Nordic Walking

It's sociable and fun!
Walk by yourself, or walk with friends, even if you have different fitness levels; Nordic Walking is one of the most sociable and effective exercise techniques around.

It's a whole body exercise
Using 90% of your muscles, works your upper and lower body at the same time, strengthening your back, legs and arms, and reducing neck and shoulder tension - all this while improving the health of your heart and lungs.

Burn more calories
As you use more muscles, you burn more calories. Calorie consumption during Nordic walking is between 20% and 46% more than during normal walking, because 90% of muscles are used instead of 50% when you walk without poles.

Less effort!
Poles propel the walker along, making it easier to move faster than normal without feeling the effort. It's exercise without feeling like exercise! 

Improve your fitness level
Intensity is determined by upper body effort so you can now walk at the same speed as your family and friends while exercising at your optimal level. Improve the efficiency of your heart, lungs and muscles.

Less stress on your joints, reduce tension in muscles.
The use of poles, and increased use of the upper body reduces the load on your hips, knees and other joints. This allows you to exercise with much more comfort than normal walking or jogging. Nordic Walking increases the rotation of the spine and strengthens the spinal discs and the large muscles of the back that pull down the shoulder blades. This may help reduce back, neck and shoulder tension.  Squeezing and releasing the grip through the stride strengthens the muscles of the wrist. This can reduce symptoms of RSI (repetitive stress injury).

Nordic Walking is easy to stick to
With Nordic Walking intensity determined by upper body effort, you can now walk at the same speed as your family and friends while exercising at your optimal level. Enjoy being able to share Nordic Walking with others; it makes you more likely to stick to your exercise programme and you get all the fresh air benefits of being outside as well.
Anyone can do it.
It is one of the most effective cross training techniques for athletes and sportspeople who require ultimate cardiovascular and endurance.

Nordic Walking DBB - £175pp based on two sharing

Enjoy two nights dinner, bed and breakfast in our lovely hotel whist exploring the moors and receive a certificate in Nordic walking.