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 16, 2011
Martin Sheen on screen is paving the way for American tourists to walk across northern Spain When Eat, Pray, Love became a bestseller and then a movie, American women (in particular) headed for Italy, India and Indonesia to find themselves and their soulmates. Sheen carries a single picturesque wooden walking pole, but of course, modern-day [...]
Posted in Europe, Groups, Travel |
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 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 January 28, 2011
Lindy “Walk With Lindy” Smith has organized a free BYOB walk tomorrow, at Lakes Park in or near Fort Myers tomorrow, meeting on Saturday January 29 at 9:00 a.m. First, the group will do some of what she calls “my world famous full body warm-ups,” followed by a Nordic Walk to fit all levels of speed. [...]
Posted in Groups | Tagged Fort Myers, free group walk, free Nordic Walking, Lindy Smith, Lindy Speizer, Nordic Walking, waking with poles |
By Claire Walter on January 27, 2011
Wild Bear Mountain Nature Center’s nature tour with “Bigfoot?” Follow Dave “Snowshoe” Felkley on a leisurely snowshoe tour, and you’ll learn a lot about Rocky Mountain winter ecology and have a totally great time while you’re at it. Felkley leads a hike on behalf of the Wild Bear Nature Center this Saturday (and again February [...]
Posted in Groups, Seniors, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on January 17, 2011
The Tahoe Adventure Company has scheduled a guided Astronomy Snowshoe Trek for Saturday, January 22 in Tahoe Vista. The hike, titled “Orion the Hunter a Birthplace of Stars,” is led by professional astronomer Tony Berendsen and includes hot drinks and snacks. Cost is $75/person. P.O. Box 8536, Tahoe City, CA 96145; 530-913-9212, 866-830-6125 and letsgo@tahoeadventurecompany.com
Posted in Groups, Snowshoeing | Tagged astronomy, Lake Tahoe, North Lake Tahoe, Snowshoe hike, stargazing |
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 [...]
Posted in Clinic, Groups, Instruction, People |
By Claire Walter on October 31, 2010
Personal trainer and Nordic Walking instructor Nancy Trock of T-Renegade Fitness is leading a free Walk-It-Off the day after Thanksgiving Nordic Walking. She’ll meet the group on the plaza outside of the main Oak Park Library (Illinois) at 10:30 a.m for about a one-hour walk. BYOP (Bring Your Own Poles). I’m not sure whether she wants partipants to sign up in [...]
Posted in Groups | Tagged After-Thanksgiving exercise |
By Claire Walter on October 29, 2010
More precisely, Rick Deutsch’s annual Nordic Walking presentations on a cruise ship that floats on the water San Jose, California-based trekker, guide and Nordic Walking instructor Rick Deutsch again led complimentary classes for passengers aboard Crystal Cruise’s “Serenity,” sailing around the boot of Italy from Venice to Monte Carlo. The cruise line reports that since the Nordic [...]
Posted in Europe, Groups, Poles, Stores, Travel | Tagged cruise |
