Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to Health, Fitness, and Fun
by Claire Walter
List Price:
Our Price: $7.50
You Save: $8.45 (53%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.79 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Claire WalterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-30
ISBN: 1578262690
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Book Reviews of Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to Health, Fitness, and Fun
Book Review: Nordic Walking
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Book to purchase for anyone interested in the sport of Nordic Walking. The book contains clear and concise information that comes from varied credible resources. A friend of mine purchased the book, I borrowed it, and decided I needed to add "Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to Health, Fitness, and Fun," to my library. The book contains exercises for stretching, what the sport is and not, nutrition information, purchasing poles, and if a person is going to develop further interest in the sport, the book has information for entering Marathons held across the country. Glad I added the book to my library.
Summary of Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to Health, Fitness, and Fun
Nordic WalkingThe Complete Guide to Health, Fitness, and Fun
A primer to one of Europe?s hottest fitness activities, this is the first major book about this easy, fun, and effective new sport
Nordic Walking, a type of fitness walking with poles, was developed in Finland in 1997 and spread across much of Europe. Today more than 6 million people worldwide engage in Nordic Walking regularly, and participation is growing fastest in the United States. The 87.5 million Americans who already walk for fitness have been coming to Nordic Walking in droves.
The motion is similar to cross-country skiing or snowshoeing but without skis, snowshoes, or snow?and akin to the Nordic-Track, Crosswalk Treadmill, and other apparatus but done outdoors in the fresh air and scenery. Easy to learn and easy on the budget, Nordic Walking can be done anywhere and has many advantages over regular walking, including:
? The specially designed, lightweight poles relieve some of the stress on the ankles, knees and hips and transfer it to the upper torso, making it a full-body workout.
? Nordic Walking burns up to 45 percent more calories than walking without poles.
It is equally effective for new exercisers just off the couch, dedicated walkers, long-time runners who are now trying to favor their knees, anyone rehabilitating from an injury, and even too-sedentary seniors. Nordic Walking is a recreational and fitness activity for the 21st century?and Nordic Walking the first complete guide to how to get started with this fun and healthy new sport.
Injuries & Rehabilitation Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Injuries & Rehabilitation Books
The New Massage: Total Body Conditioning for People Who Exerciseby Gordon Inkeles
Perigee Trade; Published: 1980-08-04; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $41.24
Pnf in Practice: An Illustrated Guideby Susan S. Adler, Dominiek Beckers, Math Buck
Springer-Verlag; Published: 1993-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $49.95
Control Your High Blood Pressure Without Drugsby Cleaves M. Bennett
Main Street Books; Published: 1986-03-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $189.26
Breathworks for Your Backby Nancy Swayzee
Avon Books; Published: 1998-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.18
Price in other shops:
The 5-Factor World Dietby Harley Pasternak M.Sc., Laura Moser
Ballantine Books; Published: 2010-01-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.74
Price in other shops:
The FORCE Program: The Proven Way to Fight Cancer Through Movement and Exerciseby Jeff Berman, Fran Fleegler, John Hanc
Ballantine Books; Published: 2003-12-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Pilates: The Way Forwardby Lynne Robinson, Gordon Thomson
Pan Macmillan; Published: 1999-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.94
Price in other shops:
La dieta del Gordo (Spanish Edition)by Raul De Molina
Grijalbo; Published: 2008-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.63
Price in other shops:
Free Yourself from Neck Pain and Headacheby David F. Fardon
Prentice Hall; Published: 1983-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $50.35
Stress, Diet, and Your Heartby Dean Ornish
Henry Holt & Co; Published: 1983-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.99
Similar Books and other products
Leki Trail Trekking Poles (Pair)Leki; Leki; Sports
Price in other shops:
Pair of Pace Maker Trekking Poles with small disks and vulcanized rubber feetNingbo; Pace; Sports
Nordic Walking (Outdoor Adventures (Human Kinetics))by Malin Svensson
Human Kinetics; Human Kinetics; Published: 2009-05-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.11
Price in other shops:
Ultimate Nordic Pole Walking Bookby Klaus Schwanbeck
Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH; Published: 2008-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $32.68
POLES for Balance & MobilityRelease date: 2008-10-13; DVD
Best price: $14.95
POLES for Hiking, Trekking & WalkingRelease date: 2007-12-13; DVD
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Nordic Walking for Total Fitnessby Suzanne Nottingham, Alexandra Jurasin
Human Kinetics; Human Kinetics; Published: 2009-12-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.97
Price in other shops: