From the WALX & NWUK Community
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WALX held a week of walking festival in Dorset with a range of activities for locals and members from around the UK. This was the 9th Festival event with workshops, presentations and a fun social evening too.
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WALX hosted their first professional webinar with Professor Tom Wainwright from Bournemouth University Hospital on improving recovery outcomes from total joint replacements. Pole walking and sociality were top on his list
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The WALX team presented the WALX method to 150 Instructors at the Scuola Nordic Walking Italiano annual CAMP. With the help of our Italian Master trainers we delivered a 20 minute presentation followed by a fun practical circuit to help Instructors understand the rationale of the WALX poles and engaging results-focussed teaching methods.
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The roll out in Italy is forging ahead with much excitement. WALX Poles and programmes are changing the way the world walks! The simple but effective concept is fast becoming the new Nordic Walking!
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The WALX HQ team created some workouts for people with balance conditions to help them improve gait and use walking as a way to exercise indoors and out. 3 progressive 10 minute videos using the WALX total body walking concept were delivered showing three levels from beginner to more advanced using poles or supports if
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SINW are the largest nordic walking association in Italy and one of the most successful in Europe so we were delighted when they asked us to show them the WALX method which makes pole and fitness walking more exciting, effective and accessible. We are even more delighted to announce they are now official partners and
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The WALX team delivered two amazing festivals in September 23 – one in Dorset and another in the Lake District.Walks ranged from wellness walking and connecting with nature to climbing Helvellyn or the rugged Golden Cap. Proof that walking with others can improve mind and body plus provide memories, friendships and plenty of smiles
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To help people find out how get more out of walking, we launched a new initiative across the UK. Our WALX Masters now offer Discovery sessions where people can go along and have a go at some of our basic programmes, try using WALX poles and experience how exercising outdoors can be refreshing, rewarding and
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WALX poles are designed to promote natural walking, good posture, stability and balance. We have spent 2023 working with our partners at the Royal National Orthopaedic hospital, Parkinson’s UK and Physiotherapy clinics around the country to introduce them to those who need walking poles for rehabilitation.
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Yet another amazing WALX event was held in the Peak District in May 23 with walks, workshops and social events for all levels and abilities. Walkers that joined us could choose from history walks and wild tea workshops to trickier routes such as giddy edge and Kinder Scout! It was great to see lots of
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The WALX team launched their new Poles at the National Outdoor Show – providing demos and pointing people to our groups for tuition on how to get the most out of them Lot’s of interest from people looking to get outdoors and be more active in safe sociable groups and the poles really WOWED them
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Only six months after launching the WALX poles in the UK, the first consignment have left these shores to be introduced into another Country! Itsik Levy from Eco-Gym in Israel has been a partner with Nordic Walking UK (part of WALX) and delivered our original Nordic Walking Instructor training for several years. Having tested the