Back
health: Either you or you know of someone
who could use postural strength and movement awareness
for a healthy spine and back.
2.
Stability:
Either you or someone you know could use poles to
enhance and improve upright stability and mobility
(instead of using a cane or walker?)
3.
Heart
health: Nordic walking is the perfect cardiovascular
activity for any person of any fitness level from
never-ever exercised to seasoned athlete.
4.
Weight
loss: Besides wanting to improve our looks,
many of us are trying to improve our health and
fight against the pull of gravity to your already
stressed bones and joints.
5.
Bone
density: You spend a lot of time in the
water for fitness and know you must compliment your
buoyancy workouts with land-based (natural to the
natural pull of gravity) activity. Nordic walking
strengthens bones..
6.
Moving
meditation: Both Nordic walking and meditation
rely on the user’s awareness of rhythm; for
instance, heart rate/beat, the breath and physical
coordination of symmetrical gait. Nordic walkers
claim to “lose track of time.”
7.
Walker’s
high: Nordic walking poles activate all
the joints in the body including spine rotation
(instead of just lower body joints), which causes
the body to buzz with endorphins. Many Nordic walkers
liken this feeling to the classic runner’s
high.
8.
You
get outside: This is what’s missing
in your workouts (although lots of people are walking
on indoor tracks and in malls).
9.
Nordic
walk and talk! This is perhaps one of the
most social fitness experiences on the planet!
10.
You
recently returned from a trip where friends or family
introduced you to using poles for fitness, and you’re
eager to learn more!
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