E-Bike-Kurs im Nationalpark Hainich – Fitbleiben im Beruf

How can we stay healthy and capable for as long as possible? What if we could stay one step ahead of high blood pressure, diabetes and joint problems? Three diagnoses that do not depend on fate. And far less on our genes than we think.

Our educational holiday combines well-founded health knowledge with targeted exercise in nature. The two interlock and form the basis for long-term performance capacity and stable health, including with a view to a longer working life and the growing demands of everyday professional life.

When the golden autumn bathes the beech forests in warm light, we are right in the middle of it: cycling, learning, breathing deeply.

Seminar content:

• Cardiovascular & metabolism: Scientifically founded strategies for prevention and strengthening. Risk factors do not add up, they multiply. That is why every change is worthwhile.
• Back & joint health: Exercises and knowledge for a pain-free musculoskeletal system. What we do or fail to do every day determines our back health more than our age or our genes.
• Stress reduction: Relaxation techniques for more inner calm. Stress drives not only the pulse but, in the long run, also blood pressure. Relaxation is not wellness, it is medicine.
• Movement: Cycling, yoga and relaxation methods in nature. Prevention does not begin in the fitness studio, but with every step, every movement and every posture in daily life.
• Practical tools for everyday life: Practical methods for the working day. Every small step counts. Health arises in the moments between the big resolutions.
• Understanding & changing: Knowledge as the key to sustainable prevention. Good theory is the best practice. Those who understand why something works are more likely to stick with it.

Making it easy to stick with it: In the weeks after the seminar, we will support you with short impulses by email, so that good intentions become real habits.

Who is this course for? For working professionals who want not only to know theoretically what keeps us healthy, but to experience it directly and integrate it into their everyday lives.

Accommodation and meals: Cozy hotel rooms at the Waldgasthof Rettelbusch, a small hotel on the edge of the national park, exclusively for our group. 4 nights + half board in cozy hotel rooms. Please book your accommodation referring to Campus-Wissen.

Culinary highlights:

• Delicious Thuringian breakfast buffet
• Favourite dish from the menu or a selection of dishes served at the table
• One evening a large Thuringian dinner buffet
• 1 cake buffet with home-baked cake and hot drinks, unlimited

Vegetarian dishes are of course possible.

Prices:

• Course fee: 420 €
• Double room, half board, 4 nights (per person): 384 € per person
• Single room, half board, 4 nights (per person): 496 € per person
• E-bike rental: on request

Funding option: Participants from Rhineland-Palatinate can receive a 60 % subsidy on the course fee through the QualiScheck. The funding application must be submitted before registration for the seminar.

Daily schedule: Mornings: After the morning exercise (not part of the seminar), we start the day with a fortifying breakfast. Depending on the weather, we either cycle straight to the Hainich to learn, or first head to the winter garden.

Cycling & learning: The seminar content is spread across the whole day and alternates with phases of cycling. We will not be back at the accommodation until the afternoon. Cycling distance: approx. 40 km per day, woven into the seminar content. This course is an e-bike course. We ride e-bikes so that we can tackle the elevation differences in the Hainich together.

Late afternoon: Time for rest and recovery, for a coffee in the winter garden, reading a book or a social get-together. One evening an evening event is planned.

Evenings: Sociable evenings in the winter garden promise to be cozy. Anyone who wishes can take part in a short evening exercise session. The seminar content will also take place outdoors in good weather. In bad weather, our seminar room is the heated winter garden with a panoramic view over the Thuringian Basin.

Our educational units take place outdoors: we are on the move together, and in between we continue by bicycle. The seminar day lasts around 6.5 hours, and we are back at the hotel around 3:30 to 4 p.m. During this period the legally required teaching time is fully delivered and used exclusively for the seminar content.

Optional excursions: Excursions to nearby Eisenach and the Wartburg are possible, and Mühlhausen (historic old town, Müntzer memorial site, Bratwurst Museum) and Bad Langensalza (Friederiken Thermal Spa and Japanese Garden) are also lovely Thuringian towns. These excursions are suggestions and not part of the seminar.

Your instructors:

• Annett Klepsch: Health and nursing scientist, resilience trainer, experienced nurse and teacher for nursing professions. Develops practical seminars focused on self-care. Her aim: to strengthen people so they can actively shape their health, and enjoy doing it.
• Jens Mewes: Fasting leader, passionate cook, forest bathing course leader and retired farmer. Accompanies participants in a practical way and is available as a reliable contact for organisational matters.

Team of the Waldgasthof Rettelbusch: And not to be forgotten: the team around the cheerful Thuringian Ariane Rettelbusch, who will look after us with great care.

Looking forward to:

• Learning amid nature
• E-bike riding in the golden autumn
• Seminar break in the forest
• Panoramic view over the Thuringian Basin
• Home-baked cake with a view
• Relaxation in nature

Why the Hainich National Park? Several years ago, when we were on holiday in the Hainich National Park (north of Eisenach), we fell deeply in love with it. Why? The Hainich was a military restricted area for decades. Large parts of the forest were hardly entered or used, so the forest stands could develop undisturbed. Today, the former restricted area, covering 130 km², is Germany's largest contiguous broadleaf forest area and one of the oldest and largest beech forests in Europe. That is why the Hainich has been a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site since 2011. And best of all: over 20 further beautiful hiking and cycling trails run through the Hainich, besides the Rennstieg. This primeval forest is beautiful in every season, but in autumn, given good weather, which we will have, the golden autumn beckons: a leaf colouring that captures the soul. Let yourself be inspired by this natural monument, the largest primeval forest in the heart of Germany. We warmly invite you. Tip: Extend your stay at the Waldgasthof Rettelbusch by a few days before or after, so you can fully enjoy the region. The Wartburg near Eisenach is well worth a visit, and the city of Erfurt with its beautiful Krämerbrücke is not far away either.

Bring your own e-bike: Please bring your own e-bike. Alternatively, we can help you arrange a rental e-bike.