Which would you prefer when Nordic Walking when faced with a choice of boardwalk or paved surface? I currently prefer paved surface; but most of my friends prefer boardwalk. Where I live in the Beaches area of Toronto, I have a choice of both. (There aren't really any dirt trails.) In some places, the two run side by side, but in most places the paved path is … [Read more...]
How to hold a Nordic Walking Pole
The grip technique for holding Nordic walking sticks is designed to help work and stretch your arms more, and to increase rotation of spine and hips. If you hold the poles too tight, your hands will hurt after a while; If you hold the poles too loosely, they can flail about (and the last thing you want is to draw any more attention to yourself! Ha!) The thing … [Read more...]
Setting the correct height on an adjustable Nordic Walking Pole
Adjustable Nordic walking poles come in 2 or 3 sections; you adjust the length of each section to get the overall pole length just right for you. There are two ways of gauging what is right for you: Eye-ball it; or Precise method. 1. Eye-ball the length of your pole When you are holding the pole with the pole angled back so that the tip of the pole is by … [Read more...]
Nordic Walking in the Winter
One of the jokes about Nordic walking is that people reputedly say, "hey, where's the skis?" They are just as likely to look at you and go, "hey, where's the snow?" because the ancestor of Nordic walking poles is cross-country ski poles. It was an interesting question for me, that of what would happen when a Nordic pole actually met snow. This was my first winter … [Read more...]
Introduction to Nordic Walking with Birgit Wilde
This video is probably what convinced me to take a leap of faith and try Nordic walking. Birgit Wilde is originally from Germany. She lived in North Cheshire, England, for 16 years before returning to Düsseldorf. She's an instructor with the International Nordic Walking Association. I liked how plain and simple she just presented everything, with a great sense of humour and … [Read more...]
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