READING might be famous for its beer, bulbs and biscuits, but if a new survey is true then it should be biceps, bulges and braun.
It turns out that the town takes silver place in a contest to be health and fitness capital of the UK. Only Newcastle ranked higher.
Online health and fitness retailer Predator Nutrition looked at the number of gyms and local interest in physical health, nutrition and supplements across the country.
Newcastle came top, ranking highly for all characteristics of a healthy city, shortly followed by Reading in second and Bristol as the third.
Reading did come top in one area: it has the most holistic approach to health and fitness.
This includes balancing physical fitness with a healthy diet and optimised supplement regimen. There are 93,620 online searches relating to physical fitness, nutrition and supplements in Reading each month.
This amounts to as many as six in 10 Reading residents showing an active monthly interest in their overall health and fitness.
For more details, or to see the survey, log on to: https://www.predatornutrition.com/articlesdetail?cid=Fittest-Healthy-Cities-UK
