Plogging
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Plogging is a portmanteau word formed from the components "Plocka" ( swedish cancel; pick ) and jogging , and is a natural sport in which - mostly organized and equipped with gloves and waste containers - the littering fought landscape and the garbage to the recycling loop supplied becomes.
history
As an organized sport, this activity originated in Sweden around 2016 and spread rapidly in the following years, including via social media . There are also corresponding initiatives in German-speaking countries.
motivation
Since sporting aspects, joint activities and social commitment can be combined for the immediate area, the activity is enjoying increasing popularity.
Health aspects
Plogging offers a much more varied workout than normal jogging, in which only certain muscle groups are used, through regular bending, picking up, standing up and running. Appropriate care must be taken to maintain hygiene .
Adaptations in other sports
Modifications consist in Pliking , the combination of "Plocka" and "hiking" ( English for walking ), or Plaking or Plalking with the sport of walking and the Plycling (, the compound having "cycling" English for cycling ), wherein due to Due to the larger transport capacity, mostly wild garbage dumps are removed.
See also
Web links
- Sweden: With a garbage bag through the forest? In: Weltspiegel from June 3, 2018.
- Environmental protection campaigns among outdoor bloggers on TrailRunnersDog.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plogging: Environmentally friendly fitness trend from Scandinavia. The Swedes are leading the way: With the plogging fitness trend you can not only keep your body fit, you can also do something for the environment at the same time. Fit for Fun , 2018, accessed March 19, 2018 .
- ^ Paula Krempels: Guide: Plogging, Plalking, Pliking - Sport for Mother Nature. Swiss Environmental Information Foundation, May 19, 2019, accessed on September 4, 2019 .