One hour of Nordic walking at three miles an hour for an average female burns 330 calories, increasing to 490 as you develop your technique. One hour of Nordic walking at roughly four miles an hour will burn between 460 and 550 calories depending on technique.
February – A few words of wisdom from my ‘Walker’s Year Book’
My Walker's Year Book says: ‘If you’re hoping for dry weather in February, remember this proverb: ‘If in February there be no rain, ‘tis neither good for hay nor grain.’ There is considerable truth in this, as February rain will be more easily absorbed into the soil to avoid drought conditions in the drier summer months. …
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Healthy recipes
Some of you have got Nutribullets and have been asking about the best recipes. My favourite is: Spinach and Melon A handful of washed baby leaf spinach A Quarter of a cantaloupe or galia melon 1 Tbs mixed seeds – sunflower, hemp, pumpkin, chia Filtered water or Coconut water. Blitz all the ingredients for 30 seconds. …
‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor!’
Did you see the ‘Trust Me I’m A Doctor’ programme on BBC2 the other week? Two of the findings stood out for me. One was that the recommendations for the amount of exercise that we should be doing was 150–180 mins per week and the optimum being 30 minutes of brisk walking every day! The …
Are we getting the most from our poles?
Whilst we have been battling with the elements and the ground conditions throughout the winter it becomes very easy to lose our good technique. Nordic Walking is known for being a really sociable way to exercise, this is great for motivation but can actually affect the results that people get from the activity as time …
NCNW Motto: ‘Solvitur ambulando’ ??
Ian spotted his letter in The Times last Friday: "Sir, Of the bishops consecrated in recent months, 13 declared walking as an 'interest' in the government's announcement of their appointment. .......... So the bishops of Sherborne, Edmonton, Grimsby, Gloucester, Hull, Taunton, Aston, Guildford, Liverpool, Hertford, Maidstone, Burnley and Manchester all mentioned walking. Only the Bishop …
Sing while you walk!
Whilst we were walking on Wednesday there was some singing going on – not instigated by me, obviously, as I cannot sing for toffee, but it reminded me of the very first Nordic Walking Lake District trip that we did 3 years ago. After a pub lunch stop which, yes, included beer, we had to …
Walking in the news
Another study extolling the benefits of brisk walking hit the headlines this week. Some of the papers chose to interpret the results in a slightly sensationalist manner claiming that brisk walking is better than going to the gym and other types of exercise. However I think this is due to the fact that walking can …
Peover Hall, Oct 2015
October…Do you know?
October 18th is St Luke’s Day, and folklore has it that around this date there is what is called St Luke’s Little Summer, a short succession of mild golden autumn days given to us by the saint in question – and indeed in recent years there have been some gloriously warm mid – October days, …
North Cheshire Nordic Walking 