Stay Fit in Brno

Victory Jaques

1, 2, 3 and up!

Let’s begin the training!

You’re a sportive person or you just want to have some fun with or without teammates?

Brno is meant for you.

Low budget sport:

Parks at every corner allow you to go for a short or long run. In case you dislike to run, you can walk … promise nobody will be angry at you.

Around the dam lake, which has the nickname “Prýgl”, in Bystrc district and where the dam lies on the Svratka river, you can freely swim, cycle, hike or ski and ice-skate in winter. You can even combine one of those activities with a barbecue or a nice picnic or a visit to the Veveří castle not so far away.

For the trekking friendly people who wants to discover Brno surroundings and enjoy in a group, I would suggest joining the Facebook group “Call of the Woods Brno”. They are going for a hike almost every week and they have nice trails.

If you’re keener to faraway of the city, vineyards, infinite forest and crops will accompany you along the way. For this, you will have to pay for the train or bus as you are leaving zones 100/101 from the centre, but it’s worth it.

If you’re a student, then you have free sports available like football, basketball, dancing (different styles like Irish, salsa is available), badminton, running, all the athletics-related sports. You also have the possibility to practice more unknown sports like scuba diving and rowing which are quite loved sports in Czechia for a very low amount of money according to the material to rent etc….

Last, but not least, you can have access to a fitness centre with coaching which is very interesting for beginners, people lacking motivation or advanced sporter in need of professional advice.

Middle budget sport:

If you did not find your pleasure in the up-cited offers, then you are probably a hard nut and someone who already knows what, where and when and have some money in their budget.

For one time offers, trials or a fixed amount of training sessions, go to slevomat.cz. They have a lot of nice offers and you could discover some sports you did not even imagine you could do here in Brno. Same on the website https://gis.brno.cz/ where you just have to enter the sport you want to practice, the location and then just to go and train. The website is in Czech for the moment, but hopefully, an English version will soon come out (and otherwise google translation is a good first understanding tool).

In the sports area of Komarov district (Hněvkovského 62c, Brno – Komárov, 617 00), you can practice in-door climbing. You also have the possibility for arrow game or to have access to the skatepark. Otherwise, you have free access to basketball, football, handball, volleyball, tennis and more where you just pay for the material location. The only trick, it needs to be reserved in advance. The fitness centre is also there available, but you will probably find one closer to your place and not more expensive.

Czech people are fond of biking, so if you already have a bike, then you can put it in the low budget category, but if you don’t, then it is quite easy to find a second-hand or new bike at almost every corner of Brno in bike shops. Do not be afraid to ask, they know what they are talking about.

Higher budget or once for a try:

I’m coming back to Prýgl area which also offers the possibility to rent canoe or paddleboard and to go along the Svratka. For the adrenaline and water lovers, you can do Kitesurf on the lake (www.kites.cz).

For the ones who need to sweat a lot or to feel safer, Krav maga, MMA, Ju-Jitsu, and all other martial arts are easy to find in Brno as well as Yoga, Pilates and dance in private or in a small group. Special courses like 5Rythms or PortDeBras are also available as well as almost any other imaginable sport.

Of course, there are a lot of other possibilities that are not listed nor mentioned, but It’s a good start for the beginning.

I hope the training session was a success to you and that you’ll come back!

See you soon for the next round.

Date: 02. October.2020 Student ambassador: Victory Jaques

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Published	2020-10-02 15:25
Link	https://www.vut.cz/en/study-options/degree-studies-en/ambassadors/blog/f100654/d203749