Fitness and Exercise Archives - Healthy Life Essex

October 30, 2018

4 Ways to Improve Your Lifestyle

Improve Your Lifestyle – Improve Your Health You don’t have to change much to start seeing real benefits when it comes to improving your lifestyle. With even the smallest of changes, you will soon see short-term improvements. Maintain those changes and you might be surprised how impactful the long-term improvements are. From finding a better

October 29, 2018

Keeping healthy over 50

Keeping on Top of Your Health When You’re Over 50 As we get older we need to focus more on our health and fitness, as this is one of the best ways to ensure our bodies are strong enough to fight illnesses and ageing. Indeed, if you are over 50, by implementing just a few

September 04, 2018

5 easy ways to banish tension from your body

We live in an increasingly stressful world. Stress and anxiety can cause many different health issues including high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes. It can also cause physical tension: when the body is stressed, muscles tense up which can lead to chronic pain. 5 easy ways to banish tension from your body 1.

August 20, 2018

Best Workouts to Build Muscle Mass

Would you like a toned and sculptured body like this? Check out the best workouts to build muscle mass. When someone says that he wants to build more muscle mass, you’d probably think, “So, yeah, this guy surely wants to look more attractive.” And that’s for sure indeed. Because the moment you finally take those

August 14, 2018

Workplace Wellness Programmes Can Improve Your Health

How can workplace wellness programmes improve the health of millennials? What is a workplace wellness programme? These programmes are run by employers to promote and encourage healthy behaviours among employees. They usually address three key aspects of our health – nutrition, fitness and mental health. This is typically achieved by making changes to the work

June 28, 2018

MOVEOUT – fitness sessions for adults in Priory Park, Southend

If you look at the full introduction to Healthy Life Essex on the home page HERE, you will see we talk about the Green Gym. We have great parks, beautiful countryside and a wonderful coastline in Essex. Just getting outside in the fresh air, and getting in touch with nature is so good for

May 25, 2018

Smart Watches: Wearable Tech that Improves Your Health

Smart Watches: Wearable Tech that Improves Your Health Everything in our lives is becoming more connected every day. We have smart homes, smart roads, smartphones, and more recently, smart watches. These devices are not just helpful for telling the time – we have enough gadgets that can do that already – they can

May 09, 2018

Emma Willis – get in sumptuous shape for your summer holiday!

Emma Willis on how to get in sumptuous shape for your summer holiday As part of her collaboration with Next, TV presenter, former model and stylish mum Emma Willis recently flew out to Marrakech to pick her edit from Next’s beautiful summer collection. Emma wasn’t just there to pinpoint her favourite pieces from the

April 11, 2018

Benefits of Pets for Kids – The Essential Guide

Benefits of Pets for Kids – The Essential Guide Did you know it’s estimated there are around 19 million families with children living in the UK? Plus, one in every two households owns a pet of some form. From dogs to reptiles, and cats to rodents, there are a considerable number of different options when

March 15, 2018

Southend-on-Sea Physical Activity Survey

Southend-on-Sea Physical Activity Survey Southend-on-Sea Borough Council wants to better understand its residents’ attitudes, behaviours and motivations relating to physical activity. The findings of this survey will be used to help inform Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s future plans to increase levels of participation in physical activity. The survey is open to everyone over the age of