From the NWUK Community
By Josine Baines at
Being outdoors and in nature is proven to boost mood and being active is something everybody NEEDS to do in order to remain healthy. So why not combine the two? Nordic Walking turns a walk into a workout because it involves the upper body as well as the legs which in turn means
By Rebecca Wheatley at
Happy September…! What a blazing summer it’s been but now cooler climes are on the way (or are they?). Well done to you all for not being deterred (EVER) by the weather, but instead coming out prepared and ready for action. I throw in a flashback in the photos below to last year’s mud as
By Nordic Walking Watford at
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
By Rebecca Wheatley at
SIX Simple Benefits of Nordic Walking… As you would expect, many of the health benefits from Nordic walking are the same as for walking and running. It raises your heart rate, burns calories, strengthens and tones you. The seemingly small addition of two poles coupled with the Nordic walking technique adds some awesome additional benefits:
By Rebecca Wheatley at
HELLO! LET’S GO NORDIC WALKING…AND SMASH PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT IT REALLY IS…. Is it uncool? NO WAY… I often ask people who don’t Nordic walk how they view it. For some it’s ‘uncool’ because of using the poles (I’m still not sure why), some have never heard of it and need an explanation, but most
By Rebecca Wheatley at
Hello Norfolk Nordic Walkers, We really are now fully immersed in summer walking – and loving it. Hydration is key on our walks, along with asthma inhalers where necessary and factor. Last Wednesday 20 of us explored a brand new route from Itteringham over to the Blickling Estate. As you can see from the photos,
By Josine Baines at
I hope you are all having a wonderful summer! I’m about to disappear on my annual family holiday but will be back at the end of August refreshed and ready to start again with lots of new ideas and walks to take us into the final quarter of the year. Firstly, a huge
By Josine Baines at
One question that I am asked frequently is “how do you find all the walks?” I think that most people realise that when I am not walking with clients, I spend A LOT of my time finding new routes, walking them several times, risk assessing them……before they get added to my repertoire! Naturally it
By Nordic Walking New Forest at
A great walk today at Acres Down – what a beautiful area with so many different walks! We walked across heathland, through woods, climbed hills with views, crossed idyllic bridges (with very little water underneath!) and enjoyed cycle paths and grass rides. The walk was 5.5 miles in two hours (it is Sunday, so we
By Nordic Walking Watford at
HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU? New research shows that people who are more optimistic may actually live longer. In a study of nearly 160,000 women, people with the highest optimism ratings had a 5.4% longer lifespan than those considered less optimistic. And a 10% greater likelihood of living beyond the age of 90. “Most research suggests
By Uttlesford Nordic Walking at
On the hottest day of the year we decided not to subject Jan to the stocks,despite using her mobile phone on a walk!
By Uttlesford Nordic Walking at
A few of us braved the beginning of the heatwave by exploring a Footpath in Felsted that members of Ramblers have fought hard to keep open.It follows the river up to a mill,where a bridge goes right through the Mill house garden where we were offered Pimms if we were to return this way! As