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An action of the AOK and ADFC with many great prizes to win the action of the AOK and ADFC should motivate increased physical activity in everyday life, reduce the risk of disease and lead to greater well-being. Great prizes such as bikes, balloon rides, bike accessories are waiting for the participants. The registry organised this year already for the tenth time, the action cycling to work”the health insurance company AOK. The promotion will run from June 1 to August 31, 2012. If you want to participate in the action, you must first register.

You can do so easily on the website: with the wheel-to the arbeit.de do in just a few minutes. You have colleagues who also want to participate, a virtual team can be made. This is independent which route the individual drives. Want you alone take part, you can subscribe as a solo participant. Be active now it applies at the time of the June to the 31 August2012 at least at 20 days, to ride the bike to work. Have a slightly distant way to work, you can also the way to work, with public Combine transportation such as buses and trains. The participants of this action did not only for their health.

The environment and the gel bags were spared. Cycling is the cheapest means of transport on short routes. “Raffle all who participate now the goal 20 days with the bike to work” achieved have to participate in the draw of many great team and payable. Among the attractive prices, high-quality 24-gear trekking bikes (Model T-50). City breaks for two, including two overnights with breakfast). Not only consolation prizes are the waterproof bike bags from ORTLIEB. Neither did the practical bike sets from Sigma (including headlight, taillight and cycling computer). Abus there to win the innovative bicycle lock Bordo 6500 X-plus. With this Abus bike lock high-quality bicycles in unguarded Platzensorgenfrei can be parked. The winner of the Falk Ibex 40 can be via an easy to use navigation device in the value of more than 470 euros It offers. With this GPS for each destination without miss a point of interest on your route. Who would not enjoy that win so valuable? Still, high-quality bicycle helmets will be raffled KED and adventure weekend at hotspot Lake Park in Niederweimar brand. Balloon rides include the team prices worth 1000 euros. The team prices also include six week trial with a Pedelec (E-bike). “In the past about 172,000 cyclists in the action with the wheel to work in Germany have year”, organized by AOK and ADFC (General German Bicycle Club) participated. The action should motivate increased physical activity in everyday life, reduce the risk of disease and lead to greater well-being. Who continuously rides a bicycle, brings the risk of obesity and heart or circulation problems are in the form of reduced.

After the race, and in strenuous training stages the athletes are supported by BOWTECH in a holistic way. So the body can regenerate faster and better. After sports injuries helps BOWTECH in a special way, to support the healing process. Faster BOWTECH handles after a sports injury support can be used, the better the rehabilitation process takes place. BOWTECH is successfully applied in Germany in athletes and competitions. So as a group of seven BOWTECH Pracitionern in October 2009 already for the third time actively participated in the BREMEN BALANCE, a fair for sports, nutrition and wellness, while the various skiing competitions were held.

BOWTECH Practitionerin Elisabeth Holt: we were especially pleased about the positive Feedback from runners, which told us after the race as symptom-free, they could achieve their desired performance with complaints of the lower back, legs and feet receiving targeted treatment.” Bowen therapy Academy of Australia (BTAA) is the only Association worldwide, which is allowed to propagate the doctrine of Tom A. Bowen and educate BOWTECH teachers and teachers. Currently (2010), there are teachers and teachers and approximately 25,000 BOWTECH practitioner in 32 countries worldwide 80 BOWTECH. BOWTECH Germany Association was founded on September 15, 2002 and is recognized as the only nationwide provider Association by the Bowen therapy Academy of Australia. “Currently, the Association has 450 members, over 300 of which can be found as trained BOWTECH practitioner with their practice in the Internet: and as a practitioner in your area”.

BOWTECH Academy Germany GbR is the only training institution legitimised by the Bowen therapy Academy of Australia for BOWTECH practitioner in Germany. For Germany are currently (2010) four BOWTECH teachers and three BOWTECH teachers involved. Training, seminar locations and dates can be found on the Internet at.

