Active for Health

What is it?

There are many benefits of being active including:

• lower blood pressure and resting heart rate, ensuring your heart is more efficient

• improved sleep at night

• improved mood through endorphins released within the body

• help maintain bone strength to prevent osteoporosis later in life

• keep muscles strong and joints supple.

Active for Health is a new 12-week activity programme to help you become active and move more. Adults (18 and over). You can sign up for the Active for Health programme if you have a BMI of 25 or over, or 23.5 if you are from the BME community

The programme will include a range of activities to help you improve your fitness, socialise, learn new skills, and ultimately improve your overall wellbeing.

Located at either a leisure centre or in a public open space, the programme consists of 12 weeks of group activities including fitness classes, walking sports, team games, healthy eating, and wellbeing walks. Activities will be chosen by the group in consultation with the coach.

Once signed up for the 12-week course, each participant will receive a free 90-day offer to use the One Leisure facilities subject to eligibility criteria*. This membership includes activities such as badminton**, squash**, cyclone (indoor cycling), the gym, fitness classes, and swimming, amongst other targeted activities delivered across One Leisure 

What are the eligibility criteria?

• adults (18 years and over) with a BMI of 25 or over, or 23.5 if you are from the BME community

AND

• be inactive (undertake less than 30 minutes of exercise per week)

• residents of Huntingdonshire district

• your blood pressure needs to be within certain limitations. Raised, controlled blood pressure is okay. However, if your blood pressure is either above 180 (on the top/first number) and/or above 100 (on the lower/second number) you should seek advice to confirm suitability. (For example: 190/105, please seek advice before completing your application)

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  Top number	Lower number	Yes/No
  <120		Yes
  120 - 170		Yes
  >180		No
  	80	Yes
  	<90	Yes
  	>100	No

• customers will only be eligible for one Active for Health offer.

To find out more, read our Active for Health - Guidance for the Public [PDF, 0.2MB].

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