Seitenbacher Organic Muesli

In no other other European country do so many people go to the gym as in Germany. There are now over 10 million gym-goers. Even in the smallest towns, there are opportunities to lift weights, sweat on the treadmill or work out in circuit training. Physical fitness is anything but a short-lived trend. On the contrary. Balanced strength training is considered an effective way to counteract the negative effects of sedentary everyday life. Those who exercise regularly and strengthen their muscles feel fresh and vital for longer, even in old age. Athletes who train a lot in their disciplines also rely on strength training. Even golfers now go to the gym.

The origins of strength training and bodybuilding lie in ancient Greece. Almost 4,000 years ago, people already knew that repeated exertion strengthens the body. For this reason, lifting and throwing heavy stones and running races in full armour were part of the daily training programme. At first, these exercises were only meant to increase the warriors' fighting ability. Later, the best athletes of the various Greek city states competed against each other in supra-regional competitions. The venues of the Panhellenic Games were Corinth, Delphi, Nemea and of course Olympia. While in the beginning all competitions were contested in helmet and armour, the wearing of armour was later reduced exclusively to a race in full armour. In all other disciplines, the athletes were naked. Women were forbidden to participate in the games, married women were not even allowed to watch. Nevertheless, two women managed to become Olympic champions in the chariot race. In this discipline, the owner of the team and not its driver was crowned the winner.

Sporting competitions were very popular in ancient Greece. Male athletes were therefore also immortalised on jugs and vases. While the ideal proportions of the female body changed again and again in the past centuries for painters and sculptors, they remained surprisingly constant for men. Broad shoulders, strong arms and the famous six-pack are still as sought after today as they were by the ancient Greeks. However, the social significance of sport was largely over by the end of antiquity. Most people simply no longer had time for it. In the Middle Ages, sporting activities were limited to wild ball games on holidays and the fights of the nobility at tournaments.

This only changed in the 19th century, when sports clubs were founded in many places, especially in Germany and England. But from then on, people also voluntarily devoted themselves to physical exercise at home. With early-morning exercise and strength gymnastics, the educated bourgeoisie tried to counteract the effeminacy of city life. In the circles of the "Lebensreform", this was often supplemented by air baths and a vegetarian diet. Today, people who regularly do strength training can be roughly divided into three groups. First, there are the so-called "strongmen". In earlier centuries, they earned their money with strength demonstrations at fairs. They bent horseshoes or lifted iron bars with volunteers holding on to the ends. Today there are strongman championships where, among other things, trucks are being pulled. A strongman is all about strength; defined muscle groups are not important to him. Bodybuilding is the opposite of this. The focus here is less on functional strength and more on consciously shaping the body. Isolated exercises are used to develop individual muscle groups to the best of their ability. However, building and maintaining large muscle mass requires a lot of training and a very specific diet. This is because the energy consumption is enormous. And because the body wants to save energy, unused muscle mountains are quickly shed again. Besides the extreme strongmen and bodybuilders, there is also the large group of people who simply want to get in shape.

Anyone who is interested in sport cannot neglect proper nutrition. The ancient Greeks already knew that athletes have to eat differently. That is why cereal porridge was an integral part of the daily diet of Greek athletes. In the 21st century, porridge has given way to muesli. Seitenbacher's delicious organic mueslis are miles away from the monotonous porridge of antiquity. Whether puristic or opulent, with or without sultanas, the creative mixtures from Seitenbacher bring variety into the muesli bowl. The Seitenbacher Muesli Fully Organic Mixture is based on whole oat, whole wheat and barley flakes, which are refined with sultanas, sunflower and almond kernels. The high proportion of chocolate pieces makes the Organic Muesli Choco Dream a real breakfast highlight. With freeze-dried strawberry pieces, sultanas, almond kernels and wholemeal cornflakes, the Organic Muesli Breakfast Mix ensures a good start to the day. The Organic Muesli Crunchy & Low Sugar is a nutty muesli mix without sultanas with hazelnut, almond and cashew nuts. If you like it fruity, you should try the Organic Muesli Raspberry Blackberry. Raspberries and blackberries provide an irresistible taste that is rounded off by sultanas and sunflower seeds. The organic mueslis from Seitenbacher will spoil you with balanced mixtures of different cereal flakes, dried fruits and tasty nuts. Just the right thing for breakfast or as a delicious snack between meals.