What are basic techniques for Nordic Walking?
Nordic walking starts, surprisingly, by walking with poles. Let them sway by your side but dont use them initially. Get the feel for the swing weight and coordination. The step in the progression will involve lightly planting the poles with the tips at you feet, refraining from applying power initially. The idea is for the legs to do all the work until you can achieve some degree of coordination. When you are ready, start to exaggerate, or lengthen, your stride while applying more force onto the poles. Use more of your body weight, back, shoulders, stomach and arms to drive propulsion through the poles. You can moderate the right blend of leg and arm effort. The next stage is ski-striding. The leg-stride lengthens and the effort is shared more equally by the arms. The movement approaches the biomechanics used in diagonal stride in snow-skiing. The key distinction between Nordic walking and ski-striding is that in striding; only one foot is touching the ground at a time. The arms achiev
