EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Marks Company's Eighth Distinctive and Large Health and Fitness and Center in Illinois; Will Deliver 24-Hour Fitness, Athletics, Recreation and Resort/Spa Programming for Entire Family

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM), a national operator of distinctive and large health and fitness centers, today announced that its newest sports and athletics, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa center, located in Romeoville, Illinois, will host a Grand Opening celebration on Friday, September 9, 2005, beginning at 6:45 p.m.

Honoring the event, Romeoville community officials and Life Time Fitness representatives will offer a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tours of the health and fitness resort, along with program demonstrations, activities for kids, prize drawings and much more, will follow from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., showcasing all of the unique amenities that the new center has to offer.

Life Time Fitness Romeoville marks the Company's eighth health and fitness center in the Chicago market and its 44th nationally. The new location also represents one of the Company's large, 110,000 square foot model centers offering 24-hour access to more than 400 pieces of state-of-the-art cardio, resistance and free-weight training equipment, along with a multitude of amenities.

"Our new Romeoville center combines the ultimate in luxury and family-oriented convenience with a comprehensive array of healthy-way-of-life services and products under one roof," said Mike Brown, senior vice president, Operations, Life Time Fitness. "With an inherent focus on delivering an unparalleled member experience and state-of-the-art equipment, programming and products designed to embrace the health and fitness needs of the entire family, Life Time Fitness is a fundamental stepping stone for those seeking a healthy and active way of life."

Amenities include multiple, state-of-the-art group fitness and spinning studios with free classes, a team of certified personal trainers and programming, a wide selection of adult and youth programs and activities, rock climbing walls, two full-size basketball courts, squash, racquetball and outdoor volleyball courts, yoga studio, dry sauna and free towels and lockers. The center also sports large indoor and outdoor aquatics centers, featuring multiple, two-story waterslides, two large, zero-depth recreation pools, a lap pool and children's interactive play area, two whirlpools and an outdoor bistro.

Families will appreciate Life Time Fitness' large child center, featuring free childcare, a play maze, computer center, separate infant playroom, basketball court and numerous other children's activities. Dedicated family locker rooms also are available.

Furthermore, members can take advantage of LifeSpa, which delivers a full range of hair, nail and skin care services, and therapeutic massage, and LifeCafe, which offers the best in nutritional food and beverage services.

Life Time Fitness Romeoville will officially open for workouts at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 10. The new center is located at 1220 Lakeview Drive, in Romeoville. The other seven Life Time Fitness centers in Illinois include Algonquin, Bloomingdale, Burr Ridge, Old Orchard, Orland Park, Schaumburg and Warrenville.

About Life Time Fitness, Inc.

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM) operates distinctive and large sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa centers. As of August 9, 2005, the Company operated 42 centers in eight states, including Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. The Company also provides consumers with personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle magazine - Experience Life, athletic events, and nutritional products and supplements. Life Time Fitness is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (www.lifetimefitness.com). LIFE TIME FITNESS, the LIFE TIME FITNESS logo, and EXPERIENCE LIFE are registered trademarks of Life Time Fitness, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Working out with pros and top trainers takes on a new meaning today as Sports + Field at Seven Oaks opens to the region's preeminent athletes and Tampa Bay community.

As the only athletic and fitness center offering elite strength training and conditioning to professionals and amateurs under one roof, Sports + Field appeals to professionals, collegiate athletes, Olympians and amateur fitness enthusiasts wanting year around training for peak performance.

Developed and owned by Strong-S Corporation, the $10.5 million facility is north of Tampa in Wesley Chapel and poised to be the Mecca for the region's top and emerging athletes in football, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, track, golf and other sports.

The two-level facility has world-class strength and cardio-training equipment, an NBA-style basketball court/gymnasium, a second-floor group fitness room, an outdoor 50-yard conditioning and sprint field and professional baseball practice area.

Sports + Field is the brainchild of Tatsuya Okawa, Strong-S president. The Japanese-born Okawa is an expert in sports training and owns the American Basketball Association's Harlem Strong Dogs. At 39, he is recognized as a savvy businessman and authority in strength and conditioning training, with clients including professional baseball players Hideo Nomo and Norihiro Nakamura.

