Nordic Walking Guy's 3 rules: Rule 3

What does it take to achieve your goals through Nordic walking? You need to follow these three rules  to build fitness through Nordic walking.

1. Walk with purpose!
2. Be consistent!

3. Don't eat like a teenager!

Those were the days. Multiple pizza slices followed by an ice cream sundae and washed down with a sugary soft drink. For most of us, that doesn't work anymore, nor does it do great things for our bodies. Rather than give you a list of things you should and should not eat or get an argument started about different kinds of diets, I'll just remind you that you already have the basic knowledge to improve your diet. Consider making it a social thing, sharing ideas with friends in forums like Facebook and exchanging information during meetups. You can do it!

Diabetes doesn't have to stop you

I came across this article about a college football player who has diabetes. That's not a trivial thing: he plays on The University of Alabama's Crimson Tide, one of the elite college teams in the US. They train hard, and the games are grueling with high impact collisions. He actually wears his insulin pump during games.

That made me think about the benefits of Nordic walking. Chronic diseases like diabetes don't have to stop you, and physical activity yields benefits if you're managing chronic illness. That's where Nordic walking can help. The full body effort is invigorating, and the exercise's low impact means you can do it regularly.

Nordic Walking Guy's 3 rules: Rule 2

What does it take to achieve your goals through Nordic walking? You need to follow these three rules  to build fitness through Nordic walking.

1. Walk with purpose!

2. Be consistent!

3. Don't eat like a teenager!

It's almost time to welcome in a new year. You know the drill. The gym fills up in January, the refrigerator and pantry empty of junk food, the library books stack up as we kick off our resolutions to exercise more, eat less, and get better about reading instead of watching TV and surfing the Internet.

There are many suggestions for keeping your New Year's resolutions, so here's another one for staying consistent with your Nordic walking. I like to vary the routine, walking doing intervals (alternating fast walking with moderate walking) to vary the effort. That keeps my interest level up. Some people like to listen to their music. Others prefer to walk with others and socialize. The important thing is to find what keeps your interest level up so you can keep walking.