Nordic Pole Walking Victoria

IS NORDIC WALKING LAME OR ELEGANT? For those who think it's lame, we can calculate how much work is being done by using the "WORKFORCE FORMULA" (repetitions x weight divided by time). In 10 minutes we take approximately 1000 steps, therefore the left leg takes 500 steps and the right arm swings 500 times and the back and core muscles contract 500 times to make the arm swing back. Okay, 500 repetitions. Let's say, the weight of pushing the pole back is 3 pounds...the weigh...t of a baby bunny. So every 10 minutes the back muscles are "lifting/moving" (500 x 3) 1500 pounds. That's the weight of a big horse! The scientific prescription for health (the point at which factors like insulin start to respond) is 30 minutes. So the workload or weight lifted in 30 minutes is 4500 pounds...THAT'S THE SIZE OF A FORD f150 truck! Wow! How is that even possible? ONE BUNNY AT A TIME...and everyone can do that! One bunny at a time. (PS....when the left arm swings, those back muscles lift their own 4500 pounds!) IT'S ELEGANT. I overheard some visiting tourists who came to watch our city's famous TC10km run/walk in which Nordic Walking is an official category. . They were talking about how they had seen something new, so "ELEGANT AND FLOWING", that they wanted to do it too. Yup, Nordic walkers! See more

JANUARY 1, 2021... WHAT IF YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE GOAL, and everything else is a habit? Yikes! I am clear about my #1 goal and that is to succeed with my new online business so that I can help more people improve their health through fitness with Nordic walking, and as a consequence fund my life. SO WHAT ABOUT THE USUAL LIST OF RESOLUTIONS? I want to lose weight, sing more, meditate regularly, create more art, read more.... What if I can't put them on my list and treat them ...as goals? CAN YOU SEE THE GIFT? For example, I got up to prepare lunch. Usually my goal list directs what I do for lunch. And I either succeed or fail. But now, it can't be a goal....it is a habit. SO HOW DO MY HABITS SERVE ME? (That was the critical change in thinking!) Will my choices for this lunch serve me? It was easy to prepare a great lunch. WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT HABITS ARE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. What I am choosing to do now is part of my habit. Is what I am choosing to do now serving me well? I can only change it in this moment. What did Yoda say? DO or NO DO. So this idea I got at Christmas this year will likely change my life. See more

Hurray! Finally...my online course is done! 323 days since I started to learn, but who's counting...it's up and running! YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://schaum.kartra.com/page/free-checklist This is how my promo thinking is going to work: WANTED: an effective, do-able exercise...especially NOW. Get this FREE CHECKLIST to discover all your fitness needs and I'll show you an exercise that will work for you... for a LIFETIME! GET YOUR FREE CHECKLIST HERE: https://schaum....kartra.com/page/free-checklist Please let me know what you think! Better yet, let me teach you to Nordic Walk REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE IN CANADA & USA.

Why make your fitness activities a high priority each day? I often use the analogy of putting on the oxygen mask first in an airplane. HERE IS A WELL-WRITTEN ARTICLE from one of my favourite people, John Chancellor, called OXYGEN MASKS: The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer...Continue reading

Happy to say all of the Victoria Nordic walking groups are active. You can't keep a good thing down.

Want to learn to Nordic walk? I am starting classes again in Victoria. Wednesday mornings at 10am in Songhees area. $20 class fee, poles supplied for class. I'll take you through simple 4-step process so you will feel what Nordic walking does in your body, and you will leave with enough skill to carry on. Nordixx poles for sale at end of class. Message me or email at [email protected]

Nordic walk groups are starting to reform. We have all missed being together! We are going to Nordic walk in groups of 4 and adhere to the 2 meter spacing requirements. Happy days ahead!