Life Time Fitness Names Scott C. Lutz Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing...

Life Time Fitness Names Scott C. Lutz Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

CHANHASSEN, Minn.--(Business Wire)--
Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM) announced today that it has
appointed Scott C. Lutz to the position of executive vice president
and chief marketing officer, effective May 19, 2008. Lutz joins Life
Time Fitness from Best Buy Co., Inc. where he served as senior vice
president of New Business Development and Marketing since 2006.

Lutz has held executive management roles at leading packaged goods
companies, including Procter & Gamble, General Mills and ConAgra. He
served as president and chief operating officer of ConAgra's Snacks
Division and chief executive officer of 8th Continent L.L.C., a
General Mills-DuPont health & wellness joint venture.

Lutz began his management career in manufacturing operations for
Procter & Gamble, where he also held several broader roles in
marketing and general management. He brings extensive new business
development experience to Life Time Fitness, having served as vice
president and general manager of New Enterprises at General Mills,
where he led the launches of many successful new product initiatives.
Lutz also has held entrepreneurial startup roles, including serving on
the executive management team for SunMilk Dairy Co., a venture
capital-backed dairy venture, and he brings international management
experience having also worked in both Italy and Canada.

In his new role, Lutz holds direct leadership responsibility for
all Life Time Fitness marketing operations, including strategy
development, planning and execution on behalf of the Company's
growing, national base of sports and athletic, professional fitness,
family recreation and resort/spa centers, as well as its portfolio of
in-center and complementary businesses. He reports to Michael Gerend,
Life Time Fitness president and chief operating officer.

"Scott's extensive marketing, branding, sales and business
operations experience bolsters our strong, seasoned executive
management team," said Gerend. "In keeping with the continued, rapid
growth of our company, we are excited to leverage his considerable
experience and impressive track record of innovation, financial and
operations leadership successes, and passion for building and leading
strong teams."

Lutz holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Missouri. He has been a frequent guest lecturer
and speaker on the topics of marketing, new business development,
innovation and consumer intimacy at leading universities, including
Northwestern, UCLA and the University of Chicago. Additionally, he as
served as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas,
teaching an MBA course on New Wealth Creation.

About Life Time Fitness, Inc.

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM) operates distinctive and large,
multi-use sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation
and resort and spa centers. 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. As of May 20, 2008, Life Time Fitness operated 72 centers in
16 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The Company also operated
one satellite facility and five preview locations in existing and new
markets. Life Time Fitness is headquartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota,
and can be located on the Web at lifetimefitness.com. LIFE TIME
FITNESS, EXPERIENCE LIFE, and the LIFE TIME FITNESS TRIATHLON SERIES
are registered trademarks of Life Time Fitness, Inc. All other
trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

Life Time Fitness, Inc.
Jason Thunstrom, 952-229-7435 (Media Relations)
pr@lifetimefitness.com
Ken Cooper, 952-229-7427 (Investor Relations)
ir@lifetimefitness.com

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