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Two women using a foam roller for stretching.
At-Home Workouts | Equipment-Based Workouts

5 Beginner Foam-Rolling Moves

By The Life Time Training Team
Discover why trainers often recommend the foam roller as a must-have tool for your pre-and post-workout routines.
Gunnar Peterson headshot.
Training Tips

Real Fitness Perspectives — From the Basics to Innovation

Gunnar Peterson has trained everybody — from professional athletes to high-profile celebrities to everyday exercisers. In this episode, we talk about his long-time experience in the industry, including the staples he uses in his programming to help people reach their goals and perform their best.

A man outside doing warrior pose.
Training Tips

How Do I Choose the Right Style of Yoga For Me?

By Lauren Bedosky
Seeking a vigorous workout, total relaxation, or increased flexibility? Finding your yoga type depends on your end goal.
A woman doing a yoga on a mat outside near the water.
Training Tips

4 Ways to Fine-Tune Your Yoga Practice

By Nicole Radziszewski
Reap the physical and mental rewards of this ancient tradition — safely, and at your own pace.
A woman doing a workout off of her phone in her home.
Training Tips

Beyond Improved Fitness: 5 Surprising Benefits of Video Training

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
A Life Time master trainer shares some unexpected upsides of taking your workouts virtual.
A man running up stairs outside.
Training Tips

4 Ways to Add More to Your Fitness Routine

By Lindsey Frey Palmquist
Break through fitness plateaus with these tips for safely and strategically adding more speed, distance, weight, reps, recovery, and nutrition into your fitness routine.
Man throwing a medicine ball on the street outside.
Stress | Training Tips

Fitness Recovery, Defined

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
Improper recovery can slow your progress. Learn why — and what and how to incorporate for a more effective approach.
Three people using rowing machines inside a fitness facility.
General Health | Training Tips

“Get off the couch”: Exercise Can Boost Immunity and May Reduce Risk of COVID-19

By Craig Cox
New guidelines by the American College of Sports Medicine recommend exercise as a strategy to avoid a severe case of the virus.
A trainer talking to a client while on a treadmill inside of a fitness facility.
Metabolism | Training Tips

How Fitness Affects Metabolism

By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
Learn why practicing fitness can lead to an improved metabolism.
Man cutting a banana into slices on a cutting board.
Food Culture | Nutrition Tips

12 Quick Preworkout and Postworkout Snacks

By Nicole Radziszewski
Go light before your workout — and try to eat a postworkout snack within an hour or two of your workout for recovery.
An illustration of a kayak floating in heart shaped waves in the water.
Food Culture | General Health

For the Love of Summer

By Experience Life Staff
No-cook summer meals, escapist reads, outdoor fitness — plus so many more ways to make the most of summer!
A woman on an exercise machine in a fitness facility wearing a mask, talking to someone nearby also wearing a mask.
General Health | Training Tips

Masks and Exercise: What You Need to Know About Working Out Safely and Effectively

By The Life Time Training Team
The Life Time Training team offers insights, tips, and reminders to help you adjust to mask-wearing during exercise.
The backside of the upper body of a woman, showing her lifting two dumbbells.
General Health | Metabolism

Why Strength Matters for Weight Loss

By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
Discover the impact strength training can have on your weight-loss efforts — plus how it can benefit other areas of your health.
A compilation of six powdered forms of fitness supplements in various containers on a surface.
Food Culture | Nutrition Tips

Fitness Supplements 101

By Michael Dregni
Here are 4 go-to fitness supplements to help you get better, stronger, and faster.
A woman inside a fitness facility swinging a kettlebell.
At-Home Workouts | Equipment-Based Workouts

BREAK IT DOWN: The Kettlebell Swing

By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Master this dynamic move to build full-body strength and power.
Illustration of a person standing up at a stand-up desk.
General Health | Training Tips

Why Standing Desks Are Here to Stay

By The Life Time Training Team
You’ve likely heard sitting is the new smoking, but do you know just how problematic it can be? Learn why you may want to embrace standing desks, walking meetings, and other forms of fitting in movement throughout the day.
A scoop of a creatine powder supplement.
Nutrition Tips | Supplements

Creatine: Why This Supplement Is Not Just for Bodybuilders

By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT
Creatine is one of the most well-researched supplements available — yet there are many misconceptions that surround it. Learn what's true, what's false, and how creatine could benefit your health.
A woman on a yoga mat on the floor stretching her lower back.
Equipment-Based Workouts | Training Tips

The Ultimate Guide to Low Back Pain

By Eric Proper
Plus, a strength-program to help you recover from low back pain.
A woman stretching her arms, looking off to the side.
General Health | Sleep

7 Warning Signs of Under-Recovery

By The Life Time Training Team
Plus, what you can to do to recover better.
A woman looking at her fitness tracker after exercising.
Training Tips

The Afterburn Effect: Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption

By Tom Nikkola, CSCS, CISSN
Wondering if it’s actually possible to burn calories after your workout? Learn what “the afterburn effect” really is and what it could mean for your training sessions.
A man using a barbell by himself in a health club.
Training Tips

Back to Fitness: Our Top Tips for Post-Quarantine Workouts

By Molly Schelper
Four of Life Time’s Master Trainers share their go-to strategies for making fitness progress — whether you’re picking up your routine again or starting fresh.
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