By Claire Walter on April 1, 2013
First Wednesday in April is the day to walk — or walk more The American Heart Association promotes the first Wednesday in April as National Walking Day. The goal is to get as many people as possible to commit to walking for at least 30 minutes a day. Many of us already put in more time [...]
Posted in Benefits, Events, Fitness, Health Benefits, Organization | Tagged American Heart Association, National Walking Day |
By Claire Walter on April 5, 2012
Nordic Body founder, fitness and Nordic Walking coach offers free tips Malin Svensson, owner of Nordic Body in the LA. area and a multiply certified international fitness coach with a special concentration on Nordic Walking, is offering s a free teleseminar called “8 Simple Steps to Lose Weight, Look Great and Feel Sexy!” on Tuesday, April [...]
Posted in Benefits, Fitness, Weight Management | Tagged Malin Svensson, teleseminar |
By Claire Walter on February 26, 2012
Ski racing stars featured in video about Nordic Walking for off-season training, rehab & fun Skiing’s World Cup season is winding down, and US Ski Team star Lindsey Vonn has already locked up the 2012 downhill, Super G and overall titles. Her home base is Vail, but she has a second home in Austria, and there, she and [...]
Posted in Benefits | Tagged LEKI, Lindsay Vonn |
By Claire Walter on January 22, 2012
Yet another study has yet another quality-of-life benefit — or so it appears. Reporter Gretchen Reynolds’s piece in the New York Times, “How Exercise May Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay,” wrote that “a cautiously encouraging new study from The Archives of Neurology suggests that for some people, a daily walk or jog could alter the risk of developing [...]
Posted in Benefits, Health Benefits, Media, Seniors | Tagged Alzheimer's |
By Claire Walter on January 5, 2012
Nordic Walking authority shares tips & advice Malin Svensson, Nordic Walking and fitness expert in Los Angeles is hosting a FREE teleseminar called “8 Simple Steps to Lose Weight, Look Great and Feel Sexy!” on Tuesday, January 10, at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Click here to sign up online (scroll down to the simple registration form). [...]
Posted in Benefits, Events, Instruction, Weight Management | Tagged free teleseminar, Main Svensson |
By Claire Walter on October 20, 2011
About.com explores the options Unless is really cold (0 or below), really rainy (rare on Colorado’s Front Range) or really blizzarding (also rare, and when it is, shoveling is aerobic and strengthening), it’s morning for me. First I do a light workout at home, and then my neighbor, Vivian, and I go for a two-mile walk [...]
Posted in Benefits, Groups | Tagged daily Nordic Walk, daily walk |
By Claire Walter on October 6, 2011
About.com’s walking columnist suggests what not to buy — but recommends poles We have all heard about the government’s “no fly list.” Wendy Baumgartner, who writes About.com’s walking column, has compile what might be called a “no buy list” of items that she writes she cannot recommend. In fact, it is called “Walking Products I Don’t [...]
Posted in Benefits, Blog, Poles | Tagged fitness walking recommendations |
By Claire Walter on June 14, 2011
Health benefits of walking with poles discussed in fianancial daily “Getting a Leg (and Pole) Up on Burning Calories” is a piece by Laura Johannes in the Wall Strteet Journal’s “Aches & Claims” column,, which might be online only or also in the print edition. She thumbnailed a definition of Nordic Walking for those unfamiliar with it, writing: [...]
Posted in Benefits, Health Benefits, Media, Technique | Tagged article on Nordic Walking |
By Claire Walter on June 10, 2011
Jayah Faye Paley came to Boulder — and we went for a walk The other day, I wrote a post called “Jayah Faye Paley Coming to Boulder” about the well-known and highly regarding pole advocate, personal trainer and mobility coach presentations in at REI in Boulder on Thuraday and group hike with poles in Rocky Mountain National Park [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Instruction, People, Trails | Tagged poles for mobility |
By Claire Walter on June 9, 2011
California personal trainer and mobility expert at REI this evening Boulder’s REI hosts a free talk this evening, 6:30p.m., on “Poles for Hiking, Walking & Exercise” with personal trainer and mobility expert Jayah Faye Paley. Through Adventure Buddies , she helps people get more enjoyment and fitness benefits from hiking and walking with poles, and through Poles [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Events, Pain Relief, People, Stores | Tagged Nordic Walking presentation, Nordic Wallking Talk |
