It’s been bitterly cold at times this week and for me it’s when Nordic walking comes into its own. This amazing exercise energises your whole body – from the tips…
At a meeting of Bristol Health Partners last week, the speed at which people cross pedestrian crossings was discussed. Guess what the average walking speed for over 65s is? It’s…
Mostly the Nordic walking technique is straightforward and intuitive. The exception is how you use your hands round the pole handle. It’s an action that most of us are unused…
If you’ve been walking with me this week my blog won’t be a surprise: it’s all about the most powerful set of muscles in our body – the gluteals. What…
There’s an art to walking well which most of us only discover once we start Nordic walking. Why we ask ourselves, did it take us so long?! The truth is…
We’ve had more than our fair share of rain and mud this January and we've been delighted by the way you've carried on regardless! In many ways mud gives you…
Nordic walking will burn more calories, raise your heart rate higher and you'll walk faster than ordinary walking. This is the conclusion of the research project run last Autumn by…
Last week I wrote about the components of aerobic fitness: frequency, intensity, and duration. This week I’m looking at one of those components – intensity - and how you can…
In Bristol we are lucky to have lots of public parks and open spaces which means we mostly Nordic walk on grass and tracks. It makes things nice and easy…
We always include a warm-up at the start of our Nordic walking classes and a series of stretches at the end. I’m sometimes asked what’s the point of the former,…
