{"id":353,"date":"2016-04-06T12:46:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T11:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?p=353"},"modified":"2016-04-06T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:45:45","slug":"worldphysicalactivityday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/campus\/worldphysicalactivityday\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating #WorldPhysicalActivityDay at Loughborough"},"content":{"rendered":"

#WorldPhysicalActivityDay has been trending on Twitter today, 6 April. Sometimes this feels like every day on our\u00a0campus, but to celebrate we’ve brought together some of our favourite photos of both physical activity and sports facilities on campus.<\/p>\n

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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!<\/p>\n

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One of two gyms on campus, Powerbase<\/a>\u00a0is one of the largest strength and conditioning gyms in the UK. Don’t forget about Holywell Fitness Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Action shot! Did you know the floor of our 50m 8 lane\u00a0swimming pool<\/a>\u00a0moves up and down?<\/p>\n

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

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

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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.<\/p>\n

Find out more on the Loughborough Sport website<\/a>, or watch their video<\/p>\n