Hey healthy folks,
Well I got my Nordic walking poles last night and took them out for a test drive this morning.
Where were these things a year ago?!?
They look innocent enough; but don’t let that fool ya. They kicked my butt. The weird part is it was actually easier (seemingly), and a lot of fun. It took a lot of the load off of my back and knees and just transferred it to my upper body. Much more comfortable and just sailing along. With perfect posture no less.
Of course I discarded all extra clothing layers in the first twenty minutes; and drank four times as much water.
But it is surprisingly easy to adjust on the fly as to whether I was concentrating on my triceps or then to the lats, etc. This was necessary because each area would be screaming in pretty short order, lol.
As near as I can figure that just changed my routine from about 900 cal burn to about 1200-1300 cal. I’ll check it with the heart rate monitor after I settle in a bit.
Jacking up my calorie intake to compensate, but it sure was fun!
