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Tue 18 Feb, 2013
 
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UJ HEALTH SUPPLEMENT – SPRING
 
If, like us, you've taken your time to get back into a healthier new-year regime, don't sweat it. Instead, get a blender, sign up to a juice cleanse, buy some new work out garms and treat yourself to a little mind/body R&R (up a tree, in St Tropez…). Or, you could just jump on the 5:2 bandwagon. It is London Fashion Week after all.
 
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GADGET:
Vitamix Blender
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Jump start the health buzz with the king among blenders, Vitamix. It's guilt-inducingly easy (bar the price tag) and it juices, cooks, grinds and freezes. Whole food juices in one minute, soup in five… and ice cream in 30 seconds.
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£459.95, available from John Lewis
   
 
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SPA HOME:
Chewton Glen
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Escape the city noise for Hampshire's Chewton Glen. If the old-school charm of the main house is a bit too country file for your liking, shack up in one of the new design-led treehouses for ultimate seclusion. They come complete with hot tubs, panoramic valley views, a "pod" bedroom, glass walkway and – genius – a secret hatch for breakfast hamper deliveries. You won't even have to visit the spa – there are in-treehouse treatments available. Duvet day anyone?
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Chewton Glen Hotel and Spa, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, BH25 6QS
Treehouse suites from £600-£800
 
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PRODUCT:
Les (Art)istS Tees
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Trade in the grey marl for these sport luxe, football jersey-inspired t-shirts by French brand Les (Art)ists. Our fave teams? Yeezy and Slimane of course.
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€45, available from Colette
   
 
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SPA AWAY:
Holistic Health
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Holistic wellbeing is the latest health trend to take root. The new breed of trainer – personal fitness and therapy – dedicates equal time to sorting out your body and your head. London's Body Studio offers different mind/body programs to achieve "The Anatomy of Happy". Alternatively, if you want complete mind time out then book into Sezz Saint Tropez. In April, this ultra modernist five-star hotel will host Lacure Officine, a course based on the Bio-Nutrimab science, which combines physical, mental and spiritual health to naturally detox the body, repair the skin and improve metabolism. Just stay away from the Dom Pérignon bar.
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Lacure Officine at Hotel Sezz Saint Tropez, 151 Route Des Salins 83990, Saint Tropez, France
Courses from April 26 – May 12 and October 7 – 20, from £2,392 per person
 
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PRODUCT:
Adidas by Stella McCartney
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Because you can't have too many staple, two tone hoodies.
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£95, available at Net-A-Porter
   
 
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JUICE:
Radiance Cleanse
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If DIYing it with a blender isn't for you then a juice diet might be. Reset your digestive balance with Radiance Juice. The different cleanses (signature, winter, greens, beauty boost or bespoke) consist of a pre-cleanse/cleanse/post-cleanse plan with organic, cold pressed – though some include hot drinks – raw juices delivered straight to your front door. What this cleanse lacks in diversity (juices on the one we did were the same every day) it makes up for with the ability to create a bespoke plan (we went heavy on supplements for a liver focus).
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Three day cleanses from £215
 
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WORKOUT:
Trampoline at Frame
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Au fait with synchronised swimming, ballet and boxing to house music? Then try Frame's Rebounding classes. That's trampolining to drum and bass to you and me.
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Frame Queen's Park, 27 Beethoven Street, Queen's Park, W10 4LG
45 minute classes £10
   
 
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MASSAGE:
Return to Glory
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The thing about day spa trips is, by the time you've arrived, you're likely to be in a bad mood from your journey. Unwind during the massage, but then face the homeward travel again. Not so stress free. With Return to Glory, a therapist arrives, sets up shop (tables, music) and gives you a treatment in your own home. You can even add extra time as you go along.
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Massages from £54
 
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TREATMENT:
Beauty and the Brunch
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Possibly one of our favourite London hotels for its swanky but fresh appeal, One Aldwych embodies effortless luxury to expert effect. It is now also the unofficial LFW haunt – situated within crawling distance of Somerset House. UJ visited to indulge in Beauty & the Brunch – a genius concept combining two things we love. From the minute we arrived at the basement spa and spied the off-the-scale indoor pool, the weight of the city slipped from our shoulders.

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LAUNCH
 
adidas BOOST™ Launch NYC
 
 
 
What
Global launch of the adidas BOOST™ in NYC.
What they say
"BOOST™ is a groundbreaking innovation in cushioning. It provides more energy return than any other foam cushioning. Comfort used to be soft. Responsive used to be firm. BOOST™ gives you both. Running will never be the same."
What we say
These shoes are comfortable and they do have added bounce. More energy, less work: we like. They also look good too. #UJloves the neoprene style fabric used on the uppers. Usually we find that high-tech running store-style shoes suffer aesthetically, but these are a good style/performance hybrid.

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