This article focuses on the benefits of physical activity for people with a common long-term condition, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It highlights the evidence and explains the importance of both increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time for health. The availability of brief interventions for physical activity in primary care vary widely and therefore this article offers some suggestions about how to close that gap and broach the subject in practice. It introduces some free new resources for people with COPD to support them to become more physically active.