As you complete an effective muscle building and six pack training without equipment BWEs are a form of fitness and strength training, which completely dispenses with tools such as weights and fitness equipment. Because you need only your own body to carry out, you can perform all the time, everywhere, and free to BWE. As a result, they are good for those who want to or can visit a fitness studio and the abdominal muscles to train. Because the exercises require many muscle groups and include all movements, strengthened not only the individual muscles, but also the interaction and the efficiency of individual regions of the body. There is less muscular imbalances as in conventional strength training. BWE are often criticized, because only”the body serves as a resistance, which supposedly leads to a stagnation of training at a certain level. Proponents of weight exercises counter which that you can increase the difficulty almost arbitrarily by one intentionally made more difficult an exercise. To the You can perform one-handed pushups, Handstand pushups, or push-ups with increased leg level example instead of a normal pushups, which significantly increases the resistance.

So, the training intensity can be adjusted dynamically to train not only in terms of power endurance, but also in terms of maximum power. Understanding the body weight exercises (BWE) training a BWE training should include all five basic exercises. For each exercise, there is always a back exercise. Just so, claimed the whole body and avoid imbalances. For more variety, cannot you take in per muscle group still an additional exercise. For example, for squats still lunges.

Dips or close pushups are completed as back exercise for pushups. Still close for wide pull-ups Chin-ups. For crunches nor the isometric blank. And so on, and so forth. It is important to note the respective exercises should be both in the same Rep range it BWE training. Shortly before the workout warm up (Jumping jacks, Burpees, mountain climbers, skipping rope). Heavy exercise before the light exercises. = Many exercises set training exercise with 2-3 complete sets and then to the next. Little exercises is possible also a circuit training = 1 set per exercise and directly to the next exercise. For multiple passes. Per exercise 2-3 sentences. Go as many repetitions as possible, but not until muscle failure. Between sets and exercises, short breaks. A training should take a maximum of 60 minutes. 1-2 workouts per week are sufficient. But also it depends on, how much time and regeneration of charge. Weight exercises or body weight exercices are suitable especially for fitness and weight training beginners, because the training load is not so intense as in other training methods. Therefore, the body can respond better to the stresses and rebuild Krafausdauer before you go over exercises of free weights and equipment. The advantages of BWE training training the functional power inter-muscular Coordination is trained complex exercises several muscle groups involved little or no cost almost everywhere possible body takes away the feeling hardly equipment needed relatively natural motions the disadvantages of BWE training body weight and strength gains not proportional to the part difficult to learn often high reps of anur endurance, hardly maximum strength etc. There are three main exercises where BWE training knee squats, pull-ups and push-ups. Although there is still a lot more exercises, but variations of the above mentioned main exercises form the cornerstone of the training courses. Have fun and success during training!

What is standard in the United States and other countries long ago, has now also in Germany. At the latest since Heidi Klum just a few weeks could attend after your pregnancy with a perfectly styled body by Victoria’s secret fashion show, many mothers wonder how that was possible. Now, when a celebrity of course other arguments flow in the pan. In addition to an armada of nannies, Klum coached Heidi also by the star trainer David Kirsch. Such a performance is possible only with a personal trainer on the side, very much time, iron discipline, daily workout and a chef who serves good meals. The everyday life of a mother become fresh is however very different. In addition to diaper changing and baby be variants with rattle and Quitscheente, chronic lack of sleep, shopping and breastfeeding determine the day. Buggy fit creates the gap between child and sport.

As the name suggests, Buggyfit is a special training program for mothers with small children. The exercises are specific to the Adapted to the needs of mothers after pregnancy. It be targeted areas as training the pelvic floor muscles, stomach and thighs, or buttocks. The exercises are a mixture of classic postnatal exercises, effective strength, endurance, and strains. Already 6 to 8 weeks after the pregnancy can be started with the workout, which in small groups with up to 10 people will be completed and guided by a trained Buggyfit trainer.

A major advantage is that the mothers not to handle a babysitter, because child and buggy will be involved in the exercises. Through the targeted training with Buggyfit mothers in quickly reaching your old weight and spend valuable time with your child. In addition, the training encourages contact with other mothers. So, valuable experience can be exchanged next to the workout. The young entrepreneur your courses are currently available in Munich. Other cities in Germany are in planning. On the home page where you can complete Buggyfit classes, to learn from Buggy fit

The stress Gegenmwart escape with an old healing method Yoga is an ancient Indian teaching and philosophy about the interaction of body, mind and soul. It is not religion, but a view of life but. A healthy way of life should be taken with the help of certain mental and physical exercises. There are the ancient Indian Scriptures, the so-called Upanishads, where the first methods of yoga have been written down. From there until today, a long time has passed and the Yoga has changed in his opinion well in its execution. It especially several schools and styles of yoga have emerged. Of India Yoga has come first in the American West, then it has made the leap across the Atlantic to Europe. The most common type of Yoga is Hatha Yoga.

