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We want to make Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland the most sporting and physically active place in England by 2025. Working with partners we want to provide physical activity opportunities to encourage people to move more often.

Physical Activity: The Facts

How much physical activity should you be doing?

• In order to feel the benefits of physical activity, it is recommended that you take part in at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on five or more days of the week.

• Moderate intensity activity is an activity that raises your heart rate so that you feel warmer and breathe slightly harder than normal.

• The 30 minutes does not have to be achieved all in one go, it can be broken down into three lots of ten minutes or two lots of fifteen minutes.

Why should you be doing physical activity?

• Health Benefits: prevention and control of numerous illnesses, helps to maintain strong and healthy bones/joints/muscles, helps with weight control.

• Social Benefits: meet new people, take up a new hobby, do activities with your friends and family.

• Wellbeing Benefits: improve your mood, improve your confidence, reduce stress, gain more self esteem.

Further Information

To find out more information about physical activity programmes and activities that are taking place in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland then please look through the pages in this section.

For general enquiries regarding physical activity please contact the Physical Activity Team on:

Tel: 01509 564870

Email: Jo Newberry - j.newberry@lboro.ac.uk or Andrew Watson - a.watson4@lboro.ac.uk  

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