Jaga Sepp shows the way

Prevent dementia with cycling!

Josef Pucher, known as Jaga Sepp, used to spend a lot of his free time with the wild animals in the mountains. today, the hunter only watches the majestic deer in the game reserve as he cycles along the Maltatal cycle path.(Bild: Hannes Wallner)

More and more Austrians are switching to bicycles as they get older, because cycling - whether on an organic or e-bike - is good for the cardiovascular system and, above all, is easy on the joints. But cycling can do so much more, says Professor Günter Amesberger from the University of Salzburg, and Jaga-Sepp from the Carinthian Malta Valley shows how it works.

"Cycling, like other sports with complex movement sequences such as climbing or mountain hiking, helps to maintain cognitive abilities in old age," says Professor Günter Amesberger, co-founder of the Austrian Federal Network of Sports Psychology (ÖBS): "Cycling is good for the brain!"