Nordic walking is an activity that burns 20 to 40% percent more calories than traditional walking. This is achieved by incorporating the upper body into your workout by adding walking poles.
Calories
An individual weighing 160 pounds walking 3.5 mph burns 277 calories. In comparison, the same individual would burn 388 calories per hour Nordic walking.
Time
Nordic walking provides a way for you to burn the same amount of calories as walking, but in a shorter amount of time. The increased intensity level allows you to burn the same calories in 25 minutes of Nordic walking that you would burn in 40 minutes of walking.
Benefits
Nordic walking works to increase calories burned, strengthen the upper body, decreases joint stress, increases balance and coordination, increases your heart rate, and relieves pain in the neck and shoulders.
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