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Did sport contribute to the spread of the coronavirus? Should anyone exercise during the coronavirus pandemic? The coronavirus has changed the culture and practice of sports worldwide and many people have many unanswered questions. Therefore, the Chair of Exercise Biology headed by Prof. Dr. Henning… [read more]

Talking about depression and burnout is still a taboo subject nowadays - even in competitive and high-performance sports. According to a study carried out by the German Sports Aid Foundation in 2013, in which 1.154 athletes were questioned, one third of Germany's top athletes suffer from mental… [read more]

They can no longer be overlooked from the Mittlerer Ring, and now pedestrians in the Olympic Park can see them from afar: The new climbing tower and the boulder sculpture on the TUM Campus at the Olympic Park (CiO) are nearing completion. As part of the new construction of the entire facility, the… [read more]

Many athletes are currently only able to practice their sports at home or outdoors as fitness studios throughout Germany have had to close down since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 as a measure to slow down the outbreak of the coronavirus. Therefore, the Chair of Exercise… [read more]

Is there a correlation between physical or mental exhaustion and specific changes in the metabolite concentrations in the blood of alpine skiers? Prof. Dr. Henning Wackerhage's Chair of Exercise Biology is investigating this question in its new project entitled “sportFATIGOM”. The study, which will… [read more]