"Our goal is to bridge the gap between the professional athlete and the community in a top-notch facility offering the best in strength and conditioning talent," said Okawa. "The concept is to build harmony in mind, body and spirit with emerging and established athletes in a shared setting."

The center is staffed by nationally-recognized sports trainers. Aaron Komarek, Sports + Field's vice president/director of athletics and sports performance, has trained notable sports figures and teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Storm and tennis pro Jennifer Capriati.

Selecting Tampa Bay for Sports + Field made economic sense, said Motokuni Hasegawa, CEO/CFO of Sports + Field. "We were attracted to the climate, number and variety of professional teams and resident athletes, and abundance of pre-season baseball games," said Hasegawa.

While the center offers luxury workout rooms, equipment, showers, lockers, sauna and massage facilities for Platinum and Emerald members, the areas are separated. Platinum memberships are available to elite athletes or companies associated with professional, Olympic or collegiate sports with amenities essential to elite athletes. Emerald memberships are open to the community.

Any member can view elite athletes through glass partitions as they train on the basketball court or athletic field. Controlled scheduling allows Emerald members to use the court, field or baseball area when unreserved by Platinum members.

Working out with pros and top trainers takes on a new meaning today as Sports + Field at Seven Oaks opens to the region's preeminent athletes and Tampa Bay community.

As the only athletic and fitness center offering elite strength training and conditioning to professionals and amateurs under one roof, Sports + Field appeals to professionals, collegiate athletes, Olympians and amateur fitness enthusiasts wanting year around training for peak performance.

Developed and owned by Strong-S Corporation, the $10.5 million facility is north of Tampa in Wesley Chapel and poised to be the Mecca for the region's top and emerging athletes in football, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, track, golf and other sports.

The two-level facility has world-class strength and cardio-training equipment, an NBA-style basketball court/gymnasium, a second-floor group fitness room, an outdoor 50-yard conditioning and sprint field and professional baseball practice area.

Sports + Field is the brainchild of Tatsuya Okawa, Strong-S president. The Japanese-born Okawa is an expert in sports training and owns the American Basketball Association's Harlem Strong Dogs. At 39, he is recognized as a savvy businessman and authority in strength and conditioning training, with clients including professional baseball players Hideo Nomo and Norihiro Nakamura.

"Our goal is to bridge the gap between the professional athlete and the community in a top-notch facility offering the best in strength and conditioning talent," said Okawa. "The concept is to build harmony in mind, body and spirit with emerging and established athletes in a shared setting."

The center is staffed by nationally-recognized sports trainers. Aaron Komarek, Sports + Field's vice president/director of athletics and sports performance, has trained notable sports figures and teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Storm and tennis pro Jennifer Capriati.

Selecting Tampa Bay for Sports + Field made economic sense, said Motokuni Hasegawa, CEO/CFO of Sports + Field. "We were attracted to the climate, number and variety of professional teams and resident athletes, and abundance of pre-season baseball games," said Hasegawa.

While the center offers luxury workout rooms, equipment, showers, lockers, sauna and massage facilities for Platinum and Emerald members, the areas are separated. Platinum memberships are available to elite athletes or companies associated with professional, Olympic or collegiate sports with amenities essential to elite athletes. Emerald memberships are open to the community.

Any member can view elite athletes through glass partitions as they train on the basketball court or athletic field. Controlled scheduling allows Emerald members to use the court, field or baseball area when unreserved by Platinum members.

Booking a vacation or weekend escape? Hold that thought. Sixty-eight percent of Shape readers travel for leisure every year, and we know that you're looking for certain things when you head out of town: service, plenty of exercise and activity options, a spa (or other way to chill out), good food, and value. Because finding the perfect escape to meet all your criteria can be time-consuming (and even frustrating), we did the footwork for you. We interviewed experts throughout the travel and fitness industries--including our own staff who have hiked, biked, kayaked, rafted, dined out, and de-stressed on massage tables across the country--to bring you the short list: our 19 favorites. Okay, now you can plan that vacation.

