Exel Nordic Walker Extreme www.exelsports.net; $164. The Nordic Walker Extreme, a top-end carbon-fiber set of walking poles, is recommended for athletes looking for a cross-training tool for running, ...

Nordic walking, a Finnish fitness craze that is rapidly gaining converts in the U.S., adds an upper-body workout to walking. Using specially equipped hiking poles, you propel yourself with legs and ...

Annette Tannander Bank is one of those old-school local athletes who stayed in town after retiring from competitive athletics. She came to Boulder in 1978 on a track scholarship after placing seventh ...

In the city of Santa Monica, there’s no lack of activities to keep in shape. If looking to sculpt your body, there’s a million gyms and a short jaunt away is Venice’s Muscle Beach. To get the cardio ...

If someone passed you on the street using Nordic walking poles, you might turn and stare. And maybe even snicker. At first glance, the activity looks out of place, like cross-country skiing minus the ...

When researchers at the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas, found that Nordic walking burns 20 percent more calories than regular power walking, they expected the new sport to take off among fitness ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Japan's newest fitness craze, Nordic walking, has onlookers puzzled as to why people are walking with ski poles when there is no snow. Nordic walking just might be the exercise to solve the countries ...