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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. Full Story

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. Full Story

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 for full story

June 28, 2008
How I got this body - Linda Lemke.
click for full story

May 11, 2008 - Nordic walking 1:15 - updated
CNN's Carol Costello shares some secrets of this very different variation of everyday walking updated
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2007/05/11/costello.nordic.walking.cnn
Alex Jurasin is a LEKI Team Trainer

May 12, 2008 Pole position click for full story


Kendra Densmore fits walking poles to a student's height and arm length. Randall Benton / rbenton@sacbee.com
May 14, 2008 Health Minute: Nordic Walking 1:09 updated

A unique exercise offers the benefits of cross-country skiing without the snow. CNN's Judy Fortin reports.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2007/05/14/fortin.hm.nordic.walking.cnn

March 27, 2008 - Sacbee.com
Nordic walking encourages fitness buffs to step it up.
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, March 27, 2008. Story appeared in SCENE section, Page E1

http://www.sacbee.com/384/story/814555.html

Kendra Densmore is a LEKI Team Trainer.
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