INACTIVE NEW YEAR: Two thirds of Sheffield folk are fit for ... lazy 2017!
A new nationwide study (here supported by "What fitness type are you?" quiz and illustrated by Physical soundtrack, for no other reason than it features Olivia Newton-John circa '81) also shockingly shows the average person only raises their heartbeat through sport for miserly 97.3 minutes per week.
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Hide AdSheffield's 35 per cent activity rate rate ranks our city 22nd of 30 surveyed, marginally above bottom spot Wolverhampton (29pc) and way behind gym junkie capital London (66pc).
Yorkshire-wide 62% of respondents say they want to participate in more sport in coming 12 months while 63% of residents own gym or sports clubs membership. God's Own County boasts highest duration of physical activity in UK.
The Ladbrokes survey https://sports.ladbrokes.com/sports-central/sporting-capitals-in-the-uk/index.html also shows more than one in ten practice yoga across the region.
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