The Vitaparcours has been moving the Swiss population since 1968. You can now make training even more varied with an app. How did a forest run with obstacles survive all the developments in sports science?
High-ranking visitors for the opening of Switzerland’s 100th Vitaparcours in Lucerne in 1971: the national coach of the Swiss artistic gymnasts Ludek Martschini, the South African champion Marie da Wet and the Swiss artistic gymnast Patricia Bazzi (from left).
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A tree trunk hopping competition during a school trip, jumping up to the rings and swinging on a Sunday walk as a child: the Vitaparcours exists in some form in the memories of most Swiss people. As if it had merged with the Swiss forest.
