As creatures of habit, our workouts can sometimes suffer from our love of the comfort zone. If every time you go to the gym you do 20 minutes on the cross-trainer’s random programme or you regularly run the same route in your local park it might not just be your ...

Leicester City Council has decided to extend the free swimming scheme for under 16s to include this year’s school summer holiday, despite central Government cutting the initiative's funding. The Government recently announced it was cutting the funding it had allocated for the free swims scheme across the country, which ...

Who are the oldest sports people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland? Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport is looking to answer that question whilst celebrating this year’s Active Ageing Week, which takes place between September 20th and 26th. A great range of activities and events to encourage adults aged 50 ...

Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport has received national recognition for its commitment to safeguarding children in sport. LRS has been awarded the Advanced Level for the National Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport. The top level that can be awarded, to achieve ‘Advanced’ requires sustained commitment and ...

Just like a lot of people right now, I’m totally gripped by World Cup fever and after convincing myself I would only watch England’s games (and perhaps Brazil) I now find I’m skiving work to watch teams from which I couldn’t name a single player! Now, whilst sitting square-eyed with ...

As official partners of Soar Magazine, the NHS Leicester City Stop Smoking team are clearly passionate about their work. In previous issues of our publication, they have covered everything from celebrity endorsements and vox pops of the public, to smokefree events and direct pleas to the smoking community. ...

From ‘well man clinics’ to gym and World Cup challenges, there is an activity for everyone during Men’s Health Week. For a complete schedule of the activities taking place visit www.lrsport.org.uk/menshealth An interactive quiz called ‘A Question of Health’ is running alongside the numerous activities on offer. The ...

Leicester Squash Club, based on London Road, is holding a unique event to help raise funds in aid of the Men’s Health Charities. The club are attempting to stage a single game of squash running from 9am through to 5pm this Sunday (June 20th). A Mini-tots squash session will ...

Joggers in Watermead Country Park will now have a helping hand around King Lear’s Lake following the launch of a new marked route at a fun run on Friday evening. Peter Osborne, Chairman of Leicestershire County Council and a keen long distance runner, officially opened the new ...

To celebrate National Family Week, which runs from May 31st to June 6th, Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport are searching for the most active local family. Whilst many families jet off to the sun and spend 14 days by the pool or thrill seeking in theme parks, 10-year-old ...