dietitians: Your Nutrition Questions, Answered
Is there an ideal diet? Do I need to be taking supplements? What should I eat before and after exercising? Life Time dietitians Anika Christ, RD, and Samantha McKinney, RD, join us to answer the most common nutrition questions they hear from members — including these and more
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.
Expert Answers: How Do I Know if I’m Getting Enough Rest Between Workouts?
A Dynamic Personal Trainer chimes in on the importance of rest and how to fit it into your exercise routine.
Ask the Trainers: Your Fitness Questions, Answered
What’s the right exercise routine for me? How often should I be working out? How can I make progress when I’m starved for time? Life Time trainers Makoto Matsuo, CPT, and Sarah Pope, CPT, join us to answer a few of the most common fitness questions they hear from members.
Why Collagen?
Collagen is something of a buzzword in the nutrition world of late, yet this nutrient has always been important to our overall health. As our eating patterns have steered toward processed and convenience foods over the past 60 years, our dietary needs for collagen have increased — hence the growing interest in collagen supplementation. Anika Christ, RD, explains what collagen is, its role in our body, and its advantages for health. She also offers guidance around supplementation and supporting your body’s natural production of this nutrient.
What Are the Benefits of Supplementing With Amino Acids?
A Life Time dietitian and trainer highlights the purpose of using an amino-acid supplement for workout recovery.