From the WALX & NWUK Community
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Every New year you see heaps of advice about health, fitness and happiness often with the title NEW YEAR NEW YOU. At Nordic Walking UK however, we think that should read NEW YEAR …….NEW VIEW because unlike many of the other so called solutions to improving fitness, we think its all about your outlook! NO,
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WALX DORSET are going on Tour this Autumn and want YOU to come and enjoy a long weekend in magnificent scenery with them! This EXCLUSIVE trip has been put together by our Partners at EXODUS Holidays and is going to be an unforgettable long weekend of walking, relaxing and possibly sampling a Prosecco or
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Your health is important, that’s why we’ve teamed up with AXA PPP healthcare to provide you with their Personal Health plan, plus 2 months free cover and a Nuffield Health Assessment when you join.* What are the benefits of private medical insurance from us at AXA PPP healthcare? [symple_bullets style=”gray”] [symple_spacing size=”15″]Choose from over 250
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This year our local Charity is Cash for Kids and they really need MORE presents for disadvantaged Children. We thought we would help out by becoming a drop off point where the folk of Purbeck and our visitors from further afield can pop an unwrapped gift into our collection box. We will make sure that get
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Every season we like to share a good news story or two as way of inspiring others to take their first steps with us. We also like to remind our Instructors just how much their clients value them! In this issue as the air becomes damper, we thought we’d focus on a couple of folk
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Recently I have been fascinated about the way some people seem to connect the exercise benefits of pole walking only to SPEED rather than thinking about engaging as many muscles as possible in a way that will maximise the over all training effect . Used correctly, poles will tone the upper arms and provide a
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It seems like an age since the sun shone for a whole weekend and there was no mud but it did actually happen and in some style too! Yes the 4th Purbeck Nordic Walking festival was a major success with hundreds of walks and workshops walks in sizzling sunshine! This year our sponsors GRUB’S SHOES,
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We know its really muddy out there and your poles are likely to be subjected to wet weather, snow and even road salt soon – here are our tips for giving your poles a little TLC to make sure they keep working perfectly throughout the winter months. To make sure your poles don’t let you
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The team behind Nordic Walking UK are launching a new walking fitness concept called WALX in 2020. “For years our Instructors have delivered far more than simple pole walking and now we want everybody to access these classes whether using poles or not” says Gill Stewart Director of Exercise Anywhere the parent company of NWUK
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We are delighted that so many Purbeck festival goers stay in our lovely part of the world for a few extra days and this year we have made sure they can join us to explore further afield. The local Team have put on some stunning walks and as we know some visyors are still not
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Love it or hate it Technology is here to stay and this year at Purplebeck we are embracing it both as a way to keep folk safe and to aid research. So, DON’T SWITCH off from this article because we have two APPS that could save you and others from illness or a serious incident
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We are going Canine crazy at the festival this year – not only will we be doing specific workshops on pole walking with dogs, we have opened up some suitable walks for them to join their owners and soak up the festival fun We will have a designated Doggie area under a beautiful Oak tree