Our bipedal gait is hard-wired into our DNA. However, movement skills, like other skills, will fade if they are not used. For our increasingly motor-dependent, desk-bound, screen-dominated populace this is…
This week three health studies have been published about the benefits of walking, exercising outside in cold weather and walking in groups. Yes I know, it’s exactly what we all…
I have a tale which might amuse you. It involves the unlikely combination of Ikea, a sore hip and Nordic walking (Nordic walking always features in my life)!The story goes…
Have you been tempted to skip the Nordic walking recently during the cold and wet? You wouldn’t be the only one! It’s hardly surprising you want to stay in the…
I'm sure some of you will have read the report this week by the British Chiropractic Association that almost 80% of us suffer back pain at some point in our…
Peta Bee’s recent article in The Times endorsing walking as the best exercise both pleased and frustrated me!I shouldn’t be ungrateful. As a fitness professional whose business is all about…
Well, well. We all know that Nordic working works your arms, legs, waist and butt, but did you know it also exercises your brain?!Research suggests that the unilateral squeezing of…
