As you may be aware our Ian is heading off to deepest Africa soon to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. He has obviously been pondering life and has come up with his thoughts on his Nordic walking career. Have a read – its very entertaining!
Training Zones for Weight Loss (part two)
If you interested in monitoring your heart to ascertain your MHR rate have a look at the app ‘INSTANT HEART RATE: HR MONITOR’. Its a free app that uses your phone's camera to detect, amazingly accurately, your heart rate, or pulse. Once this is established we can work out your MHR using the Karvonen formula …
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Training zones for weight loss (part one)
Nordic Walking is a great way to get your whole body moving and to significantly improve the condition of your muscles, heart and lungs.
Misty morning, Tatton Park
Last week's Friday morning Fitness walk was amazing - a very still misty morning was magical as the sun eventually burned through and Tatton gradually revealed its self to us.
Tatton Park Deer Walk
Ian and Bev took part in a ‘Deer Walk’ at Tatton on Wednesday. It really was very interesting and informative. Tatton Park is 1000 acres and deer have lived in the parkland since 1290. The management of the 550 deer and over 800,000 visitors a year is quite an achievement for the Rangers, especially with …
The Benefits of Walking
The benefits of brisk walking have been featured as headlines in the news again recently. The Telegraph quoted Professor Sir Muir Gray, clinical adviser as having said that, "Public Health England research showed that small changes could make a dramatic difference. The article continued, "We all know physical activity is good for your health, but for …
Race for Life 2017
Photos from the 2017 Race for Life
Cooling down
The benefits of doing the post walk stretches.
Benefits of a warm-up before Nordic Walking
Before we go out Nordic walking it is important to prepare our body for the activity in order to get the most out of it and avoid injury. We do this as there are a number of physical and mental benefits.
Hathersage Day Walk, April 2017
North Cheshire Nordic Walking - Hathersage Day Walk , April 2017
North Cheshire Nordic Walking 