OLDHAM Community Leisure is offering its facilities for just £1 for one day only to mark National Fitness Day.

On September 26 gym, swim and studio sessions across all of its centres are included in the initiative to promote physical activity and the OCL membership joining fee will also be reduce to £1 for anyone applying that day.

National Fitness Day, the UK’s largest physical activity celebration, spearheaded by ukactive, encourages the nation to celebrate the fun of fitness and physical activity

There will also be a host of activities going on including Challenge Oldham!, inviting people to compete to see how far they can row as a group in one day across all of OCL’s Active Centres.

The sports hall at Oldham Leisure Centre will play host to a Health and Wellbeing Market, where customers can try out everything from a group line dance and chair-based exercise sessions to Oldham College’s ‘smoothie bikes’.

A unique blend of health, wellbeing and fitness experts will be on hand, so visitors can ask advice, get all of their questions answered and find out more about what’s going on in Oldham.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet with useful wellbeing charities including Mind, Macmillan and Age UK.

Chadderton Wellbeing Centre will host Lifeguard Awareness Training for college/sixth form students from 9am to 12pm, while Saddleworth Pool and Leisure Centre will offer up a Teen Gym Circuit Class, suitable for 13-15 years old’s, from 4-4.45pm.

Pete Howson, head of customer relations at OCL, said: "National Fitness Day is our chance to highlight the role physical activity plays across Oldham and to raise awareness of its importance in helping us all to lead healthier, more active lifestyles.

"Research shows that if you exercise with others, you’re more likely to stick with it, the social atmosphere creates a positive environment and helps us to enjoy being active. So, grab a friend, family member, colleague, or team and join OCL on the most active day of the year."

Throughout the UK, ukactive will be highlighting that keeping physically active means something different to us all by asking people to share what fitness means to them via social media.

Photos and videos can be shared using #Fitness2Me.

ukactive will then select the most inspiring #Fitness2Me heroes from the nine English regions and the three nations that make up the UK, and promote their stories to a national audience.

For more details visit oclactive.co.uk and https://www.nationalfitnessday.com.