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 Friday, March 12 2010 @ 01:27 PM EST

Nordic Walking - Benefits, Pleasures and Advantages

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Quite simply, Nordic Walking could be described as WALKING PLUS, or even EXTREME WALKING.

Unlike walking, or even running, Nordic Walking, which is walking with especially designed poles provides you with a whole-body exercise - lower body, upper body, plus a great aerobic workout - comparable to Nordic, or cross-country skiing


Nordic Walking, or pole walking is really taking off in Europe. Millions are participating in this great, whole-body exercise. More and more people in the U.S. are also discovering it and wondering why they haven't started Nordic Walking before.

In most countries the English name - Nordic Walking - has been adopted and kept, but the Swedes have dubbed it stavgång, in Norway and Denmark it is stavgang, and to the Estonians it is kepikönd.

If you already walk, power walk, hike, run, or cycle, Nordic Walking will enhance your fitness level. In addition, walking with poles is a lot more interesting and engrossing than plain walking.

When you deal with Nordic Walking US, you can be assured of a customer service and experience that has been always rated as second to none. I am also an ANWA-Certified Nordic Walking instructor and will be happy to teach you the most efficient technique to take advantage of these benefits.

I use and teach a modified European/ Finnish/American technique, which in my opinion offers the best combination for training and fitness.

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My Nordic Walking Diary, Part V

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Had to give in to MySQL limits. Since the database exceeded the pre-set limit, the continuation of the diary resides here now. Link to the first, second, third and fourth parts of the diary are just below.

Results, so far - with no dieting, after 4,934.25 miles - lost some weight and body fat and in general I am staying in great shape due to regular Nordic Walking. This diary was started on May 16, 2005, as a way to keep track of my walks both publicly and for my own, private reference. Just think what kind of results YOU could achieve with Nordic Walking and a rational diet!I have also gotten faster, as proven by steadily tumbling personal records.

On June 6, 2009 I have been persuaded by Gottfried Kürmer to switch over to a regimen recommended by an Oxford University study, which proposes conducting relatively intensive workouts for 30 minutes a day - seven days per week. Yes - no break days, but none, or fewer one, two, or three-hour intensive walks.

Therefore, my optimal mileage will hover between 15 and 20 miles per week, instead of 25. I still intend to do at least one longer walk per week and even take a day, or two off sometimes, to even things out.

Of course, if we get enough snow, I will be cross country skiing and as things stand now in the Washington, DC area, skiing is the norm, until the snow melts :)

The 1st part of The Nordic Walking Diary

The 2nd part of The Nordic Walking Diary

The 3rd part of The Nordic Walking Diary

The 4th part of The Nordic Walking Diary



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Most Recent Post: 02/06 01:48PM by Admin

Our Winter Clearance Sale is Over, but Prices are Still Great

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Our prices on top-of-the-line LEKI and Swix Nordic Walking poles remain as competitive as ever, particularly in view of the fact that shipping to the lower 48 U.S. states is always free.

Now that the snow is melting in many areas, it is time to clean and put away your cross country skis, boots and poles and transition back into Nordic Walking - pretty much the same enjoyment and fitness benefits and you won't need the snow!

Being great fans of cross country skiing as well, we do miss the fast-disappearing snow, but believe me, Nordic Walking is absolutely the next best thing!

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Nordic Walker Fends off Wild Boar with Poles

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This story appeared in "The Local" - Germany's News in English.

The pugnacious pig bit three people who were walking through a Grunewald area park in Berlin's western Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. Police were first alerted to the boar at 10 am when a man called emergency services to say he’d sustained a bite to his leg in the wooded park.

An hour later Berlin's 110 service got a call from a 56-year-old woman who said her hand had been bitten by a boar and she had warded the savage swine off with her Nordic walking poles.

That's still another, documented use of Nordic Walking poles, besides the obvious fitness and social benefits.

At this point police dispatched a city hunter to track down the ornery creature, but he was unable to find the boar before another victim, this time a 32-year-old woman, called emergency services to say a boar had bitten her hip around 3 pm.



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Starting Nordic Walking Could be a Super New Year's Resolution

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First of all, we would like to wish a Happy, Healthy and Fit New Year to everyone

Think of all of those elliptical trainers, exercise bikes and other fitness equipment, which are gathering dust in people's basements, closets and garages. I have a couple of those items as well and they do not seem to be getting much use around here at all.

My Nordic Walking poles in turn get used almost every day. Surprised? Don't be. Nordic Walking poles are compact, relatively inexpensive and very effective fitness devices, which actually tend to get USED and to a great advantage.

They are in fact "pocket-sized gyms", enabling all the exercise that all of those other devices provide and which, in addition, can be taken anywhere.

For those, who would much rather exercise in the great outdoors, instead of their living rooms, or basements, or in stuffy gyms, Nordic Walking offers the optimal combination of both aerobic and muscle exercise for the entire body.



