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Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) - Condensed Statements of Operations (Parent Company Only) (Details)

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Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) - Condensed Statements of Operations (Parent Company Only) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Total revenue $ 1,318,053 $ 948,379 $ 1,900,371
General, administrative and marketing 480,543 149,898 227,684
Other operating 43,653 63,634 76,842
Total operating expenses 1,813,241 1,307,528 1,732,092
(Loss) income from operations (495,188) (359,149) 168,279
Interest expense, net of interest income (224,516) (128,394) (128,955)
Total other expense (224,525) (128,581) (128,150)
(Loss) income before income taxes (719,713) (487,730) 40,129
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (140,344) (127,538) 10,080
Net (loss) income (579,369) (360,192) 30,049
Net (loss) income attributable to Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (579,369) (360,192) 30,025
Parent Company      
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Total revenue 0 0 0
General, administrative and marketing 316,836 0 24,152
Other operating 4,569 0 0
Total operating expenses 334,339 0 24,152
(Loss) income from operations (334,339) 0 (24,152)
Interest expense, net of interest income (40,993) 0 0
Total other expense (40,993) 0 0
(Loss) income before income taxes (375,332) 0 (24,152)
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (81,579) 0 (7,004)
Net (loss) income (293,753) 0 (17,148)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest (285,616) (360,192) 47,173
Net (loss) income attributable to Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (579,369) (360,192) 30,025
Center      
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Total revenue 1,286,634 929,966 1,851,345
Operations 844,098 660,046 1,041,133
Center | Parent Company      
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Operations 12,934 0 0
Other      
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Total revenue $ 31,419 $ 18,413 $ 49,026