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Never fitness walk the old fashioned way again!

All Certifications Are Not Created Equal

		Decrease joint impact to reduce injuries.
		Improve posture.
		Walk taller with stability and balance.
		Enhance back health.
		Lose weight.
		Distance and intensity can be adapted to any fitness level.

Be responsible. Know the Difference.
Commentary by Suzanne Nottingham,
Owner/Director of Education, Nordic Walk Now

If you hold the misconception that the word “certification”--as it regards fitness programming--equals quality or a higher level of proficiency, it is your responsibility to learn the real facts.

The business of providing continuing education to fitness professionals in the “fitness industry” is the sieve through which all fitness trends and practices must flow through in order to be accepted by consumer fitness markets as legitimate. If we use health clubs as an example, safety, injury prevention and user-friendliness to maintain the practice are the values that drive the best programming. If one looks at the business of creating and promoting health and fitness programs like an hourglass, the top is over-flowing with hopeful providers; the bottom is half empty. But what’s down there is the cream of the crop… the most reputable and safest fitness programs in the world.
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5/14/08	A unique exercise offers the benefits of cross-country skiing without the snow. CNN's Judy Fortin reports. ARTICLE
5/12/08	Pole Position ARTICLE
5/11/08	CNN's Carol Costello shares some secrets of this very different variation of everyday walking updated ARTICLE
3/27/08	Sacbee.com Nordic walking encourages fitness buffs to step it up. ARTICLE l VIDEO
What's on your mind about Nordic walking and fitness? Ask our resident Exercise Physiologist Alexandra Jurasin. Get tips for training and information to help you on your quest to stay fit and active! Nordic walking has something for everyone, regardless of your age or fitness level. Email Alexandra

Welcome to Nordic Walk Now.

Nordic walking offers many physiological benefits including heart and cardiovascular health, weight loss, promotes excellent posture and back health. Using Nordic walking poles for fitness or stability facilitates a full-body stimulation, an interaction with the pull of gravity that creates bone density and spreads the effort throughout the body. Proper skills and techniques bring about a user-friendly low impact workout experience. Use is ageless and without limits from kids to grandmas to athletes and those with disabilities.

If you are a movement educator interested in teaching or an enthusiast interested to experience the benefits and Nordic walking injury prevention, check out our Instructor Training and Community Walker programs. If you are interested in Nordic walking lessons in your area, please go to our instructor search page to find one near you.

We do know this....once you try Nordic walking, you will never want to fitness walk the old-fashioned way again! Who do you know who needs to move healthier?

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Trainer Profile: Robin Barnes, Teaching Dynamo

The sun was shining at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Northern California, and the winds relatively calm on May 2, 2008 for the last of a five-day, somewhat grueling, competition for one of 12 coveted spots on the Professional Ski Instructor of America's National Demonstration Team. Of 139 candidates, congratulations to Nordic Walk Now Team Trainer Robin Barnes from South Lake Tahoe, CA for being selected for a term of 2008-2012 on the prestigious PSIA Alpine Demonstration Team!

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"Nordic walking is exercise for life. 'Fitness' is the by-product of this compelling, full body experience. If you haven't tried it, you absolutely should...for yourself and for everyone else. Through education, YOU have the power to change lives. How many people do you want to help? That should be your only question."

SUZANNE NOTTINGHAM
Owner/Director Nordic Walk Now