FITNESS SPORT No 1 year 2007

If it says fitness on the packet, then fitness must be in the packet! 5 years of STRENFLE X 2002-2007

STRENFLEX receives many enquiries along the lines of, “how can I, as a woman, after years of training at last achieve a chin-up?” Or from men, “how can I do 6 or more dips when training?” In future, STRENFLEX will not only offer the fitness club market world wide marketing tools for the FITNESS TEST DAYS (i.e. fitness tests for all) or a wider platform for gym championships, intercity cups, national and international championships, but it will also provide them with a training concept. This will once again motivate members to aim for and achieve their personal training goals through co-ordinated basic train ing, using for example, the bronze fitness sport badge. In future there will only be one major championship each year. This means that the World Championships, European Championships and National Champion ships will take place at the same location and on the same date. This special edition of SFS Magazine (no. 12) will take you deep into the world of STRENFLEX in its 36 pages. I would be honoured to be able to welcome you too, into the constantly growing STREN FLEX family. It is a particular highlight for me to announce to STRENFLEX members and potential members that well-known sports scientist Dr. Rolf Krempel has assumed the important position of STRENFLEX General Secretary in an honorary capac ity. With his solid knowledge of sports science he is the ideal person to repre sent and promote the STRENFLEX ideals in both Germany and further afield. Have fun staying active!

It is exactly 5 years since the STRENFLEX Sport Organisation was launched in pub lic for the first time at FitMess 2002 in Basle. In only 60 months 31 national and international fitness decathlon competi tions have already been held in Europe and the USA and the concept presented to interested industry specialists. Every medal however, has two sides: success and awareness. Success for the fitness insiders who as gym members feel they are “competition-fit”. Awareness from the STRENFLEX Sport Organisation, that realised very quickly that despite the fact that 6% of gym members worldwide are interested in the STRENFLEX Decath lon Championships, over 90% prefer purposeful, goal-oriented training with a fitness test as the conclusion, i.e. they are not interested in competition. This is why the STRENFLEX Sport Organi sation launched the STRENFLEX FITNESS TEST with sport badge in 2005. At the FitMess in Basle and at FIBO, the world fitness fair, hundreds will attempt to gain the bronze, silver or gold sport badge. This simple, but scientifically developed fitness test is designed to provide gym owners, trainers and instructors, together with millions of fitness club members, another way to become interested and participate in all-important, preventive fitness training. Alongside the existing supporting pillars of STRENFLEX, the fitness test and com petitions, STRENFLEX this year intends to introduce the third and last pillar – not only to the Strenflex Fitness Test Cen tres (STCs) – but also to schools sport associations and others involved in pro viding health services: the Training Con cept.

His Serene Highness Prince George Youriewsky Born 1961

- Active for 35 years in competitive sport and has been a trainer/teacher and coach for 26 years - Grew up in Flims (GR), completed his high school education in Zurich and then went on to study law/MBA - With friends he established Switzerland’s first mail order sports article discount business in 1988, concentrating on tennis, squash, badminton, ski/snowboarding - Managing Director of various soft ware companies for 15 years Sports Tennis: Earlier youth + sports mana ger, competition / fitness trainer, senior trainer (regional, Canton and eastern Switzerland), qualified Swiss tennis instructor, B2/ R2 player over several years, ASVZ training mana ger, junior umpire ZSTV; today a casual player Diving: Padi rescue diver (***) Skiing: All-round, alpine and ski tours Squash: Mainly in winter Earlier: Shooting, riding, sailing, golf, mountain biking, sport for the disabled (long-time carer/trainer, team coach of the 1984 Swiss Para lympic team) STRENFLEX: As a basic sport for general fitness and to balance some of my more one-sided sports STRENFLEX World President since 2004

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Hans-Georg Yourievsky STRENFLEX World President

STRENFLEX fitness sport