Gentle Nordic Walking

Nordic Walking - Gentle does it...

If you feel unfit, have health problems, struggle with your plus-size or recover from an injury - you are very welcome in our group!
We offer both our Foundation Course and our Group walks in a 'gentle' format. These courses/walks are a bit slower or shorter, and they start close to a bus stop.

You can come on our Gentle and Mini walks without having done a course. But we recommend that you take the Foundation course after a few walks.
Here is why: Nordic walking is a full body workout. As such, it is very different from trekking or regular walking. To get the full benefits, you need a good technique. It is easy to build up bad habits, which may damage your health (e.g. bent wrists or bad posture can lead to joint pain).

Foundation Course: Gentle Start

In this course, you will create a solid, good foundation for your Nordic Walking technique, so that you can walk in a safe manner (without damaging your body through bad technique) and get your best fitness/health results out of each walk. We focus on step 1-5 of the INWA teaching method, and have a short look at step 6-10 as well.

Content:

Basic information about the Nordic Walking and poles (using the sleeves, different tips, etc.)
Posture: Create an awareness of good posture and enable you to self-correct
Walking technique: Train the basic movement of Nordic Walking, with the correct arm and leg rhythm. Start training your feet to create more of a 'rolling'/pushing forward motion
Pole technique; find the stable position for the poles and propel the body foward more actively
Trail etiquette and safety: how do deal with horses, dogs, bad weather, etc.

Costs: £35 (pole hire included)

Gentle Start: Our Foundation course in two sessions (One hour each)

Will be scheduled when we have a few people interested - please get in touch if you would like to join our Foundation course in a two session format. Email Andrea at [email protected]

Meeting point: Parking area of Brent Valley Golf Club - see map

Private lessons:
If you cannot make it to a course, we can teach you the content in two private lessons (one hour each). Total private-lesson Foundation course: £80 (pole hire included).

Schedule of our Gentle and Mini Walks

You can find the description of these walks on our Group walk page.

Please sign up for each walk
Walks are not always happening, so we need to hear from you.

Email: [email protected], phone/text: 07766 464623, or join our Whatsapp groups.

Tuesdays

11.00-12.00am: Gentle Walk (60 min with a short break)

Meet Golf Club Parking (Brent Valley)

Dates:

will be scheduled soon

Mini Walks

Currently not scheduled, please get in touch if you like to come to a Mini walk. [email protected]

Sundays

11.30-12.30pm: Gentle Walk (60 min with a short break)

Meet Golf Club Parking (Brent Valley)

Dates

will be scheduled soon