Men’s Busi­ness at the Spa

Dis­cov­er your manpower!

The pro­ject is sci­en­tific­ally sup­por­ted by the Uni­ver­sity of Bayreuth, the Bav­ari­an Health and Food Safety Author­ity and the Sieben­quell GesundZeitResort.

What is “Män­ner­sache im Heil­bad” (Men’s Busi­ness at the Spa)?

Many men know the feel­ing: in every­day life, exer­cise and sport often fall by the way­side. Strength, stam­ina and flex­ib­il­ity slowly decline. This is exactly where the pro­gramme comes in!

The aim of the pro­gramme is to motiv­ate middle-aged and older men to become more act­ive and more health-con­scious for the long term. It com­bines the clas­sic health offer­ings of a spa town with an exer­cise pro­gramme developed spe­cially for men.

The pro­gramme is sci­en­tific­ally mon­itored and looks at, among oth­er things:

• Phys­ic­al activ­ity habits
• Well-being
• Motiv­a­tion to stay act­ive in the long term

The res­ults are inten­ded to show how spa towns can make a tar­geted con­tri­bu­tion to pro­mot­ing men’s health in future.

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Who is the pro­gramme for?

The pro­gramme is aimed at men:

• aged between 45 and 70
• who are cur­rently not very phys­ic­ally active
• who would like to bring more exer­cise back into their every­day lives
• who would like to act­ively strengthen their health

Require­ments:

• A doc​tor’s cer­ti­fic­ate con­firm­ing fit­ness for exercise
• Will­ing­ness to take part in the research project

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What to expect dur­ing the week

You will spend a week in the spa town of Bad Weißen­stadt am See and at the Sieben­quell Gesun­dZeitRe­sort – with a clearly struc­tured pro­gramme of exer­cise, nature and recovery.

This is how your week is structured:

Set train­ing times – com­bined with plenty of room for rest and time to yourself.

Exer­cise programme

Var­ied train­ing com­bin­ing strength, endur­ance, func­tion­al exer­cises, games and out­door activ­it­ies – motiv­at­ing, health-focused and free of per­form­ance pres­sure, tailored to each participant.

What the spa town offers

The spe­cial set­ting of the spa town of Bad Weißen­stadt am See is the ideal com­ple­ment to the programme:

• Sieben­quell Gesun­dZeitRe­sort thermal spa
• Kneipp treat­ments
• Health walks
• Forest Health Training
• Recov­ery and relax­a­tion by the lake

Last­ing res­ults – even after the week

Your stay at the spa is fol­lowed by an eight-week digit­al fol­low-up phase that helps par­ti­cipants to:

• build new routines
• stay act­ive
• make exer­cise part of every­day life

The idea is to turn one intens­ive week into a long-term fresh start.

Dates

Dates for the next intens­ive weeks are cur­rently being arranged.

Ven­ue: Sieben­quell Gesun­dZeitRe­sort – Bad Weißen­stadt am See

Cost

Pay What You Can – your advantage

Tak­ing part in the pro­gramme has a total value of around €1,948 (includ­ing accom­mod­a­tion, meals and treat­ments at the spa).

For this pilot pro­ject, how­ever, you pay only a con­tri­bu­tion
of €828.

At the same time, the “Pay What You Can” prin­ciple applies:
you decide for your­self what con­tri­bu­tion is appro­pri­ate and afford­able for you personally.

This gives you a high-qual­ity health pro­gramme on par­tic­u­larly fair terms – while allow­ing you to stay flexible.

Regis­tra­tion

Secure your exclus­ive place in the pilot study now! Places are limited.

(To ensure safe par­ti­cip­a­tion, you will be asked sep­ar­ately about any health restric­tions or con­train­dic­a­tions after registering.)

Pro­ject partners

This pro­ject is delivered by:

• Uni­ver­sity of Bayreuth (Chair of Social and Health Sci­ences in Sport)
• Sieben­quell GesundZeitResort
• Bav­ari­an Health and Food Safety Authority
• Spa town of Bad Weißen­stadt am See

Con­tact

If you have any ques­tions about the pro­ject, please contact:

Tiz­ian Schuck I tizian.​schuck@​uni-​bayreuth.​de I0921 55–3463.
Pro­ject descrip­tion by the Uni­ver­sity of Bayreuth