By Claire Walter on April 28, 2013
A Facebook friend from Spain posted the clipping below of Queen Beatrix of Holland, age 75, with Nordic Walking poles. The newspaper refers to her as “princess,” but she has been Queen Regnant since her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated in 1980. She in turn is abdicating soon in favor of her son. I don’t know [...]
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By Claire Walter on April 6, 2012
Kanteneva video is Nordic Walking short course Beginners needing tips on how to start Nordic Walking and experienced Nordic Walkers wanting a quick refresher ought to check out a YouTube video feature Marko Kanteneva, a Nordic Walking pioneer who continues to promote Original Nordic Walking to differentiate it (however so slightly) from other brands. The [...]
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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 September 9, 2011
Lance Amstrong’s foundation’s website & its curious Nordic Walking article I admire Lance Armstrong, not just for winning seven consecutive Tours de France but for doing so as a cancer survivor and since then, for supporting individuals and organizations doing battle with cancer and working to find a cure. I was gratified to find an article [...]
Posted in Blog, Media, Poles | Tagged Livestrong, Pole length |
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: [...]
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By Claire Walter on July 28, 2010
Ultra Walker Mike Gates on the Move Again Australia’s Mike Gates, nicknamed “Walking Wizard” for his ultra-endurance Nordic Walks is reportedly planning to break his own Nordic Walking 36-hour nonstop record on August 5-7, when he is aiming for 48 hours of nonstop walking with poles. He set his previous record in 2006 on a street [...]
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By Claire Walter on July 15, 2010
Dedciated publication “suspeded indefinitely” If Nordic Walking has been slower to take hold that enthusiasts might have hoped, Nordic Walking media are even sketchier. I had hoped for stronger sales for my Nordic Walking book than there have been, and response to dedicated Nordic Walking media in the U.K. have also been disappointing. While the Nordic [...]
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By Claire Walter on June 18, 2010
Interesting articles follow eye-candy cover When I looked at the “Babes on the Beach” inage fof the cyber-cover for issue No. 2 of Nordic Walking Magazine, I mused, just for a moment, that if my poles and I could go on hours-long Nordic Walks for days, perhaps my bod’ could look like that again. But reality clicked in [...]
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By Claire Walter on April 29, 2010
Return of Nordic Walking eCommunity and new focus on an eMagazine Several months ago, I (and other Nordic Walking enthusiasts) received a series of E-mails from David Downer, a UK Nordic Walking instructor, book author, founder of a Nordic Walking eCommunity and wearer of who-knows how many other hats. He wrote that he was switching his [...]
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By Claire Walter on April 20, 2010
A small sampling of Nordic Walking videos on YouTube I don’t understand a word of Polish or Dutch, but I understand the body language of Nordic Walking. Several Nordic Walking videos on YouTube have just hit my radar screen. What they lack in production values, they make up for in length and enthusiasm, even though every one [...]
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