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Institute of Swimming works with Impulse Leisure to increase Swim Teachers in Essex

The Institute of Swimming has launched a Swimming Teachers’ Academy with Impulse Leisure in a bid to increase its swimming teacher workforce and provide more opportunities for people in Essex to learn how to swim.

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Impulse Leisure Grows a Greener Future at Belhus Park with Essex Wildlife Trust – And Your Help Is Needed!

Impulse Leisure are pleased to be starting groundwork for a stunning community garden at Belhus Park. The project is in collaboration with Essex Wildlife Trust and Active Essex and aims to cultivate connections and enhance our local environment.

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Impulse Leisure Hosts Event to Get Girls Active

Impulse Leisure recently welcomed 159 William Edwards pupils to The Civic Hall to take part in a Girls PE Curriculum Day.

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Impulse Leisure provides valuable experience for Sport & Exercise Science Students

Community-focused charitable Leisure Trust, Impulse Leisure, has partnered with USP College to offer a week-long experiential learning programme for Year 1 and 2 Sport and Exercise Science students as part of their academic journey.

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McLean aims for World Championships

Supported by Impulse Leisure McLean aims for World Championships Impulse Leisure are supporting international hurdler Hayley Mclean in her quest to represent Great Britain in the 2023 World Athletics Championships

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Corringham Leisure Centre Swimming Pool to Undergo Refurbishment

Impulse Leisure Corringham is undergoing a major refurbishment to the swimming pool’s plant that will last around 24 weeks, starting on the 5th of September.

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Why is learning to swim important for your child?

How well can your child swim? You may think the answer to this is a given. They’re learning to swim with their school after all.

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Kids should be encouraged to be confident swimmers

From 23rd to 29th April 2018, pools, public bodies and parents across the UK celebrated Water Safety Week. It was a week that hinged on a hugely important topic – drowning.

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5 ways to show yourself some love this valentines day

To many, Valentine’s Day is one of the most emotionally tumultuous days of the year. Ironically, this popular occasion designed to celebrate blissful, deep affection, is as much loved as it is loathed - more often than not as a consequence of your current romantic state of affairs (we’re no stranger to a Galentine’s Day either!).

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Could you be in need of a personal trainer?

Everyone begins their fitness journey with goals in mind, be it to lose weight, bulk up or generally get fitter. If we’re serious about achieving these, the likelihood is that at some point we’ll question whether it’s worth investing in a personal trainer.

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Hybrid sport footgolf takes the world by storm

These days, it seems we like to take innovation, wrap it more innovation and then sprinkle it with further innovation to create fusions of innovations on a whole new scale of untold innovation – phew, that’s a lot of innovation!

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Should you be keeping your kids moving over summer?

Kids just love to move around, especially after spending hours sat down at school. Or at least…they used to.

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5 healthy recipes to build muscle tone

Building muscle tone isn’t just about exercising - it’s equally important to ensure you are giving your body the correct foods. This means eating protein-rich meals that provide you with enough energy for the next workout. We’ve put together five recipes that are fantastic quick fixes but can also make delicious meals at any point in the day. These can be easily tailored for vegetarians or altered to your own tastes.

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Marathoners – are you pushing yourself hard enough?

You’re nineteen miles in. The end is devastatingly near. Mind over matter you order yourself. But it’s no good. Your legs feel like lead. You may as well be trudging through quicksand. Defeated, you concede. You’ve hit the wall.

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Handy hints for runners of all abilities

For the majority, running provides a much-needed respite from everyday life – a chance to plug in some music, block out external stresses, and enjoy the beauty of nature. It’s a fantastic way to keep your weight in check whilst maintaining the health of your vital organs, and best of all - it’s free!

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6 weight loss myths worth ignoring

Few of us are strangers to the myriad of questionable fad diets, pills and fast fixes found across the fitness market. But in a world packed full of contradictory nutrition and fitness advice, it’s important to separate fact from fiction. When it comes to weight loss, you need to be sure you’re putting the right foot forward – and you can start by discrediting the following:

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How to plan a diet – and stick to it!

When was the last time you whole-heartedly took on a diet, only to be ridiculed for succumbing to your desire for a greasy fry up?

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TENITA

TENITA is the health and fitness technology taking the leisure industry by storm. If you’re not a part of it yet, here’s why you’re missing out.

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Impulse Leisure and the community

Quality of life is paramount to our daily operations. Whether we are providing recreation through our Golf Course and various entertainment halls, or providing the facilities in our Leisure Centres that keep people on the move, our mission remains the same - to create active & healthy communities.

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Memberships at Impulse Leisure

At Impulse Leisure, your wellbeing is our priority. That’s why our memberships are tailored to suit all lifestyles, income levels, planned frequency and time of use. With a highly skilled fitness team behind you every step of the way, we want to help you put your best foot forward in order to come away with the results you’re looking for.

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Employment at Impulse Leisure

Founded as a significant local social enterprise, we make it our responsibility to support the communities in which we’re based in as many ways as we can. One of the principal ways we do this is by providing new and innovative employment opportunities.

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