By Claire Walter on March 29, 2010
American pole pioneer teaches Nordic Walking in Fort Myers Lindy Smith has done as much to promote Nordic Walking in the US as anyone I know. As Lindy Speizer, she worked for Buffalo-based LEKI and took the Nordic Walking message top-down from the pole company to retailers with enthusiasm and a series of innovative promotions, [...]
Posted in Health Benefits, Instruction |
By Claire Walter on March 28, 2010
Los Angeles exurb dips a toe and a pole tip into Nordic Walking. San Diego too The good news is that a free Nordic Walking demonstration has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 31, at the University of California, Riverside. The caveat is that in this city of some 300,000 residents and a campus enrollment of 17,000, this [...]
Posted in Clinic, Participation, Starting Out |
By Claire Walter on March 27, 2010
Town in Baden-Württemberg might be Germany’s Nordic Walking capital It gladdens my heart to see great community support for and public participation in Nordic Walking, but it saddens me to know that no place in North America even comes close to Ehingen, Germany. This multi-faceted city in southwestern Germany is historic, health-conscious, sporty and a [...]
Posted in Europe, Events, Festival, Trails |
By Claire Walter on March 26, 2010
Guide and instructor training seminars posted on organizations’ websites Spring training starts on April 10. The phrase means one thing in baseball and another thing entirely in Nordic Walking, where spring brings a wave of programs and events, including intro levels to advanced instructor training certification programs in North America. I am going to save myself a lot [...]
Posted in Certification, Clinic, Instruction, Organization, Technique |
By Claire Walter on March 25, 2010
Convenient, commodious and comfortable sports belt comes in various styles and sizes When I go out for a two-mile morning walk with my neighbor, I grab my poles, stick my house keys in the pocket of whatever I am wearing (and I make sure it’s not a pocketless tights/T-shirt combo) and off we go. When I jump [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories |
By Claire Walter on March 24, 2010
Pole pioneer Tom Rutlin honors assistant, friend, long-time survivor with a pole of her own Tom Rutlin, who introduced both poles designed for fitness walking (he called them Exerstrider poles) and a technique for using them (Exerstride Method or Exerstriding) in 1988, before the phrase Nordic Walking came out of Europe, is a deliberate man who [...]
Posted in Health Benefits, Poles |
By Claire Walter on March 22, 2010
I have nothing but admiration for Elizabeth Foote, a plus-size lady in the Salt Lake City area who took up Nordic Walking some years ago, got trained to teach the sport and began to see improvements in her own health and vitality even as she taught others. Under the name FootePath, she has been helping others [...]
Posted in Instruction, Starting Out, Weight Management |
By Claire Walter on March 20, 2010
Another blog has declares Nordic Walking to be “new” and offers questionable equipment advice From “Home Living News,” a UK blog by a ’team of homemakers, gardeners, landscapers, coffee enthusiasts, chefs, and do-it-yourself home improvement specialists comes this tidbit of misinformation” from Lindsey, who just discovered it:: “A Giant Step Towards Health: Nordic Walking Techniques “Nordic walking [...]
Posted in Dept of Misinformation, United Kingdom |
By Claire Walter on March 20, 2010
Innovative new instruction package contains DVDs, MP3 app and eBook I found the following recent message on the Nordic Walking eCommunity to be very poignant: “I am still very new to this sport and while I love it, I am having trouble finding information other than the 20 minute video that came with my poles. I don’t [...]
Posted in Instruction, Media, United Kingdom |
By Claire Walter on March 18, 2010
Donner Memorial State Park: Snowshoeing in History’s Tracks
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