You might have seen that we love entering competitions here at helmerjoseph.com and we’ve just seen a huge opportunity with ITV’s latest prize for their UK viewers.

Every September and October, they run their biggest prize draw of the year, usually with a lucky winner scooping £500,000 – a truly life changing amount!

You can read all the details about itv.com/win competitions at https://www.competitions.tv/tv-comps/itv/ and enter them on the ITV Win portal (the link is on the competitions on the competitions.tv site).

The trend of digging up lawns and replacing grass in back yards with artificial alternatives has been growing and gaining pace for years. It’s an attractive option for households that are cash rich but time poor thanks to the low maintenance nature of the plastic imitation version.

Green energy is gaining in popularity and usage. Green energy is cost-effective and helps to protect our natural resources. It’s a great way to save money when the economy is weak. Another great money saver is to recondition batteries – which means that you’re getting more life from your existing cells. Learn how to easily begin converting to green energy and reuse of batteries by reading this article.

If you are charging products within your home, use smart green ideas to conserve energy by unplugging these devices when you are done. Even when they are fully charged, these units still consume energy and cost you money. So unplug them when they are finished, and save some energy and money. Reconditioning dead batteries restores their ability to complete a full and reliable charging cycle, allowing a much longer total lifespan for your rechargeable, and in some cases, single use batteries too.

Sometimes it seems that there just isn’t enough of a selection with modern fashion these days. There are some great ways to spice up any of your favorite outfits though, to give you that fashion edge you have been looking for. Whether you’re in the gym, at the mall or heading out for the evening, accessories are the finishing touches to any outfit and selection should be carefully considered as they can make or break your intended image. Sometimes using high contrast colors can be a great added extra to any look.

There’s lots of ways that people exercise as part of a normal daily life, and it doesn’t necessarily require you to spend a lot of money on expensive equipment like the products recommended on treadmill guides or cross trainer review sites. That’s not to say it would be a bad idea, just that it’s not wholly necessary.

Today we want to talk a little more about home based exercise. It surprises a lot of our members that we’re often recommending getting fit outside of our gyms, as they assume it would be bad for business for us, with people choosing to cancel their memberships and instead get fit at home (or at least intend to!). In reality, the opposite is true. Yes, some people cancel as soon as their minimum membership is up (or even before), that’s a fact of life and they will do that regardless. We’re interested in our motivated members, people who really care about their fitness and are in it for the long run. Hopefully that helps show why our great members come back – they’re with us for our expertise as much as our equipment.

Our gym has almost every item of fitness machinery you could possibly think of, and probably a lot more. Here’s a run down of the common ones:

Treadmills

Treadmills are the running machines you often see when you pass one of those gyms next to a main road with big glass fronts showing off people running for their lives but going nowhere. These machines are perfect for anyone that likes to run, but doesn’t want to do it outside passing people they know or getting soaked in the rain.

If you’re serious about getting fit, losing weight or bulking up those muscles, you’re going to want to leave our virtual gym and join us in one of our professionally equipped gym locations!

We always welcome new members with open arms, not because we’re a business and it makes us money (well maybe a little bit), but because we have a passion for health and fitness. If you’ve never joined a gym before, don’t worry. We welcome people like you every day, and every new member gets a guided tour of the building, the equipment and a personal introductory session with at least one of our expert members of staff. Don’t be surprised if a few members say hello too, we find our amazing customers are almost as enthusiastic about new members as our team are!

You’ve found your way to our home of fitness here at helmerjoseph.com!

Our clients join us for lots of different reasons, but there’s three motivations that pop up time and time again: