What is it?

• Keepfit covers a wide range of exercise activities that are designed to help you keep physically fit.  

• These can range from a simple programme of exercises at home to a complex routine using a range of exercise machines in a club or centre. 

• Keepfit programmes   They may be combined with other forms of active sports, notably jogging and swimming.

Find out more

Organisations

Active for Life  www.active.org.uk/ 
Exercise England  0807 506506
Fun & Fitness  www.fun-and-fitness.com/ 
health-club.net  www.london.health-club.net/ 
Keep Fit Association  www.keepfit.org.uk/ 
The Fitness League  www.thefitnessleague.com/

Magazines

Fitness Today
Health & Fitness Magazine

Getting started

• Find a local keepfit group or club (see organisations above).

• Take a class or course at your local club or sports centre.

• Consult books or magazines on the basics of keepfit.

• Check in your local library/paper or sports centre for more information.

What you need

Skills and people

• Keepfit programmes are designed for people of all ages, both sexes and different physical abilities.  

• This is something that you do on your own, but many people are attracted by the facilities and stimulus of a club or class and its social aspects.  

• If you are doing keepfit as part of a group, it is better if the people you are with are of roughly the same standard of fitness as yourself.

Equipment or clothing

• Basic exercise programmes do not involve any special clothing or equipment, though people attending keepfit and health clubs and courses often wear track suits, shorts, leotards etc..  

• There are many keepfit machines (bicycles, treadmill, weights, steps etc) that can be used, especially in health clubs but also in the home.

A place or facilities

• There are specialist keepfit facilities in most local areas, sometimes in local hotels as well as in stand alone clubs or centres and most sports centres.