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hi this is Anita from reluctant low carb
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life today I want to talk a little bit
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about walking and in particular about
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Nordic walking versus regular walking so
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if you've been listening to my channel
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here you might have heard me talking a
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bit about Nordic walking and what Nordic
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walking is I know it's popular in many
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places in Europe uh Japan and some other
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parts of the world but it's not really
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that popular yet in the United States
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and I'm not exactly sure why it's not
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popular yet in the United States because
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it seems like it's the kind of exercise
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which should be popular but for some
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reason is not first of all let's talk
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about regular walking regular walking is
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the most common form of daily
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movement it involves moving forward by
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putting one foot essentially in front of
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the other foot in a rhythmic manner you
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this natural activity requires no
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special equipment just need some good
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walking shoes and it's a great way to
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stay active without much preparation
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there's a lot of benefits for regular
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walking it can improve your
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cardiovascular health it enhances mental
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well-being it aids in weight management
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it strengthens muscles and your bones
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especially as you get older this is very
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important and it boasts mobility and
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flexibility Nordic walking is essenti
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actually you know you can almost kind of
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call it walking on steroids because
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Nordic walking is a bit more advanced
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and dynamic form incorporating specially
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designed poles these poles originated in
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the Finland in the 1930s as a summer
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Training Method for CrossCountry skiers
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even though a lot of the concept of
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Nordic walking really started coming
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1960s so Nordic walking basically was a
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way for the country skiers that were in
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Finland for them to find a way to be
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able to remain active and keep training
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months it B was able to
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transform a regular walking workout into
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a full upper body workout along with the
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regular walking part of it so as a
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CrossCountry skier they used a lot of
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their upper body this was allowed them
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to be able to keep their upper body
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strength during the off seon Nordic
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walking works by you have two poles that
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help Propel the body forward and those
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poles are not in front of you like
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you're trying to hike up a mountain but
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instead are kind of behind you you
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almost drag them along the road they can
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help you know support your upper body
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muscles particularly the arms the
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shoulders and the core and if you do
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Nordic walking versus regular walking
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you can see that you can feel a little
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bit more tired easier because the fact
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that using more muscle
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there's a lot of benefits that have been
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found for Nordic walking versus just the
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regular walking and I want to go through
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a couple of those first of all number
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one is it engages the entire body when
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you're walking just regular walking and
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depending on how fast you walk but
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normally you know speaking it doesn't
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engage your entire body it just sort of
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you know engages your legs and you're
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not really engaging the entire body
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Nordic walking will engage the entire
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body it burns more calories than regular
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walking because more muscles are
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involved so Nordic walking Burns
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significantly more calories than just
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regular walking it can actually enhance
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your posture and your balance if you're
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a little bit off balance when you walk
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and you as you age you do get off
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balance more Nordic walking can help to
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give you more balance but also helps
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your posture because the way you're
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working with the poles is it it makes
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your posture be able to you know sort of
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stand up stand stand back and stand
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straight and where you have a better
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walking position than instead of
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hunching or leaning forward it reduces
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uh joint strain if you have problems
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with you know joints or you know your
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knees or other things that can help with
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that it can relieve you know knees and
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and hip stress and help you more evenly
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distribute body weight it improves your
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cardiovascular fitness so because it's
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you're using more muscles you're burning
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more calories you're also have an
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elevated heart rate as your Nordic
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walking so when you compare Nordic
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walking to regular walking and I've
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written a blog post on this which we
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will put a link in the description
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entitled Nordic walking versus regular
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walking what is a difference we have a
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chart in there where sort of lists out
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the difference between Nordic walking
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and regular walking and what is the main
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difference one of the main differences
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is that you burn far more calories with
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Nordic walking than you do with regular
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it's a Nordic walking is more of a full
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body workout than regular walking is
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it's a more intense cardiovascular
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workout and it's lower impact due to the
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poles you have improve your posture you
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have to learn the proper techniques
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though to be able to Nordic walk and you
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do have to have equipment which you you
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need the poles it has been found through
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a lot of research and other things that
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they've done especially on you know
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heart patients and and things like you
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know other people like that they're
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recovering from injuries that Nordic
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walking is far better for you than
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regular walking and because it is so
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much better for you than regular walking
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this is why I don't understand why in a
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lot of places like the United States you
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don't see more people out with their
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Nordic walking poles doing their Nordic
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walking and a couple reasons why it's
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better for you as we've talked about
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before is you burn more calories you
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know that's that full body workout
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you're working almost all your muscles
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with it your both your upper and lower
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body so you for the same amount of time
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as regular walking if you add the poles
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to your walking the Nordic walking will
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will help for you to be able to burn
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more calories and also it will give you
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a better work overall workout it
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improves your posture improves your
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balance it's um good for your joints
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especially if you have bad knees or hips
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or other things and it will increase
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your cardiovascular health regular
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walking you know could be better for you
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of course if you just want something
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easy you don't want to have extra
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equipment you want a low impact you know
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exercise and you know it's it's it's
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easy to do without having to learn a new
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technique so you know the question is
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which one should you choose so if your
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aim is to burn more calories to get in a
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better workout then we highly recommend
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that you consider Nordic walking and
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consider you know learning Nordic
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walking you know if how however you just
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want to have a you know workout you
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could just go outside your door it's
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more straightforward you feel like
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you're get some exercise regular walking
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may be right for you as it's been said
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many times that the exercise you will do
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is the best exercise for you so if even
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if you know that Nordic walking is the
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best exercise but you won't do it or
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you're not going to buy the poles or
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you're not going to learn the technique
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probably regular walking then would be
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better for you than Nordic walking so
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regardless of which one you decide to
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choose the most important thing is that
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you stay active and make walking a
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regular part of your routine you know so
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whether you prefer casual stroll or you
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want to do something more vigorous like
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a Nordic walk both options can
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contribute to your overall health and
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well-beings and I think that's one of
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