Fitness and Exercise Archives - Healthy Life Essex

July 05, 2019

What To Expect From Your First Personal Training Session

You’ve taken the step to hire a personal trainer. What happens next? From taking your measurements to asking about your goals and motivations, we take a look at what you can expect from your first personal training session. Hiring a personal trainer is a great way to kick start your fitness regime and help you

June 25, 2019

Staying healthy and happy

How to Stay Healthy and Happy when times are difficult … It’s been said that our mental health is suffering because of the difficult times in which we are living so I was interested when I came across an article giving suggestions on how to cope when the going gets tough. Exercising, spending time

June 07, 2019

Why should you strive for fitness?

Striving for General Fitness General fitness is quite an arbitrary term. Most practitioners of general healthy activities adjust the term to suit their own habits, in a way it appeals specifically to their routine. For example, one person may suggest running 2 laps around a field is enough to help maintain your fitness levels while

April 10, 2019

What’s happening in Chelmsford?

Spring is here at last and summer is just around the corner. It’s certainly the right time to be thinking about how we can get the children out in the fresh air, and also how we can get some exercise ourselves. Our events section highlights lots of events for children across the county, or you

March 12, 2019

Improve your wellbeing with these five apps

By 2020, it has been predicted that the UK’s wellness and fitness industry will reach £22.8 billion. Over the past few years, gym memberships, sports equipment, weight loss initiatives and alternative medicine have made up a large part of the market. Many people will likely to have started new health regimes as they rang in

February 18, 2019

How To Start Running – Beginners Guide

How To Start Running – Beginners Guide To Getting On Your Feet [And Staying There] Running is one of the most popular activities to stay in shape. It is affordable for all people and it can be done with no gym membership, no expensive equipment and independent of location. However, its benefits are seen when

February 04, 2019

Activity Scheme for Cancer Patients in Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock

The successful pilot of an activity scheme for cancer patients in Thurrock has resulted in the launch of a new programme covering Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock Charitable organisation Impulse Leisure, whose goals are to help the local community get active and healthy, has supported over 48 Cancer patients to improve their activity levels in a

November 21, 2018

How to Keep Your Brain Young at Any Age

Keeping your Brain Young Your brain uses up a huge amount of energy every single day of your life, particularly when we are stressed. And we all know how grumpy and tired we feel when our energy supply is low, and how difficult it can be to function properly. A certain amount of stress in

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