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Nordic walking was launched in Finland in 1997 as a summer fitness work out for cross country skiers . It was later on promoted by the Finnish government to encourage the people to exercise . About 760,000 Finns implement with this walking regularly.

The Nordic walking extended fast in the Nordic countries like Norway Sweden Germany , where more people are familiar with Nordic style skiing .

In Finland ,at the summer, the mean each day temperature is consistently over 10C . We also know that all the countries mentioned here are mostly cold countries. So what happens in the hot countries where the mean summer temperatures

Are around 30 degrees celcius Is this kind of sport suitable for those countries , where there is no snow at all ?

I am living in a hot country with summer temperatures around the 30 c.

From my own experience I can assure you It fits also to hot countries but I have to recommend the following subjects :

Walking time: Early morning , is my chosen time . The air is usually not polluted .The car traffic is low . You have a possibility to see the daybreak . Not Many walkers .

Clothes: Use light clothing as possible . Light shirt .Short trousers. A hat if you will meet up with the hot sun !

Footwear : There are especially designed shoes for Nordic Walking , but a good walking shoe or a running shoe can also do the job .

Water : Very important ! I usually carry on my back a water bag , with a pipeline so I don't have to leave the walking poles for drinking .

Walking poles : Using the walking poles with gloves is intolerable .The hands feel very hot and sticky inside the gloves. The solution is to use walking poles without gloves but they should not be the kind with flat cork shaft . The cause of course is that the sweating hands are sliding on the shaft, so you can't give that thurst with the hands , which is a part of the Nordic Walking .

This brings to the conclusion that the shaft has to be the type with curves which fit the fingers. With this kind of shaft you can "play " with the way you are holding the walking poles : Before sweating in the hand palms , you can have a full grip on the shaft . afterward you can hold the shaft with the thumb and index finger only.

Another way is to put the thumb on top of the shaft , and with the remaining fingers hold the shaft slightly . As we can see there are Nordic Walking solutions also for the not so North countries .







Heinz is the owner of http://www.walkingisraelis.com/.

He is retired From a communication company , and enjoyes writing articles.He is an ardent Nordic Walker . You can see a lot of information in his website http://www.walkingisraelis.com

About the author

Retired from electronic company. Enjoyes Sport (Nordic Walking) and writing articles for his many websites .

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