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Our Experts’ Top Health and Wellness Trends to Watch in 2023
Life Time experts share their predictions for what will be up and coming in the next year.
Jonah Kest on the Power of Yoga
Jonah Kest shares insights on the power yoga has to support, nourish, and transform our lives.
6 Exercises for Shoulder Pain
Performing this combination of strength and mobility exercises will help ease shoulder pain, make everyday tasks easier, and even improve athletic performance.
16 Tips for Upgrading Your Fitness Routine in 2023
Seven healthy-living experts share their go-to advice for embracing healthy habits and sticking to your goals in the New Year.
6 Exercises to Help You Get Down on the Floor — and Up off the Floor — With Ease
Have you done a sit-stand test? The ability to get up off the floor with minimal support is a marker of longevity. Practice these moves to improve flexibility, balance, motor coordination, and muscle power.
Do’s and Don’ts of Exercising With Long COVID
An MD shares her gradual, tiered exercise-recovery process.
How to Do the Arm Bar
Improve shoulder and thoracic-spine mobility with this unilateral move.
Bobby Jessee’s Success Story
A man shares how a double-bypass surgery at age 54 inspired him to prioritize his fitness — and how he’s reaping the rewards at 91.
What Is Periodization Training?
Learn how to minimize fitness plateaus and perform your best by using periodization.
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.
Exercises for Shoulder Pain: Keeping Your Shoulders Mobile and Strong
Increasing mobility and strength in your shoulders can eliminate pain, improve athletic performance, and enhance your overall quality of life.
What Are Good Stretches to Do After Sitting All Day?
Long stretches of sitting — especially in cramped spaces like cars and airplanes — can wreak havoc on the body. Bring your body back to life with these four moves.
Why Dynamic Personal Training?
Dynamic Personal Training is Life Time’s unique philosophy around a fully engaged approach to training — but what is it exactly? And how is it different from other one-on-one training programs? Anna Taylor, CPT, explains Dynamic Personal Training and the unique experience — and elevated results — it delivers to members.
How to Use a Foam Roller to Build Strength
Foam rollers aren’t just for recovery. This innovative workout shows how to use the tool to elevate your strength routine.
4 Ways to Bring More Joy to Your Workouts
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, shares her tips to find more enjoyment when exercising.
9 Do-Anywhere Stretches to Ease Back Pain
Try these neck, shoulder, and back stretches when you’re feeling achy.
Pedaling for Meaning: One Athlete’s Pursuit to Bring More Riders to the Trail
Professional cyclist Alexey Vermeulen’s latest endeavor bridges the gap between new riders and big cycle events.
Survey Says: Parents Want More Active Time For — and With — Their Kids
A recent poll shows that nearly four in five parents enjoy catching up with their family while doing a physical activity together, among other findings.
6 Cross-Training Activities to Try
Improve your fitness and performance by cross-training outside your go-to activity.
The Health Benefits of Dancing
Release your fears and challenge your body and mind to feel the beat.
10 Essentials of Aging Well
Functional-medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD, offers simple strategies to improve how we age.