From the WALX & NWUK Community
By Gill Stewart at
Obesity and ill health are on the rise and our ageing population is growing – the cost to the nation of the drugs and care required to deal with this are astronimical but we CAN help a lot of people to avoid falling into this trap if we simply MAKE EXERCISE APPEALLING!
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NWUK have partnered with the FIRST AID ACADEMY to provide high quality first training at venues right across the UK. These courses are tailored towards Nordic Walking and the type of incidents most likely to occur when out with those poles!
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We have all seen the jogger who is struggling to keep going and clearly not fit enough for what they are attempting to do. Their lack of fitness and often, extra weight, are actually impacting massively on whether they are going to get the results they want and the likelihood is that injury will put
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The NWUK Competence card is being re branded as the NWUK FREEDOM card and we are delighted to announce that it will soon have a built in safety feature that will help both the holder and their Instructor or Leader.
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If you were not able to make the Making walking work event or did attend and want to review the best bits again, we have now prepared all the presentations and workshop info into bitesize chunks for you to digest at your leisure! Simply click the ones you would like to view. FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
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The NWUK Instructors convention is less than ONE MONTH AWAY and places are filling FAST! This is you chance to hear top presenters, network with other Instructors and join in workshops about everything from marketing & technique to research. At only £49 this event is a MUST and will not disappoint. Attend on the 29th
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NOW is the time to start planning SKI FIT courses for your regulars and as a way to attract new people to your classes. Our SKI FIT module is a one day training course that includes ADVANCED TECHNIQUE. Its part of the ULTIMATE NORDIC brand which is gaining popularity across the UK and includes TREK FIT which
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Back in deepest darkest February, we set a challange to our instructors, groups and members to see just how many miles they actually Nordic Walked.Using an amazing FREE mobile phone APP we challenged them to see how many miles they could clock up before the start of the London 2012 Olympics. We were astonished with
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Whether you are a regular Nordic walker and very active or somebody who is interested but not yet ventured out with some poles the SMOVEY is the must have exercise tool of 2012. Just 10 – 20 minutes a day will give you NOTICEABLE results. The Smovey is not simply a weight that you swing as
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As the excitement of the Olympics dies away and the end of summer holidays draws ever closer, don’t despair because that means we are heading into the most glorious nordic walking season! AUTUMN is perfect for nordic walking and NOW is the time to book a relaxing nordic walking break – read on for a
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It is well known that you can use a Nordic Walking pole for Trekking, but NOT the other way round. The reason is simple – you need the specific hand strap to perform the technique correctly and Trekking poles do not come with this. However, The ‘clever chaps’ at Gabel have come up with a
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When Stewart McFarlane was smoking heavily it did at least make him go up and down stairs every time he popped out for a cigarette at work! Once he made the decision to quit in 2007 however, he piled on the weight and realised he was in poor health and not active at all. This