Tips to get more active

There is guidance about how much activity you and your children should aim for each day for your health. In general, adults should aim to do 150 minutes of activity per week where your heart rate increases, but you can still hold a conversation. There are guidelines for:

• Adults
• Adults with a disability
• Children and Young People
• Disabled Children and Young People
• Older Adults
• Perimenopausal and Menopausal Women
• Pregnant women
• Under 5s
• Women after Childbirth

If you want to get more active, you can start in lots of different places and do what suits you. Take a look at some of the Let’s Get Moving Champions stories for inspiration.

Walking and cycling around the city

• There is a lot of information on how to start walking and cycling more in Leicester on the Choose How You Move website and newsletter
• Track your journeys using the free BetterPoints app to earn points and redeem them for high street vouchers, or donate them to your favourite charity

Places to exercise in Leicester

• Active Leicester have seven leisure centres with swimming pools and gyms, you can also access facilities including a climbing wall; athletics track; golf facilities and several dedicated football pitches. They have a range of services and concessionary prices available to support a child’s journey into physical activity.
• There are activities that are available at parks and open places in the city
• Outdoor gyms are available in 30 places across Leicester that are free to use, no matter your experience or ability. The equipment is suitable for anyone over 140cm in height.

Home-based exercise

• You can follow along with one of our Live Well exercise videos (watch the health and safety video first).
• Use the information on the Active Together website to try out different ways of getting active at home.

Find information on how to move more in your local area including clubs and activities near you, ideas moving more at home and suggestions for building activity into daily lives on the Active Together website. There are activities for all ages.

If you’re over the age of 65, Active Leicester offer Golden Games, an online toolkit with resources and ideas to increase physical activity. Golden Games combines traditional games with physical activity to encourage participants to move more through simple and fun group or individual activities.

We can help you to become more active

If you want to exercise more often, our team of highly qualified healthy lifestyle advisors can support you to become more active and improve your overall health and wellbeing.

Visit our physical activity page or call us on 0116 454 4000 for more information.

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