Baden-Württemberg: "Geiler, beautiful pain": rope puller swears by sore muscles

Horben (dpa/lsw) - According to the experience of Thomas Hug from Horben (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district), tug-of-war is a sport that has it all. "The whole body from the neck area down to the big toes is stressed during this pull," said the trainer from the tug-of-war club Feuerstein Horben (TCH) of the German Press Agency. Observed from the outside, one could think that sport is destroying knees and lower back, said the founding member of the association. If done correctly, the only episode is a sore muscle: "A great, beautiful pain," said the 56-year-old. Then you know what you've done.