Essentials

Dedicated amateur athletes usually have the same problem: due to their full calendar, career, family, and sports, they end up needing to steal time from somewhere else – their sleep. However, sleep is an essential element for maintaining your mental and physical performance capability.

In the period after intensive sports training or a competition up to complete regeneration, the human immune system is more susceptible to infections than usual. This phase is called the "open window".

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

This is how you can loosen tight hips and lay the foundations for injury-free running.

Lipid metabolic training and training units in which we want to burn as much fat as possible are two different stories. And yet they are always confused with each other.

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

How beneficial is the much-cited morning run before breakfast? And what do you need to bear in mind?

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

As part of the trail running boom, mountain runs are also soaring in popularity and are an increasingly coveted activity of running enthusiasts. Below, you fill find the most important points for mountain run training and four sample training sessions to try out!

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

Periodically we publish an interview with an interesting sports personality. Stephan Hugenschmidt, winner of the 2017 Eiger Ultra Trail and 2017 Trail Runner of the Year.

Every week we publish a training tip at this point. Follow this and stay in shape.

Relaxation units in thermal water not only enable you to regenerate but they also combine a whole range of health-promoting elements.

You only have time for 45 minutes of training? Then use every minute of it. Here’s how!