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Workout
of the week: Nordic Walking clinic
Instructor: Lilly Johnson, of Boulder,
originally from Ecuador. Johnson was a professional
runner for 10 years, even winning the Bolder
Boulder's Citizen's Race two consecutive years.
She originally hoped to compete in the Olympics,
but had to stop competing four years ago due
to a heart condition that left her heart beating
too slowly. Compounded with knee injuries, she
was forced to find another sport. That's when
she got involved with Nordic Walking. She has
been teaching Nordic Walking for three years.
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Boulder
author offers tips on Nordic Walking
BOULDER, Colo. — It's so much
more than "dork-walking with sticks."
That's what Boulder author Claire Walter's husband
jokingly called Nordic Walking when he first
learned of it.
But since Walter first tried Nordic Walking
in 2006, she -- and her husband -- now recognize
the vast benefits of the exercise. In fact,
Walter became such a fan that she wrote a book,
"Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to
Health, Fitness and Fun," published by
Hatherleigh Press in June.
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Wild
Stride
Nordic walking boosts workout
By Tim Jones
Walking for exercise is self-limiting. If you
are overweight or out of shape, walking regularly
starts rebuilding your fitness level, but you
may quickly reach a plateau: Stride as far and
as fast as you comfortably can and your heart
rate still goes only so high. You can maintain
fitness, but you can’t improve.
Once you’ve plateaued, you can jog or
run (potentially hard on your knees and back),
walk up and down hills, or carry extra weight.
Or, you can try Nordic walking—using specially
designed poles and a specific walking technique
to mimic cross-country skiing on bare ground.
Nordic walking started in Finland as dry-land
training for cross-country skiers. Marketing
by Exel, Leki, and Fittrek (the major manufacturers
offering poles designed for Nordic walking)
helped turn it into a full-blown fitness craze
in Europe and a minor movement in the U.S. ARTICLE
LEARNING
TO WALK
by Tim Jones
It was a breezy, cool fall day on the shore
of Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith, N.H. when
I learned how to walk. Nordic Walk, that is.
Never heard of Nordic Walking? Not surprising.
It's big in Europe where it was invented as
bare-ground training for cross-country skiers.
But it hasn't really caught on here, yet. ARTICLE
August 22, 2008
Learning to walk the Nordic way. click
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