By Claire Walter on May 25, 2013
Canada’s Sun Peaks Resort, a year-round, destination north of Kamloops in interior British Columbia, is adding Nordic Walking, or as they call it Nordic Pole Walking, to its summer program. Discover Sun Peaks Adventures, which handles the resort’s activities program, will be offering introductory and intermediate clinics throughout the summer with experienced instructors and interpretive guides to teach [...]
Posted in Canada, Clinic, Instruction, Starting Out | Tagged Nordic Walking in Canada |
By Claire Walter on September 30, 2011
October 8-9 are the dates and Greenfield is the place. Here’s the skinny from Suzanne Nottingham, founder and education director of Nordic Walk Now Now, who is producing the third annual annual WALK STRONG event next weekend: “This is our third consecutive WALK STRONG event in Greenfield and brings together walkers, runners, seniors, fitness instructors and enthusiasts of all [...]
Posted in Certification, Clinic, Events, Health Benefits, Starting Out | Tagged Nordic Walking classes, Walk Strong, Wisconsin Nordic Walking event |
By Claire Walter on May 31, 2011
Boulder County leads the way with programs for beginners & beyond Is Nordic Walking finally getting a toehold in Colorado? I certainly hope so. I was delighted when I saw a front page story on May 23 in the Denver Post’s Fitness section called “Take Your Workout to the Great Outdoors.” There was a photo of Annette [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Clinic, Groups, Health Benefits, Instruction, Starting Out, Stores |
By Claire Walter on May 6, 2011
Great Lakes Nordic Walking Pros Organize Twin Cities event The energetic coaches and instructors behind Great Lakes Nordic Walkers are holding on open house on Monday, May 9 at the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Minnesota, from 2:00 to 7:30 p.m. It’s the place to go for free mini-lessons to sample variations on the theme of health and fitness walking with [...]
Posted in Clinic, Events, Instruction | Tagged free Nordic Walking classes |
By Claire Walter on March 1, 2011
Instructor Lori Clinch is ratcheting up her efforts to promote Nordic Walkers in Polk County Pole Walking Polk Co. is recruiting healthy and social walkers interested in local non-competetive community walking events. In general, she is eager to promote Nordic Pole Walking in Polk County for the health, fitness and rehabilitative benefits, as well as enhance [...]
Posted in Clinic, Groups, Starting Out | Tagged basic instruction, Florida, group walks |
By Claire Walter on February 16, 2011
The American Nordic Walking Association’s (ANWA) calendar is filled with workshops and seminars kicks mostly in Los Angeles, but also in Baltimore, Lake Tahoe, Colorado and elsewhere. Programs range from low-key guide training workshops to intense intructor certification seminars. Check the calendar for a full schedule and links to registration.
Posted in Certification, Clinic, Instruction, Organization |
By Claire Walter on January 8, 2011
Lori Clinch Adams follows Lindy Speizer Smith to Florida — differnt places, different reasons, but still teaching & leading Nordic Walking Lindy Speizer Smith, who as LEKI USA’s marketing mavenette helped put Nordic Walking on the North American fitness map, moved from Buffalo to Florida a couple of years back. I wrote about her leadership in [...]
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By Claire Walter on October 15, 2010
Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther high on fitness walking with poles If you ever need confirmation that Nordic Walking is as appropriate for world-class athletes as it is for the rest of us, consider Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, two German ski team stars of the 1970s. In addition to two gold medals and one silver at the [...]
Posted in Clinic, Europe, Starting Out, Stores | Tagged Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
By Claire Walter on August 12, 2010
Top Nordic Walking gurus to gather and teach in Greenfield, Wisconsin If you read this blog (ir)regularly, you’ve heard me describe the Midwest as a hotbed of Nordic Walking in the US. Most recently the second annual Nordic Walking Expo was held in the Minneapolis area, and coming up next month is Walk Strong, September [...]
Posted in Certification, Clinic, Events, Poles |
By Claire Walter on June 17, 2010
Instructor Rick Deutsch taught Nordic Walking on a Crystal cruise Nordic Walking instructor and hiking guide Rick Deutsch recently returned from a Middle East cruise on the ”Crystal Symphony,” where he taught Nordic Walking from 7:30 to 8 :30 a.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every day. He also presented two lectures, one a NW overview [...]
Posted in Clinic, Starting Out, Travel |
