Welcome to Nordic Walkfit Class Descriptions

All classes include:

• Nationally Certified Urban Poling/Nordic Walking Instructors with current First Aid/CPR/AED
• All Instructor's Certifications are accredited by Fitness Canada, BCRPA, SPRA, AFLCA, OKA, MFC, CCAA and Can Fit Pro
• Urban poles are available for rent or purchase
• A friendly, safe environment
• At least 5 minutes warm-up of either slower walking or stationary movements
• Instructions and cueing of proper form and technique
• Wellness/nutrition tips
• Some classes include food samples and nutrition info from Farm Boy, Brown’s Independent and Food Basics
• Record  # of steps
• Variety of pathways, trails, forests and parks
• Cool-down stretches
• Fun, motivating, new friends and calories burned!

Nordic Walkfit Classes for Gentle / Beginner – A great workout for those wishing to get started, learn proper form and technique of nordic walking and walk at a slower pace. This class is also good pace for healthy Seniors or anyone rehabilitating an injury. Classes are 1 hour in length and participants must be able to walk for an hour with little / no difficulty.

Nordic Walk Fat Burner for Intermediate/Advanced - A great way to burn fat as a primary source of energy. This 60 minute, brisk paced class will help you burn twice as much fat as exercising too hard or too easy. It focuses on using slow twitch muscle fibers to help burn fats and lactate by working you at a 'steady state'. This class is for 'Fit' individuals with little to no physical/health limitations. You will learn the proper form and technique of nordic walking while on the move!

Nordic Fusion for Intermediate/Advanced - Led by a certified personal trainer, this nordic walkfit class offers short intervals of specific exercises that will target and firm your butt, improve your balance and strengthen your core. The exercises are functional and popular with personal trainers ie. squats, lunges, planks etc. The use of hills, benches, trees, curbs, parks, balls, tubes, discs, variety of speeds and poling action all help to make this class not only challenging but fun. This class is perfect for anyone intermediate to advanced in their fitness level.

Advanced Nordic Fusion (Boot Camp style for variety, fun and fitness ) - Led by a certified personal trainer, this class is a healthy mix of stimulating, creative and challenging drills and exercises. Equipment used in this class includes Bosu's, TRX's, tubes, discs, small balls etc to greatly improve your strength, speed, balance and agility. The use of Urban poles help produce an aerobic, fat burning component as well as improvements in posture. This class takes place exclusively in Walter Baker Park off Terry Fox Dr/Kanata.

5k, 10k and ½ Marathon Nordic Walk Training *This class is great for anyone wishing to prepare /enter races or for those very fit individuals looking for a good challenge. Led by a marathon coach this course will increase your distance, speed and endurance. You will meet with your coach 1x per week for quality workouts of intervals and variety of hill work.
Course includes an outlined workout schedule for 2 other workouts during the week, instructions on proper form & technique, fit/nutrition tips, guidance and assistance with race registrations.