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The view from the NWW office today! Preparing route information and kit lists for our challenge participants ready for tomorrow. Our teams are taking part in our CHESS VALLEY CHALLENGE and aiming to complete either a 20, 10 or 5-mile route. Hoping for some sunshine along the way Good luck to our teams supporting Hertfordshire
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ALL EXERCISE HABITS ARE GOOD, RIGHT? Making exercise a regular part of your routine or “habit” is key to being successful in the pursuit of fitness. And it takes time for something to become a habit – that action or behaviour that we do automatically and regularly, without consciously thinking about doing it. Your brain
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COMFORT ZONES I know, I know… I talk a LOT about comfort zones and how important it is to take a step outside of them occasionally. Comfort zones are those parts of our lives that are safe, protected, stress-free, and low risk. We are creatures of habit, and habits allow us room to relax and
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NORDIC WALKING WATFORD – CHRISTMAS SOCIAL Last night we celebrated yet another wonderful year of Nordic Walking Watford. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us and here are the award announcements for those who were unable to be there. THE CHRISTMAS SPEECH Well last year I was very much in competition
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⭐ STATS FOR SEPTEMBER ⭐ September is a great time to start Nordic Walking – or come back if you haven’t been for a while. Sunny skies, crisp air and the leaves changing from green to gold to orange – beautiful! We had a total of 93 of you enjoying walks with us throughout
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Last night was our NWW Christmas Social and as usual, I prepare a “speech” to celebrate all that is wonderful about Nordic Walking Watford. I know that some of you weren’t able to join us so I wanted to share my speech with you all – because you all deserve recognition and celebrating. So here
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PACE AND GEAR You will remember from your Nordic Walking training that there are 4 GEARS with Nordic Walking. Apart from Gear 4, they each build in intensity as you progress through the gears and enable you to go faster and work harder through your walk. So, let’s have a little recap: GEAR 1
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CHALLENGE 24 As we head towards to 2024, it’s a great time to think about what YOU want to achieve in the coming year – whether that’s fitness, wellbeing, practical or personal. Why not challenge yourself in 2024 with our brand new multi-level challenge? What does a challenge mean? It means you’ve stepped outside
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#walk1000miles It’s not about winning And it’s not about losing. It’s about showing up! There are 81 days left in 2021. 81 days left to try and complete your #walk1000miles challenge. A number of our team have already completed – and a number of our team probably won’t (including me!) Does it matter? No, it
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As announced at the NWW Christmas Social, our CHARITY FOR 2022, as chosen by our walkers, will be PAPYRUS : PREVENTION OF YOUNG SUICIDE I first became aware of PAPYRUS in October when I followed the journey of 3 Dads Walking . Mike, Andy and Tim were 3 ordinary Dad’s who were united in
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It’s time to give your beloved Nordic Walking poles a little bit of tender loving care! Your Nordic Walking poles are pretty resilient and fairly low maintenance but it’s worth giving them a little MOT once in a while… and with that rain battering against my window this morning, today was the perfect opportunity! So,
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NORDIC WALKING POLES Are Nordic Walking poles different to normal walking poles ? Well yes they are and if you want to gain the full benefits of Nordic walking you need the RIGHT type of poles that are the RIGHT size for you Nordic Walking is all about PROPULSION so unlike typical trekking poles which