Nordic Walking


Description

Walking with special poles that improves your physical fitness. Up to 90 % of the body’s muscles are engaged during this type of walking. This managed and controlled form of walking increases the tolerance of stress by hearts after suffering a heart attack, plus, after operations of the heart blood vessels or valves, this type of walking engages the neck and chest spine, where the mobility is limited in post-operative states. The advantage is that this method is suitable for all performance and age categories. By properly using the poles while walking, almost all of the muscles of the whole body are engaged, heart activity is increased, and thus it functions also as a means of preventing cardiovascular disease.

This type of walking:

  • improves heart activity and blood circulation
  • strengthens the upper body muscles
  • is gentle on the hip and knee joints
  • boosts calorie burning by up to 50 %