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EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv31w2.htm |
10-K - FORM 10-K - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285e10vk.htm |
EX-23 - EX-23 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv23.htm |
EX-21 - EX-21 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv21.htm |
EX-24 - EX-24 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv24.htm |
EX-32 - EX-32 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv32.htm |
EX-10.38 - EX-10.38 - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | c61285exv10w38.htm |
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - LIFE TIME FITNESS, INC. | Financial_Report.xls |
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Bahram Akradi, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Life Time Fitness, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
4. The Companys other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and we have:
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the
effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this
report any change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the Companys most recent fiscal quarter (the Companys fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Companys internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The Companys other
certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the Companys auditors and the audit committee of the Companys board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Companys internal
control over financial reporting.
Date: February 28, 2011
/s/ Bahram Akradi | ||||
Bahram Akradi | ||||
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||