I used to be a member of the local Holmes Place gym, which was later taken over by Virgin Active. In January, I cancelled my membership, and in March I rejoined via PruHealth. The basic theory here was that it would be more expensive in the short term (paying for health insurance as well as gym membership) but that it would get cheaper in the long ( Read more... )

I've just been along to the PruHealth website, so that I could check on my vitality points. Unfortunately, it turns out that their SSL certificate expired last night, so I get a big warning message when I try to access the site. I've reported the problem to them, and they should be able to fix it fairly easily, i.e. renew the certificate. However, ( Read more... )

Back in March, I bought a Fitbug pedometer: the idea is that I can earn "Vitality points" if I do enough steps in one day (5 points for 10000 steps, 10 points for 12500), and those points can save me money on my health insurance. (See my previous post for more detail about that.)

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Following up on my previous post about PruHealth, my gym membership is now up and running. ( Logistics )

As I mentioned in January, I cancelled my gym membership so that I could re-join via Pru Health. I signed up with Pru last week, and received my welcome pack this morning; it all looks quite encouraging, particularly their "Vitality points" discount. The basic idea is that I can earn points for each healthy thing I do, and if I accumulate enough ( Read more... )

Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate arbitrary calendar events, and Happy Tuesday to those of you who don't ( Read more... )