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Life Time Fitness to Bring Distinctive and Large, Health and Fitness Center to Omaha, Nebraska

Posted on: Friday, 25 August 2006, 09:00 CDT

Life Time Fitness' Athletic, Professional Fitness, Family Recreation and Resort Spa Centers To Deliver 110,000+ Square Feet of Around-the-Clock Family Health, Fitness and Fun!

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM), a national operator of distinctive and large health and fitness centers, today announced that the construction for its Omaha, Nebraska location is under way. This will be the first Life Time Fitness center in Nebraska. Individuals may visit the center's Web site at lifetimefitness.com/omaha/ for information regarding memberships or to view a virtual tour of the new center.

The Omaha center will offer 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. These include multiple group fitness 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-sized basketball courts, squash and racquetball courts, a mind and body studio, dry sauna and free towels and lockers. The center is scheduled to open in 2007.

The center will sport a large indoor/outdoor aquatics center, 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 a play maze, computer center, separate infant playroom, and numerous children's activities. Dedicated family locker rooms also are available.

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.

"We are excited about our continual growth in the Midwest," said Mike Brown, senior vice president, Operations, Life Time Fitness. "Our reputation and our name recognition continue to grow and this being our first health and fitness center in Nebraska will help us build on that. With the opening of our first club in the Twin Cities in 1992, Life Time Fitness has set a benchmark for delivering comprehensive health and fitness centers, programs and services of the highest possible quality at an exceptional value."

Life Time Fitness Omaha will be located at 17007 Elm Plaza, Omaha, NE 68130. Life Time Fitness's large 110,000+ square foot center is scheduled to open in 2007.

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 25, 2006 the Company operates 56 centers in eleven states, including Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The Company also operates two satellite facilities and six preview locations in existing and new markets. Additionally, Life Time Fitness 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.

Risk & Uncertainties

Certain information contained in this press release may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results in the future to differ materially from its historical results and those presently anticipated or projected. The Company wishes to caution investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date. Among these factors are identifying and acquiring suitable sites for new sports, fitness and family recreation centers, opening new sports, fitness and family recreation centers, attracting and retaining members and other factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note to editors: Please contact Kent Wipf at 952-229-7211 for all Life Time Fitness preview, interview, photography or video requests.

Source: Business Wire

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