From the WALX & NWUK Community
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The buzz from the Exercise Anywhere 12 event is still reverberating across the UK with over 200 Instructors and project leaders inspired to make the most of new partnerships & initiatives. Delegates listened to spellbinding keynote speakers, Robin Gargrave, Bob Laventure and Dr John Searle OBE and made the most of workshops, practical demos and educational
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Despite some Autumn sunshine,the first frosts appeard this weekend in many areas and the nights are closing in. At the end of the month we will lose an hour of light in the evenings so NOW is the time to get prepared.
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In our efforts to make NWUK Instructors the best in the world, we have once again, introduced some fabulous new courses to enable you to upskill.
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Following a major flood during the Summer, we have reluctantly moved from our lovely barn and now have TWO separate HQs!!!
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Obesity and ill health are on the rise and our ageing population is growing – the cost to the nation of the drugs and care required to deal with this are astronimical but we CAN help a lot of people to avoid falling into this trap if we simply MAKE EXERCISE APPEALLING!
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NWUK have partnered with the FIRST AID ACADEMY to provide high quality first training at venues right across the UK. These courses are tailored towards Nordic Walking and the type of incidents most likely to occur when out with those poles!
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We have all seen the jogger who is struggling to keep going and clearly not fit enough for what they are attempting to do. Their lack of fitness and often, extra weight, are actually impacting massively on whether they are going to get the results they want and the likelihood is that injury will put
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The NWUK Competence card is being re branded as the NWUK FREEDOM card and we are delighted to announce that it will soon have a built in safety feature that will help both the holder and their Instructor or Leader.
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If you were not able to make the Making walking work event or did attend and want to review the best bits again, we have now prepared all the presentations and workshop info into bitesize chunks for you to digest at your leisure! Simply click the ones you would like to view. FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
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The NWUK Instructors convention is less than ONE MONTH AWAY and places are filling FAST! This is you chance to hear top presenters, network with other Instructors and join in workshops about everything from marketing & technique to research. At only £49 this event is a MUST and will not disappoint. Attend on the 29th
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NOW is the time to start planning SKI FIT courses for your regulars and as a way to attract new people to your classes. Our SKI FIT module is a one day training course that includes ADVANCED TECHNIQUE. Its part of the ULTIMATE NORDIC brand which is gaining popularity across the UK and includes TREK FIT which
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Back in deepest darkest February, we set a challange to our instructors, groups and members to see just how many miles they actually Nordic Walked.Using an amazing FREE mobile phone APP we challenged them to see how many miles they could clock up before the start of the London 2012 Olympics. We were astonished with