Sea breezes laden with nutrients from cresting and breaking waves, become airborne and naturally blow onshore.
This is excellent for the respiratory system, helping to stimulate full and deep breathing. Your workout exercises the whole upper body, pushing shoulders back and increasing lung activity.
We all know a brisk walk ‘blows away the cobwebs’ and leaves us invigorated and energized – and after a rest – sharpens the mind and senses.
Being able to feast your eyes on the ever-changing landscapes and environment while enjoying this invigorating activity distracts you from your efforts.
The secret to achieving better health is as simple as finding a form of exercise you enjoy. The real challenge can be finding exercise which you’re able to sustain and keep up in order to improve your sense of wellbeing. Many of us in our earlier years may have played one sport or another to varying degrees and may now find exercise classes too demanding on joints or a little claustrophobic perhaps.
Soon a walk is complete and having incorporated up to 90% of the body’s muscles you can soak up the magnificent views, ever changing terrain and fresh air, which all distract you while you breathe more deeply than normal and benefit from great exercise. Nordic Walking is the perfect tonic. Perfect for people recovering from illness and perfect for fitness fanatics alike. Your level of ‘work-out’ is geared to you as an individual – and the goals you set.
One of the secrets to improve all round well being.
And that’s just what most of us want.
Nordic Walking is a form of exercise people can do – at all levels – which can improve stamina and fitness, as well as enabling you to discover a stimulating form of exercise which is different each time you do it and rewards you with a much happier state of mind. Living where we do in the beautiful surrounds of The New Forest and on the edge of The Solent Way, there are dedicated individuals who are determined to show people a different method of exercise and importantly, feel better, even through the harsher winter months.