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Celebrating #WorldPhysicalActivityDay at Loughborough

6 April 2016

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#WorldPhysicalActivityDay has been trending on Twitter today, 6 April. Sometimes this feels like every day on our campus, but to celebrate we’ve brought together some of our favourite photos of both physical activity and sports facilities on campus.

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This aerial photo of campus shows just a small fraction of the sporting facilities available to our students. Look at all that green!

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One of two gyms on campus, Powerbase is one of the largest strength and conditioning gyms in the UK. Don’t forget about Holywell Fitness Centre.

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Action shot! Did you know the floor of our 50m 8 lane swimming pool moves up and down?

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If high level sport isn’t your thing, why not re-create some childhood favourites? Loughborough Sport and My Lifestyle offer fun activities like the intriguing ‘Human Hungry Hungry Hippos’, as well as twists on the classics such as ‘Rave-minton’.

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Our students compete in sports you might not even have thought of…See the list of full AU clubs here. And don’t forget about the Students’ Union societies!

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But don’t just take our word for it. This year, our outstanding sports facilities came out on top in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey.

Find out more on the Loughborough Sport website, or watch their video

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