Nordic Walking: a sport to keep fit

 Want to lose weight doing sports and taking deep breaths, away from air conditioning and hyper tank of a gym? Nordic walking then, a sport that will make you walks at a good pace, using special sticks.


This sport is not really new: in fact, it was already used in the thirties as a summer training method for cross-country skiing. This innovation is of Finnish origin, is practiced in Scandinavia, but now it is spreading throughout southern Europe. Nordic Walking is the perfect exercise to get a simple reduction in weight without straining the joints, since it involves the arms in motion, implying a strengthening of the muscles of the shoulders, chest and neck.


The technique is based on the movements of the classical cross country skiing, using the so-called diagonal movement and inserting properly use...

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