The awe-inspiring bluff-top setting overlooking the Pacific is enough to make you never want to leave. Add the five-star service and relaxed yet luxurious ambiance, and this resort is a slam dunk for the ultimate spa-away-from-home. Splurge on the pricey three-night Surrender Retreat and you get two hours each of spa services and personal training a day. Fortunately, a flexible schedule leaves time for beach boot camp, hip-hop yoga classes, kayaking, a Thalassic Beach Walk (a fast-paced stroll through deep sand and water to increase circulation, followed by meditation and yoga), and just sitting and watching the waves.

In addition to daily guided outings ranging from one-hour nature walks to all-day treks, this resort was the first in North America to offer Nordic walking--hiking with specially designed poles that provide greater stability on the trails as well as a better cardio and upper-body workout. For advanced hikers there's a weekly guided ascent of a fourteener--one of nine 14,000-foot peaks the center has permits to climb. Book it Mid-June through Labor Day scheduled group hikes are $42 to $128 per person; private hikes.

"Green" is the buzzword these days, but Sundara is one of only a few places that do it without making you feel like you're sacrificing luxuries, good food, and atmosphere. The resort's eight new Lifestyle Villas were constructed with recycled materials and outfitted with energy-efficient appliances. Serving a menu that's 90 percent organic, Sundara recycles and has composted leftovers and food scraps from day one. And when you get a spa scrub with Sandstone Body Polish, you'll be exfoliated with Cambrian sand excavated.
The name says it all at this mountain retreat, where you'll finally master that backhand. Topnotch is one of the first facilities to use the Dartfish computer program, which compares your form with a pro player's, so you can see onscreen where you don't quite measure up. With a 3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, you're guaranteed plenty of one-on-one instruction. Sign up for a three-hour clinic ($120), or book a tennis academy package that includes room, instruction, and a workshop with a sports psychologist to improve your mental game.
Whether you're a beginner or just looking to lower your score, no other facility offers this dream team of instructors: Mike Shannon, a putting guru who has coached Davis Love III and who uses a laser to refine your aim; Morris Pickens, Ph.D., (aka Dr. Mo), one of a handful of sports psychologists who counsel Tour players; and fitness trainer Randy Myers, who worked with 2005 U.S. Women's Amateur Champion Morgan Pressel. When a lone bagpiper plays at sunset, you return to one of the island's two resorts, the Lodge or the Cloister, for some serious spa action.

any hotels cater to skiers, but few do it with the service, style, and verve that Four Seasons does. The Jackson Hole property boasts a ski concierge who arranges lift tickets, ski school reservations, and top-of-the-line equipment rentals--while ski valets provide in-room boot fittings and meet you at the lift with your gear. Pool attendants hand you heated towels and robes, hot chocolate, s'mores, and peppermint-scented hot face cloths. Look for the chain's Vail outpost to open in 2008.

Marks Company's Eighth Distinctive and Large Health and Fitness and Center in Illinois; Will Deliver 24-Hour Fitness, Athletics, Recreation and Resort/Spa Programming for Entire Family

A national operator of distinctive and large health and fitness centers, today announced that its newest sports and athletics, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa center, located in Romeoville, Illinois, will host a Grand Opening celebration on Friday, September 9, 2005, beginning at 6:45 p.m.

Honoring the event, Romeoville community officials and Life Time Fitness representatives will offer a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tours of the health and fitness resort, along with program demonstrations, activities for kids, prize drawings and much more, will follow from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., showcasing all of the unique amenities that the new center has to offer.

Life Time Fitness Romeoville marks the Company's eighth health and fitness center in the Chicago market and its 44th nationally. The new location also represents one of the Company's large, 110,000 square foot model centers offering 24-hour access to more than 400 pieces of state-of-the-art cardio, resistance and free-weight training equipment, along with a multitude of amenities.

