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PACE-FITNESS-STUDY :
a scientific project of the German Sport University Cologne
The Department of Physiology and Anatomy of the German Sport University
Cologne is carrying out a long-term epidemiologic project: the PACE-Study
(Performance, Age, Competition, Exercise). Its aim is the documentation
of complex interactions between training, age, motivation to engage in
physical activity, lifestyle factors and physical performance.
Athletes from all age segments, sports and from all levels of performance are invited to participate in our online survey (www.dshs-koeln.de/pace ).
Effects of training vs. effects of ageing
First results prove that Lifestyle-related factors have a considerably
stronger impact on health and age related processes than biological ageing
itself. Masters athletes in particular provide compelling evidence that
extraordinary performance is possible even at an advanced age. However,
a lot of questions remain unanswered as to how the athletes are able to
attain and maintain this level of performance. This is the angle PACE
tries to tackle the issue from: Important fact pertaining to Training
regimen and competitive habits are collected from a broad selection of
sport by means on an online-survey.
Calculate individual Data
Every athlete that has completed the survey will be able to calculate
some interesting information based on his personal data (Body-Mass-Index;
daily energy expenditure at rest work and sports; Heart rate frequency
ranges for a more effective running training). Marathon- and half marathon-Runners
can compare their personal results wit those of over 400.000 results from
German races between 2003-2007.
Results online
More than 15.000 athletes have participated in the PACE survey to this
date. Participants interested in the way their data is used can access
the published results on our website.
(February 2010)
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