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How to Test Your Muscular Endurance

By Sarah Tuff

The pushup is a fundamental move that can help test, assess, and improve your muscular endurance.

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How to Test Your Mobility

By Sarah Tuff

The overhead squat is a fundamental move that can help test, assess, and improve your mobility.

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How to Do a Kneeling Backbend

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Known as Camel Pose in yoga, discover how to move safely into this front-body stretch for an invigorating experience.

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How Flexibility Affects Fitness

By The Life Time Health Team

Learn the common sources of stiffness as well as techniques to increase your flexibility — and the benefits you may reap from doing so.

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Do You Need a Personal Trainer — Or a Fitness Professional?

By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT

Three traits to look for when choosing someone to help with your fitness efforts.

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Fitness Testing 2.0

By Sarah Tuff

Test your fitness — and improve it — with these targeted, repeatable tasks.

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The Science of Strength

With Ebenezer Samuel, CSCS, fitness director of Men’s Health
Season 3, Episode 10

Fundamental muscle and strength is something we all need. Ebenezer Samuel, CSCS, fitness director of Men’s Health, joins us to delve into the science of strength, including what it does for our physical health and other aspects of our well-being. He shares how to make strength training more accessible and create a quality workout plan, regardless of our fitness level or experience with this type of training.

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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Moving With Ease

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Our fitness editor talks about the fine line between working hard and working against yourself.

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Strength Training: Total Body vs. Split Workouts

By The Life Time Health Team

Learn which training approach is right for you.

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5 Machines You’re Not Using But Ought to Be

By Danny King

Don’t walk by these machines the next time you’re at the health club — hop on.

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5 Reasons Why Training in a Group Can Get You Better Results

By Lindsay Ogden, CPT

No matter what your personal goals are.

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6 Tips to Build Grip Strength

By Lauren Bedosky

Here are six grip strengthening exercises to enhance your grip for improved joint health, athletic performance, and longevity.

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5 Pilates Moves for a Strong Foundation

By Andrew Heffernan

These five moves could be the key to more speed, endurance, and resilience on the bike, in the water, and on the road.

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How to Do the Cat-Cow

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

This two-part flow warms and unwinds the body, stretches the core, and mobilizes the entire spine.

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How to Improve Your Grip Strength

By Lauren Bedosky

Train your grip strength for joint health, athletic performance — and your own longevity.

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The Science Behind the Stretch

By Andrew Heffernan

Why stretching goes beyond just muscles.

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Bring on Summer: Week 3 Workouts

By The Life Time Health Team

Continue your fitness efforts with week three of our three-week workout plan.

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3 Types of Stretching

By Andrew Heffernan

Building flexibility doesn’t have to be complicated.

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Bring on Summer: Week 2 Workouts

By The Life Time Health Team

Continue your fitness efforts with week two of our three-week workout plan.

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