Trekking and walking poles here at Gear-Zone include a selection of Gelert, Grivel, and the world-renowned Leki.
Walking poles help reduce impact on your joints, helping you achieve correct posture and reduce fatigue.
Here at Gear-Zone we stock a range of walking poles made from high-grade aluminium or carbon fibre, including best sellers from Leki, Carbonlite XL Antishock, Wanderfreund and Wanderfreund Antishock. Take a look too at the Leki Aluminium Photo Pole which cleverly doubles up as a camera screw mount.
More about Walking Poles
Anyone who's been out of the hill regularly over the past few years will have noticed the increasing amounts of Walking Poles (or Trekking Poles if you prefer), and they've been popular on the continent since the 1970s, but have only really gained a following in the UK over the past 10-15 years...but why use them and what're the differences?
Why Use Walking Poles?
Far from being just another fad, and piece of gear to carry around, walking poles have a three massive benefits, and these alone should pique your interest, but let me just say that the following info is based on poles being used as a pair. You can of course just use one if you prefer, but you won't experience the full benefit! (Yes, I feel slightly silly swinging two around but you get used to it!)
>> Stability & safety.
Need to step down from a thigh high rock? Place your poles on the ground and use them to guide yourself down.
Using a pair of poles effectively gives you more points of contact with the ground and thus on up- or down-hill sections, allows you to use them for balance and stability. This makes it safer and reduces the risk of over-balancing and toppling forwards off the hill!
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Q. What are Nordic walking poles?
A. They're used in one of the fastest-growing forms of exercise in the U.K.
Nordic walking, as its name suggests, has its origins in Scandinavia - in 1930s Finland to be precise - where avid skiers kept in shape during the summer months by 'power walking' off season, continuing to build up their upper body strength when there was no snow on the ground.
So popular has the sport become, there are now an estimated 10 million enthusiasts all over the world.
Unlike simply striding out on a strenuous walk to keep in trim - and maybe lose a little weight in the process - Nordic walking utilises 90% of your upper body muscles, compared to just 70% during a normal brisk walk.
It has even been proven to be far more effective than jogging, burning twice as many calories over similar distances.
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