Being physically active has countless benefits to both your body and your mind. The guidelines for the amount of physical activity adults and older adults should be doing is 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity exercise or 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise.

Some of the benefits of physical activity include:

• improved sleep
• helps maintain healthy weight
• helps manage stress levels
• improves quality of life
• decreased chance of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers

Please look at the activities below to see what is on offer within Charnwood to help you stay physically active.

Face to face physical activities are currently suspended, for the full list of activities on hold please visit https://bit.ly/3bIG1iC

For ideas and support to keep active at home please visit our Healthy at Home page