When Hannibal set out in 218 BC with 50.000 soldiers and his elephants for the first recorded crossing of the Alps, inflicting a crushing defeat on the Romans thanks to this tactical and logistical masterstroke, no one could have foreseen the history this mountain range would play. In 2015, the highest mountain range in the heart of Europe has seen almost… read more
When forester Karl Drais presented the first bicycle as an alternative to the riding horse in 1871, he probably had little idea of the effects cycling would have on the human body and which training strategy would make him the fastest cyclist. Today, almost everyone is familiar with the effects of training; the curve of the desired supercompensation is well-known. … read more
Who hasn't seen the Swiss commercial? Two ibexes are exasperated by the cyclists' efforts, who, red-faced and exhausted, are trudging up the mountain passes. The damning conclusion of the mountain animals, philosophizing in perfect Swiss German: "Carbon instead of fitness!" The carbon age has even reached the animal kingdom, everyone... read more
