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Take your Dad out walking and get him talking this Fathers’ day (Sunday 20 June). Recent studies have shown that walking is a great way to get chatting to your family and this weekend the Ramblers are putting on 333 FREE led walks to help you celebrate Dads everywhere.
A GB-wide poll found that walking is [...]

I have been lucky enough to be offered the Slendertone Abs in order to do a review. I have tried it a couple of times and its fine: bit of a strange sensation but not a problem. Certainly makes you feel as if it is doing something.  The trouble is, I’m really meant to be [...]

Work has commenced on the eastern section of the Prittle Brook Greenway scheme between Victoria Avenue and Prittlewell Chase.
The existing footpath next to the brook is being converted into a shared use pathway for cyclists and pedestrians. The scheme will see the existing path improved with landscaping and tree planting to make it an enjoyable [...]

Cris Ramis of Phoenix Health and Fitness is one of our regular contributors. We would like to congratulate Cris on Phoenix’s 5th birthday on 1st February.
Cris had just set up Phoenix Health and Fitness when we were producing the magazine Healthy Life, Mind, Body & Soul, the predecessor to www.HealthyLifeEssex.co.uk  and we have worked together ever [...]

Join Meningitis Research Foundation’s (MRF) London to Paris cycle team for a four day, 290km bike ride on 30 July – 2 August 2010.
We’d love cyclists of all abilities to sign-up for the MRF team. Join us at the starting line in London’s bustling streets on the morning of 30 July. We’ll cycle through south [...]

Nine thousand people told Transport Minister Sadiq Khan on Tuesday 19 January that they want Britain’s roads to be safer to cycle on

If you are looking for a new activity to help improve your fitness and calm a tense mind, Yogalates could be the answer.
I recently discovered this exercise; which is a fusion of the exercises of yoga and pilates, through wanting a more vigorous workout that yoga gave me.
It was by trying a DVD by Lousie [...]

Women in the East of England join Sustrans in an urgent safety plea to governments.
Women don’t believe that British roads are safe enough for them to cycle on. That is the clear message from a poll of women by sustainable transport charity Sustrans.
The poll revealed that 75 per cent of women in the East of [...]

Now is the time to start thinking about what to do once the holiday season is over. Why not take a course at your local adult community learning centre?There are courses of all types to choose from - something for everyone. And if you fancy trying something in the Health and Fitness arena you will be spoilt [...]

Club 60 is a local club in central Southend for the over 50’s.
The club meets every weekday for various activities including Snooker, Table Tennis, Short Mat Bowls, Watercolour Painting, Crafts, Line Dancing, Sequence/Ballroom/Belly Dancing, Keep Fit, Tai Chi, Whist and other card and board games.  Where tutors are involved there is a small additional fee.  [...]