Hello and welcome back on yet another beautiful morning. I hope this weather is helping inspire you to get outside and keep active.
Today we are focusing on strengthening our cores, which include our abdominal and back muscles, think of it as your entire trunk. Having strong core muscles is crucial to protecting our back and helping our posture, making it easier to balance and do physical activity. Remember to breathe freely and deeply during each exercise, have a neutral pelvis and engage your abdominal muscles. Spending time strengthening these muscles will help us to be more aware of them when we are Nordic Walking and therefore gain more from the specific technique points of the Push, the Lean, and Rotation.
DISCLAIMER
These workouts have been designed for clients of Nordic Walking East Anglia, who have all been taught the correct Nordic Walking technique by a qualified British Nordic Walking Instructor. They have also been shown how to perform these exercises in face to face lessons; this film is merely a prompt. Individuals participate in these exercises at their own risk and must ensure they have adequate and non-slip floor space in which to participate and agree that they have no health concerns that prevent them from taking part. These exercises are designed to be carried out outside, however, if individuals perform the warm-up and cool-down sessions indoors there is a danger of collision with or damage to furniture, light fittings, etc. as well as potential for injury.