Is your new year resolution to get more outdoor exercise? Perhaps you saw an article in The Rudd about this activity last March?
The Ruddington group of Nordic Walkers continues to enjoy the varied paths and trails in all seasons around our beautiful Country Park every Friday morning from 10am to 11am.
Walking energetically, but not especially quickly, with poles, we walk for an hour, covering about 3km on average.
The walk starts and ends with warming up/down stretches and is punctuated by short stops for balance exercises, coordination challenges and healthy lifestyle tips.
The group is led by Instructor and CEO of British Nordic Walking, Catherine Hughes, who’s passionate about the many health and wellbeing benefits of this low impact, total body exercise.
The weekly group size averages between eight and 15 women and men of various ages and degrees of fitness. As well as an hour of excellent exercise, it’s very much a social activity with plenty of chat to accompany the walking.
You’ll need a technique workshop before walking with the group and will be able to borrow poles until you decide whether it’s an activity for you. After that, you can walk whenever’s convenient for you and pay on the day. It couldn’t be easier!
For more details, please visit www.midlandsnordicwalking.org/learntonordicwalk and contact Catherine via the website, by emailing catherine@midlandsnordicwalking.org or texting 07940 575 758.
In the meantime, if you’re in the park on a Friday between 10am and 11am, look out for a group of Nordic Walkers and consider this new activity for 2025!