Pilates training strengthens the muscles, especially the deep muscles near the spine. It trains endurance and deep breathing, improves posture, flexibility and the physiological function of the joints. Body awareness is trained, a positive body image can develop and radiance can be improved. As there are large differences with regard to performance and background, but…
Jonas Plass, 400 m runner, is impressed with the Jumper® double, Blackroll Ball, MyBall with actisan®. This is his report: I hadn’t been home a week from my training camp in South Africa when I had unbelievable pain under the ball of my right foot. My groin operation was just 4 months ago. After 3…
Creativity and innovation: These are the driving forces in the over 50-year company history of TOGU. In 1956 the brothers Toni and Gust Obermaier won an inventors prize for the implementation of an idea that was both simple and ingenious: To make a ball out of a single piece. In a pot on the stove…
At the end of July the new TELE GYM DVD is being filmed with fitness pro Gabi Fastner. This time it’s all about bodystyling – with Brasil®. When you read Brasil® you immediately think of a positive atmosphere, motivating music and a desire to move! We want to know exactly what the special thing about…
The current German Trial Master and multiple junior World Champion Raphael Pils gains first experience on the bike balance board and is obviously having fun. Moving on the bike balance board feels the same as on your bike. Just like a mountain bike, it is steered by the body. Depending on your current level of…
by Denise Müller, Grad. Sports Scientist A long drive, plane trip or wrong sitting position during a train ride… And there it is: the “stiff neck“! Who hasn’t experienced it. Particularly during the holiday season – the most beautiful time of the year – we suffer from neck tension and tight upper back muscles. Adverse…
by Denise Müller, Grad. Sports Scientist The human inner ear is divided into two parts: the vestibular system and the cochlea. Together with the eyes and the superficial and deep sensibility, the vestibular system, also called organ of equilibrium, serves to maintain our balance. The reception of all impressions that are received through the receptors…
The world is raring to go, it’s nearly time for the start. The football fever infects everyone. Discover our selected Brasil products in the new Brasil zone, and train like a pro.
The traditional cycle race will take place on Sunday (June 1st, 2014) in Prien am Chiemsee. From 3 pm, 18 elite racing cyclists from the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany will race for first place on the 600 m long race track. Amongst them six derny pacemakers. We wish all riders the best, especially…
by Denise Müller, Grad. Sports Scientist There are two distinct areas we will need to have a closer look at when talking about sensorimotor function: “Sensorics” on the one hand, and “motorics” on the other. Sensorics is a collective term for the physical process of all sensory perception (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting),…
Movement learning and movement relearning are difficult challenges every trainer faces with his charges on any given day. The conscious inclusion and improvement of sensorimotor skills will optimise the foundations for movement learning, and will facilitate reaching set targets for desired training adaptations. Sensorimotor function is the basis for every training stimulus. The better the…
Text: Gabi Fastner “The objective of this training programme is to remain active and flexible while getting older. Without exercise, many important body functions begin to slow down: muscles begin to weaken, joints become less flexible, and balance decreases overall. Our bodies will only maintain those functions it uses every day! This training regime will…