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 November 5, 2010
Hat’s off to the New Brunswick village of New Maryland for including Nordic Walking in its Wellness Series, according to The Daily Gleaner, which reported that “The village started the four-part series in late October to encourage participants to try physical activities to stay healthy. This final session, called Try Something New, will introduce Nordic [...]
Posted in Canada, Fitness, Health Benefits | Tagged wellness program |
By Claire Walter on November 3, 2010
National fitness initiative now includes fitness walking with poles Five years ago, Suzanne Nottingham, a well-known fitness professional and early adopter of Nordic Walking in this country, connected with the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports & Nutrition to encourage them to incorporate fitness walk with poles into their recommendations. The Council-run President’s Challenge is is director to [...]
Posted in Benefits, Fitness | Tagged fitness professionals, Suzanne Nottingham |
By Claire Walter on June 10, 2010
Swiss health insurer promotes fitness, wellness and exercise with trails across the nation This is not the first time I have praised Switzerland’s Helsana Walking Trails, directly accessed from Swiss resorts from Aegerital to Zuoz. In most places, there are options of length (to 25 kilometers) and challenge from a few flat kilometers in the valley [...]
Posted in Fitness, Groups, Switzerland |
By Claire Walter on February 9, 2010
Earlier today, I received an E-mail from Nordic Walker Warren Nelson from Vancouver, Washington. I’m delighted to share his message (with his permission): “I have your blog feeding into my Goggle Reader and track it regularly. So, I thought when I got this write up in our local Vancouver, WA “Columbian” circulation 40,000, you’d be [...]
Posted in Competition, Fitness, Media, Weight Management |
By Claire Walter on September 22, 2009
XCO stakes a position by putting down Nordic Walking. Why?Maybe it is a sign that Nordic Walking’s profile is being raised that a prominent seller of fitness gear has found it necessary to knock Nordic Walking. Fitter International Inc. sent out an E-blast promoting a 25 percent off sale on the XCO Walking and Running [...]
Posted in Fitness |
By Claire Walter on August 20, 2009
“Twittercize” tickled my fitness fancy. Yours too? In the nearly three years that I have been maintaining this blog, I’ve stuck faithfully to topics that are directly or obliquely but obviously related to Nordic Walking. Through the magic of the Internet, I found Twittercize, whose motto is: Get Fit One Tweet at a Time. Denver [...]
Posted in Blog, Fitness |
By Claire Walter on July 16, 2009
Finnish military buying 3,500 pairs of poles to get recruits into shape without injuryWho says Nordic Walking poles are just for wimps or old farts? According to a report in a website called Good News from Finland,”The army will supply each one of next year’s recruits a pair of walking poles. The first stage of [...]
Posted in Benefits, Europe, Fitness |
By Claire Walter on October 20, 2008
Four fitness instructors at sea for five days to jumpstart women’s shape-up While there doesn’t seem to be a specific Nordic Walking component to Femme FITall’s next Ladies’ Fitness Cruise coming up this winter, there could and probably should be, but that’s no reason for any women seeking to get fitter or get fitter to [...]
Posted in Fitness, Travel |
