Nordic Walking is an activity that combines the walk to workout arms, using a technique similar to that used by cross-country skiers. Compared to the stroke, are reduced (as in other forms of walking) the trauma of the pelvis, knees and feet, compared to traditional walking, if done right, allows you to burn a maximum of 40% more calories.
The impact if done well is a must because the correct execution requires a heavy use of sticks, and you often see people practicing Nordic walking just take a walk down their tools.
The technique should instead implement the diagonal movement using appropriately the sticks: the alternating motion of the arms and legs and thrust effectively with the stick are meant to increase the length of the step, without forcing, naturally.
Recommended for those who are very overweight or who have been severe (and I stress the serious), orthopedic problems. It definitely is not able to significantly change our physical, longer included in disciplines related to fitness (which gives a temporary feeling of well-being and subjective) that in the real sport.
Often choosing Nordic walking has a personality-oriented, low-intensity training, I have submitted to the test of the dying man a couple of friends who practiced enthusiastically Nordic walking for a couple of years. To their great surprise, the test laid down by the hour, they are not able to overcome the 8.7 km! Of course a couple does not count, but these were really convinced that the ” big sports “.
For injured athletes?
I received several indications for use Nordic walking or other related disciplines such as support to the injured runner. I think that these statements serve to silence the conscience of sports too eager (I’ve got to do something not to lose shape).
The more an athlete has a high degree of training, the more the disciplines that may fall within the low-intensity training do not serve to compensate for the normal sessions of his sport. It is illusory to hope that by engaging in a very Nordic walking, amateur marathon runner who runs for 42 km at 12 km / h can maintain a significant portion of his degree of training. Remember one of the key principles of training :
If the effort is not physiologically similar (quantity, quality, frequency, etc….) to what takes place in your sport, you do not work out.
Who is injured not throw away the time, under the illusion that making soft disciplines can maintain a good workout? Often it is equivalent to doing nothing. So if you are injured and cannot choose a ” real ” alternative sport (such as cycling to run), put your heart at rest. May you be comforted that if you are fully healed, recovering from zero, typically to return to the top, it takes at most twice as long compared to the period of sleep.
