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Uta’s Blog is for all who believe in getting fitter, living longer, and being happier. I hope you enjoy the fitness, health, and training advice as well as inspirational stories and updates of my training, speaking and charity events. I am excited to share these insights and I invite you to Take The Magic Step® with me.
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Recent Insights
Uta’s Spring Greeting 2024: Let’s Run Together
I send you many greetings with best wishes for your fitness and running endeavors wherever you are this spring with an update on my schedule and events in Colorado, Boston, and Berlin. Let’s celebrate this beautiful way of life, enjoying living in the moment.
Getting Your Children Excited about Running
Children naturally like to move and play. Running can be an activity that they can embrace and lead to a life of fitness and health. Uta shares her thoughts on how you can get your child excited about running.
A Message from Uta: With Hope and Thankfulness Into the New Year
The New Year is here and Uta shares memories of the trying year 2020 and the joy she found in quietly running through nature, and thanks everyone for their kind words and thoughts.
Take Advantage of Safe Running in the Cold Winter Months
“Winter running” can be mega fun. And with some clever planning and knowledge as well as a good program you make it even safer and more rewarding.
Uta’s Favorite Exercises to Improve Your Fitness and Running Technique
Uta Pippig provides eight simple at-home exercises to stay fit during the Corona Virus. And you only need yourself and a set of Therabands!
Uta’s Late Summer Greeting 2019
Uta hopes everyone is having a healthy and joyous summer as she updates all her
Take The Magic Step friends. Currently enjoying the beauty of Colorado and her running and
writing, Uta soon heads to Berlin in her role as fitness and running expert for the exciting and
highly anticipated Berlin Marathon.
Uta’s Fitness Guide for Your Holidays
How can we combine our fitness goals with the relaxation of this wonderful time of the year? Keeping a few simple thoughts in mind can allow you to enjoy it all together with friends and family. Uta shares her tips.
Uta’s Summer Greeting from Berlin for Joy and Success in All Your Fitness Endeavors
With summer here, Uta is back in Berlin and hopes to see many of you at the exciting upcoming events in Berlin and beyond. She hopes your training is going well, you are handling the hot days, and looks forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones during so many great athletic events.
Uta’s Yoga and Stabilization Guide for a Better Running Technique
Runners, especially, can benefit from a well-balanced yoga and stabilization program. Uta suggests effective combinations of poses and exercises that have helped her gain the flexibility and balance that can lead to a better running technique for everyone.
How a Clever Mental Focus Can Get You Through Running Injuries
Running injuries can be devastating, but learning to focus mentally can speed up the healing process. Uta explains how the forced break from running can actually provide future benefits.
How To Prevent Injuries While Running
A sudden injury can bring your training workouts to a halt. But there are many simple preventive measures you can take that will help you avoid running injuries and also allow you to improve your running. Uta shares some of her tips that helped her in her championship career.
In Your Base Training Period: Develop Endurance and Strength
Endurance and strength training can help lay the foundation for good fitness and a promising racing season—and be fun, too. Uta describes the benefits of running cross-country and activities from cross-country skiing to deep-water running that she used in her race preparation.
This Time I Will Reach My Fitness and Running Goal
Today I share with you how you can successfully use gradual, smaller, attainable changes to achieve the desired improvements in your life.
Stay Fit and Healthy During the Holidays
It is time to relax with family and friends and enjoy a most wonderful holiday season. Amid the festivities, will we be able to combine fitness and pleasure? Or is fitness pleasure? However you see it, here are some things I like to do as the year draws to a close.
How to Prevent a Common Cold and Enjoy Your Winter Runs
In this “DIE WELT” column we explore practical tips for preventing the common cold during the winter months when our immune systems might be diminished due to the weather. Keep up with your running schedule by staying healthy and energized.
Cold Autumn Weather? Good Reasons to Run Anyway
In this “DIE WELT” column I share with you the beauty of running in the fall and how to make the most of your training no matter what the weather throws your way.