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- Walk with purpose!
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- Remember everything counts but not everything matters!
I came across an essay describing how a retirement community discovered Nordic walking and shared it with their residents.
Main point: “The partnerships between staff and residents at Pennswood helped make this fitness choice [Nordic walking] available to everyone in our community. No wonder we all love living here!”
More about it:
- “The neuropathy in her feet was getting worse and she had recently begun using a walker to help with stability and balance. Her back had begun to curve from all of the looking down that she needed to do to maintain her balance.”
- “Nancy began using the poles in June and by the time she and Henry went to Paris in September, she was able to enjoy the city walking three to four miles a day.”
- “Nordic Poles changed my life,” she says, “I feel like I’ve developed two new legs. I can look up again while walking and walk distances that I haven’t been able to walk in years.”
Why it matters:
- The community’s fitness programmer said, “‘I also thought it would be a hard sell. How can I get people excited about this?’ But, when residents started requesting them, and with Nancy as a cheerleader, she began developing several fitness programs that used Nordic poles for interested residents.
- “There are already more than 60 residents who have registered for Nordic pole classes. The classes are divided into different levels according to athletic ability, and the different types of exercises residents wish to do.”
Thoughts about it:
- The people recognized the limitations of their traditional solutions.
- Somebody knew about Nordic walking.
- The connection was made because of the social network around the residents.
- Everyone’s willingness to try something new shows a willingness to innovate.
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