New sports box to PH Schwäbisch Gmünd: Movement for all students!

New sports box to PH Schwäbisch Gmünd: Movement for all students!

In April 2025, a new sports box was opened at the Pedagogical University (PH) Schwäbisch Gmünd, which provides an innovative and free offer for students and employees. Numerous students and interested parties were present at the opening celebration. Prof. Dr. Jochen Mayer and Leonie Schnith from the Sports Science Department cited the celebrations and emphasized the importance of the initiative for the university.

The sports box offers a variety of free sports materials to motivate students to move more. These include table tennis rackets, yoga mats, Viking chess and spiking ball. The aim of this measure is to develop the university into a still health -promoting place and to promote an active break design and joint game. The use of the sports box is possible daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. via a smartphone app, which makes access and use easier.

joint initiatives for health promotion

The realization of the sports box was the result of comprehensive cooperation between different departments and students at the university. This shows how important interdisciplinary approaches are for promoting an active lifestyle. Such offers are particularly important in view of the challenges that students look for. Studies show that students spend up to 11 hours a day on sitting, which is associated with health risks such as back pain, heart diseases and other diseases.

The Center for University Sports The Goethe University in Frankfurt has also launched numerous projects to integrate more exercise into everyday studies. This includes, for example, the online movement tool "Active Movement Break", which was developed by students to introduce active breaks. These exercises aim to activate the muscles and to promote relaxation after long sitting phases.

Integration of movement offers into everyday university life

In addition to these initiatives, universities offer innovative solutions such as clutches and seat balls in order to enable a more dynamic approach to sitting. These measures are designed to raise awareness of lack of exercise and to promote the health of the students in the long term. The PH Schwäbisch Gmünd also contributes to this important development with the opening of its sports box.

Overall, such measures are given a clear focus on health and well -being of the students, which not only improves the quality of life, but can also increase academic achievements. Further information on the sports box and the health -promoting offers of the PH Schwäbisch Gmünd are on the PH-Website and to be found on the sports box in the notices.