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Google Maps Loves Us!

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We have just received a nice letter from Google, saying that we are among the most popular search destinations on Google Maps.

Along with the letter, a rather large sticker was provided, with the QR code, that’s scannable by mobile phones - including the iPhone and Android devices, such as my Droid.

Haven't decided yet, whether to put it on window, on the car, or maybe I just should frame it :)


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Anyone Interested in Forming a Nordic Walking Group in Washington DC Area?

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I am re-posting this story, as there seems to be a growing number of people interested in creating some sort of a Nordic Walking club in our area

I was wondering if anyone in Northern Virginia, Maryland and in the Washington, DC area in general would be interested in starting some group walks.

I would be willing to lead them, even provide a few initial pairs of loaner poles, some basic training for beginners, etc, at no charge. You would have to provide your own transportation, of course.

We could meet in different places in the area, lets say, once a week, twice, or even once per month. Let me know what you think, before we get too specific. Either simply send an email (link below), or if your are a registered user of this site - post a comment right under this story. E-mail



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How to Gauge Success in Nordic Walking?

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Many people strive to go faster and faster, to beat their own best times for a given route, or distance, or to try to win a race. I have done both and still time myself on Nordic Walks. It is sometimes good to know how fast your workout was and kind of fun to beat a record – your own, or someone else’s.

But what, besides beating records could be defined as “success” in the case of Nordic Walking?

I tend to think that getting in shape, losing weight and staying healthy through Nordic Walking is a much bigger achievement, than beating a record, or winning a race.

Speaking of races, there seems to be a growing number of marathons, which allow a Nordic Walking division. I have no problem whatsoever with that, but since one could cover the distance in about the same time without poles, while expending less energy, Nordic walkers should compete within their own division, as they would definitely be handicapped in comparison with walkers, race walkers and the like, who would be expending considerably less energy and getting a lesser workout as well.

As a matter of fact, if you actually are Nordic Walking in an intensive way, getting the optimum workout and burning calories like crazy, unless you are in a superb condition, you shouldn't even be able to do it for let's say: more than 1.5 hours, before getting totally worn out. If you can do it intensively and longer, you are either a superb athlete, or you are not Nordic Walking hard enough.

On the other hand, much longer walks with poles are generally possible, if you do not make them very intensive. It is probably more beneficial as far as conditioning is concerned, to perform a hard, almost strenuous 30-minute Nordic walk, than a relatively relaxed two-hour one.

In short: It is entirely up to you to decide what Nordic Walking can do for you, but in my opinion it is not only one of the greatest year-round conditioning exercises around, but it is also an outdoor activity, which you can practice almost anywhere and it is just plain fun!



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Straight Arm, or Bent Arm Technique?

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Re-posted with some clarifications

Tom Rutlin - a pioneer of Nordic walking, which in 1988 he termed "Exerstriding" advocates the straight arm "plant" technique.

David Downer - links to whose websites you can find right here at Nordic Walking US, also uses and teaches this method.

The International Nordic Walking Association (INWA) in turn teaches the bent arm plant. I have heard that Exel reps (INWA=Exel) have been teaching the straight arm technique, although their website still shows graphics, where models have radically bent arms...

The American Nordic Walking Association (ANWA) also teaches the flexible arm, European technique.

There was I time, when I too used and advocated the bent arm plant, but that has changed a bit. Despite Gottfried Kürmer's - one of the best Master Nordic Walking coaches suggestion to actually bend the arm, I am continuing the relatively (but not completely) straight arm technique. I must say though that Gottfried's teaching did transform my arm plant into a more flexible one than before.

I would like to emphasize that the arm should not be rigid, but be allowed to bend to a limited degree at the elbow, in order to maintain the fluidity of the stroke.

Let me try to explain why I believe that a modified straight-arm technique works best.


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Most Recent Post: 03/24 03:44PM by Admin

Nordic Walking Technique - It is Really Quite Simple, But You Have to Start Off the Right Way

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This revised and updated article was originally posted in 2006

Nordic Walking means walking with poles. Many elements of ordinary walking become more effective with poles and the walking technique becomes more balanced.

Nordic walking is so effective as a whole-body exercise, that I let my gym membership lapse several years ago and haven't been back there since.

If your goal is to lose weight, improve your general fitness level and even build some muscle, you owe it to yourself to give Nordic walking a try.

A general rule of thumb as far as the length of poles is concerned is that the forearm should be almost parallel to the ground with the arm angle at about 100 degrees, while gripping the handle and the tip of the pole next to the ankle joint. More specific pole fitting should be done with the help of a good instructor.

It is also highly recommended to take classes with a qualified and certified instructor, in order to fully benefit from what Nordic Walking offers and to avoid picking up some wrong habits, which might require extra work later to eliminate.



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