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Conference for walking professionals

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Exercise Anywhere Ltd the parent company of Nordic Walking UK are hosting a conference this September for those with an interest in the use of walking programmes as way to provide affordable activity & rehabilitation solutions.


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Why we do what we do

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We love featuring inspirational stories in our newsletters and as it’s the London Marathon this weekend we thought we would feature a story about somebody who is running this weekend and believes nordic walking helped him to acheive this.


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Conference 2012 – a date not to be missed

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Do we have an extravaganza planned for this years INSTRUCTORS conference?? You can count on it! Last year we exceeded 300 attendees over 2 days and this year we have prepared for twice that many & selected a knockout venue!


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Risk assessment news – Tick Alert

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  Those of you who walk in areas where there is a lot of BRACKEN and wild fauna such as deer need to be taking extra precaution at the moment as it’s TICK SEASON!!


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Nordic Wedding bells!

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  Forget Brad and Angelina….we are all very excited here at NWUK because our lovely team member Kaye Redwood is getting married THIS Friday 27th. Kaye has supported many instructors throughout their journeys and she’s a popular figure here at HQ so we are sure you will join us in wishing her well for the BIG DAY.


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NEW Insurance available

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Nordic Walking UK Instructors can now benefit from a comprehensive New Insurance policy that includes cover for all other forms of fitness training from PT to Pilates – without the need to join external organisations like FIT PRO etc.


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Feeling the Easter Bulge?

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We thought we might help you to avoid over indulging this Easter (or at least encourage you to balance out the choccy with some activity) by reminding you how many calories there are in those yummy eggs and how far you might need to nordic walk in order to use them!!


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Join NWUK at the National Trust Grasmere Gallop

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This premier trail run event which is organised by the National Trust has added a whole new NORDIC WALKING section this year and we would like to invite all nordic walkers to come along and make a real event of it on JUNE 9th. We will be there with our demo stands and information point


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We’re all going on a Nordic holiday!

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Ok so it’s gloriously sunny already and we are all trying to sneak outside whenever we can but now is also the ideal time to plan your next Nordic Walking break so, when the sun goes down, pop inside and check out the range of unique Nordic Walking breaks and holidays here


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Strictly come NORDIC!

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  NWUK Instructor Lisa Mallet was recently asked to offer Nordic Walking tasters at an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The event marked the launch of the YOUR PERSONAL BEST CAMPAIGN which is supported by Len Goodman and Arlene Phillips of ‘Strictly’ fame who joined in and had a go at Nordic Walking! The campaign which


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The Smartest tip in Town

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Exciting news – the brand new 2012 Leki poles have arrived and feature a very clever new Paw system called the ‘Smart Tip’.  No longer the need to take your paws on and off you poles on different terrains, or losing them to the nearest drain or muddy patch, they simply click up to reveal


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Nordic Walking for back pain!

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Helen Eloli is not a fan of being outdoors but when her back problems made all other forms of exercise difficult, she took the plunge and tried Nordic Walking – here’s her story…….. “After a bad snowboarding accident, my back problems started, with a disc that would slip out at the drop of a hat


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