Positive influences of sports

by Jonas Lamberg

Reasons for unathletic conduct

Technical progress Improved mobility More office work Malnutrition No necessity of moving during work Lack of motivation Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, etc.

Consequences of not being in training

The spine, the joints, the muscles, and the heart are especially vulnerable

Higher risk of a heart attack Migraine Higher risk of depressions Higher risk of Influenza and other infections Higher blood pressure

Improve your well-being Sport improves your well-being Sport pumps blood into your head Your concentration gets better The blood can circulate better in your body Sport improves your immune system You will not get sick easily Sport forms your body

You get thinner You burn a lot of calories Lower cholesterol level It´s fun and easy to do You have a lot of possibilies to do sports If you train hard you will successful You can take part in global events e.g. the

New York Marathon

Team sport

New friends You can be successful together Improve your social skills Team spirit Obligation to do sports

Individual sport

You can train for yourself You can do it where and when you want to

do it Flexibility You are the one who is successful New horizons

New York City Marathon Most popular marathon in the world 42,195 kilometres of running through

Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan

The dream of a lot of people all over the world

The worlds best runners take part in it

More facts

42.000 runners every year 120.000 applicants 12.000 helpers 2.000.000 spectators Permission to take part: 265$ One of the biggest sport events in the

world

Sport can save your live

Chilean miner Edison Pena started running in the mine to stay alive

He took part in the New York City Marathon His knee injury eventually forced him to

walk over 10 miles, with ice packs applied at first aid stations

„I cried twice because of the pain in my knees. But I didn´t travel this far to give up.“