"Our new Romeoville center combines the ultimate in luxury and family-oriented convenience with a comprehensive array of healthy-way-of-life services and products under one roof," said Mike Brown, senior vice president, Operations, Life Time Fitness. "With an inherent focus on delivering an unparalleled member experience and state-of-the-art equipment, programming and products designed to embrace the health and fitness needs of the entire family, Life Time Fitness is a fundamental stepping stone for those seeking a healthy and active way of life."

Amenities include multiple, state-of-the-art group fitness and spinning studios with free classes, a team of certified personal trainers and programming, a wide selection of adult and youth programs and activities, rock climbing walls, two full-size basketball courts, squash, racquetball and outdoor volleyball courts, yoga studio, dry sauna and free towels and lockers. The center also sports large indoor and outdoor aquatics centers, featuring multiple, two-story waterslides, two large, zero-depth recreation pools, a lap pool and children's interactive play area, two whirlpools and an outdoor bistro.

Families will appreciate Life Time Fitness' large child center, featuring free childcare, a play maze, computer center, separate infant playroom, basketball court and numerous other children's activities. Dedicated family locker rooms also are available.

Furthermore, members can take advantage of LifeSpa, which delivers a full range of hair, nail and skin care services, and therapeutic massage, and LifeCafe, which offers the best in nutritional food and beverage services.

Life Time Fitness Romeoville will officially open for workouts at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 10. The new center is located at 1220 Lakeview Drive, in Romeoville. The other seven Life Time Fitness centers in Illinois include Algonquin, Bloomingdale, Burr Ridge, Old Orchard, Orland Park, Schaumburg and Warrenville.

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM) operates distinctive and large sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa centers. As of August 9, 2005, the Company operated 42 centers in eight states, including Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. The Company also provides consumers with personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle magazine - Experience Life, athletic events, and nutritional products and supplements.

Working out with pros and top trainers takes on a new meaning today as Sports + Field at Seven Oaks opens to the region's preeminent athletes and Tampa Bay community.

As the only athletic and fitness center offering elite strength training and conditioning to professionals and amateurs under one roof, Sports + Field appeals to professionals, collegiate athletes, Olympians and amateur fitness enthusiasts wanting year around training for peak performance.

Developed and owned by Strong-S Corporation, the $10.5 million facility is north of Tampa in Wesley Chapel and poised to be the Mecca for the region's top and emerging athletes in football, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, track, golf and other sports.

The two-level facility has world-class strength and cardio-training equipment, an NBA-style basketball court/gymnasium, a second-floor group fitness room, an outdoor 50-yard conditioning and sprint field and professional baseball practice area.

Sports + Field is the brainchild of Tatsuya Okawa, Strong-S president. The Japanese-born Okawa is an expert in sports training and owns the American Basketball Association's Harlem Strong Dogs. At 39, he is recognized as a savvy businessman and authority in strength and conditioning training, with clients including professional baseball players Hideo Nomo and Norihiro Nakamura.

"Our goal is to bridge the gap between the professional athlete and the community in a top-notch facility offering the best in strength and conditioning talent," said Okawa. "The concept is to build harmony in mind, body and spirit with emerging and established athletes in a shared setting."

The center is staffed by nationally-recognized sports trainers. Aaron Komarek, Sports + Field's vice president/director of athletics and sports performance, has trained notable sports figures and teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Storm and tennis pro Jennifer Capriati.

Selecting Tampa Bay for Sports + Field made economic sense, said Motokuni Hasegawa, CEO/CFO of Sports + Field. "We were attracted to the climate, number and variety of professional teams and resident athletes, and abundance of pre-season baseball games," said Hasegawa.

While the center offers luxury workout rooms, equipment, showers, lockers, sauna and massage facilities for Platinum and Emerald members, the areas are separated. Platinum memberships are available to elite athletes or companies associated with professional, Olympic or collegiate sports with amenities essential to elite athletes. Emerald memberships are open to the community.

Any member can view elite athletes through glass partitions as they train on the basketball court or athletic field. Controlled scheduling allows Emerald members to use the court, field or baseball area when unreserved by Platinum members.