Here are physical exercises in the Centre, which should prevent the disease of the body. So, yoga is not designed as a remedy, but a kind of health prevention. That is also the reason why the health insurance companies in Germany the cost Pro-rata take a yoga class. Yoga – courses are always bliebter. Well, there must be no adult education in Germany that course in her program has no yoga.

The popularity of Yoga is probably due to the fact that must be practiced here without any hassle and with less effort. That is different from the gym yoga. In addition to the Hatha Yoga modern forms have emerged. There is, for example, the laughter yoga. Here, an artificially produced laughter produced a positive effect on the body and well-being. It attracts many Europeans, once they have met the Yoga in their home, in the home of yoga, India. There, many yoga seminars are offered particularly in the North of the country in Ahrams time can last up to a stretch of several weeks.

To date, there are four main types of bicycles: city, road, mountain and special (Trial, children ). All the other bikes are a 'hybrid' combinations of these four types. In general, cases a combination of size (diameter) wheel, the number and type of shock – almost uniquely determines the class to which the bicycle itself, although there are exceptions. By the number of bicycle shock absorbers divided into classes such as: Rigid (Rigid) bike without shocks. So for example shocks never put on road bikes and bmx bikes. So it could be a city bike or mountain bike the initial model. This, often, or specialized sports apparatus or entry-level bike on which the plug is not for the sake of economy Hardtail (HardTail) bike with front suspension fork.

To date – the most common type of bicycle suspension fork makes the bike more manageable (especially roads), and the ride more comfortable. Depending on the purpose bike – the forks travel can be from 30 to 300mm. Dvuhpodves (Full Suspension) Bicycle with front and rear shock absorber. Bikes of this class are as comfortable city bikes, ultralight dvuhpodvesami with low speed shock for cross country and heaviest 'machines' for downhill ('Down Hill'). This, often, or specialized sports apparatus or bike for a comfortable ride at no great distance.

Softteyl (SoftTail) bike with front suspension fork, whose feathers are back triangles have a special geometry for added cushioning. Sometimes, instead of feathers set korotkohodnye shock absorbers. It is usually very expensive and specialized racing bikes for Cross-country.

Cycling can be jumbled kilos and increases more and more young people start condition a passion for sport, to fight settled. The work on the Office harms the body and the mind. For this, people start on weekends, always more to go out of the House and to play sports in the open air. Whether extreme sports, cycling, climbing or simply hiking: all sports to ensure to keep body and mind fit. Many people like to go cycling.

Cycling is one of the healthiest sports and contributes to weight loss and to preserve the own health. Even beginner sport, the regular bicycle tour offers the possibility to remove effectively and in the long term. Thus, cycling is much easier to run than a visit to the gym. This is due also to the fact that you can incorporate this condition training well into the own daily life and therefore no more extra time for the training session must take”, says Tobias Fendt, operator of the fitness blog. If you can no longer work Car runs, but rises on the bicycles, which can be already jumbled the kilos.

Short distances are less effective, this one comes with longer endurance tours faster success. Bike effectively to take off, should be taken not only to the length of the routes, but also on the correct their own facilities. A rattling gear promotes the condition, nor the slimming process”, Tobias Fendt advises. On the contrary: this weight loss often torturous, the fitness expert explains. A success is only when cycling is in the long term. Among the things that a cyclist needs, among others: a trekking or touring bike, a helmet, a heart rate monitor, a bike map for longer tours, something to drink and of course the own motivation. You have all this stuff, so you can make sure that the condition increases and decreases the weight. You have to be patient but also and not exaggerate with the training especially at the beginning. Is too much and too fast ineffective and almost always leads to the yo-yo effect. Also when training with the bike, this is no different. Here it is especially true as in all endurance sports, to comply with a certain number of pulse. In between short sprints with a high pulse rate are quite acceptable,”explains Tobias Fendt. The highest number of pulse to reach can be calculated with the formula 220 own age. How does this calculation, but also other tips and tricks for cyclists lead Tobias Fendt.