The idea of Functional Fitness is that you work only with your own body weight. So it’s the perfect program for outdoor classes. If you want to try Functional Fitness in Stuttgart, come to Tal der Rosen (Valley of the Roses) at Killesberg Park on a Sunday morning. It starts at 10 am (quite early, I know :-)) and lasts for one hour.

When you walk up to Tal der Rosen just look out for two beach flags – and lots of people in sports wear. You can’t miss it!

We started with some warming up exercises…

… before it got tougher. We were separated in two groups and worked on different parts of our body. I couldn’t walk without pain for three days afterwards! 🙂

It was a great workout and I had so much fun doing Functional Fitness in Stuttgart under the open sky! If you’re interested too, come to the special session on August 14! They try to set a new record and get together a few hundred people.

The free Functional Fitness class is provided by SportCodex and the City of Stuttgart. The idea behind it is to make more people do sports on a regular basis. What a great concept!

Have you ever tried Functional Fitness in Stuttgart? How did you like it? Or have you participated in any other classes offered by Sport im Park? Which are your favorite ones?

More information:

Sport im Park program (only in German)

Functional Fitness special event on August 14

Yoga at Sport im Park

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Even the walk from the station through the park is very nice by itself:

Can you guess why this place is called Valley of the Roses? 😉 And it’s just the season for them, they are blooming everywhere. So beautiful!

We found a space under a huge tree where there was enough shade to provide shelter for about 50 (!!) people. And then the course started. I liked the teacher very much. She had a relaxing voice and led through the different poses very smoothly.

Yoga under the open sky feels sooooo different to yoga at a studio. You smell the grass, feel a cool breeze on your skin sometimes and the ground is so soft.

I really enjoyed it.

That’s what you see while doing the downward dog. Better than the white sealing of a yoga studio, isn’t it?! 😉

Even though we were quite a big group, the lesson was very relaxing. Everybody had enough space for him- or herself.

After a bit more than one hour, the class was finished. Some people stayed on their mats afterwards but my friends and I decided to head over to the “Höhencafe“, a little restaurant which is overlooking the Tal der Rosen.

Up there, you have a very nice view; over the park and all the way to the Fernsehturm (tv tower).

Next to the view, the food is really nice, too! 🙂

I had Flädle (pancake) with goats cheese…

… and my friends ordered Apfelstrudel (apple strudel)…

… and Maultaschen (Swabian ravioli):

We sat there, enjoyed the yummy food and watched the sun turning the tv tower pink.

What a lovely evening!

Free Yoga classes and the other courses are provided by Stuttgarter Amt für Sport und Bewegung in cooperation with Sportkreis Stuttgart, SportCodex and some sport clubs. The classes will be held under good weather conditions until the end of September. The directions are given in German. If you don’t speak German, talk to the instructor at the beginning, so he or she can advise you, have a special eye on you and switch to English when needed.

More information about:

Sport im Park (only in German)

Höhencafe Killesberg (only in German)

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