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Lindsey Vonn Nordic Walking Video to Debut at IDEA Fitness Convention08.10.11
BUFFALO, NY – Professional skier and LEKI sponsored athlete Lindsey Vonn is helping to promote Nordic Walking, or fitness walking with lightweight poles, with a fun yet informative five minute video that details the benefits of Nordic Walking, especially for athletes in the off-season. The video, also featuring former cross country skier and Nordic Walking expert Peter Schlickenrieder, and world champion skiers Benni Raich and Marlies Schild, will make its debut at the Nordic Walking North America (NWNA) booth at the IDEA World Fitness Convention in Los Angeles August 12 – 14. A link to the video can be seen on YouTube athttp://youtu.be/wTS2N5fgiks
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LEKI USA and Crystal Cruises
04.04.11
American Nordic Walking Association Instructor, Rick Deutsch, will be on board Crystal Cruise’s Symphony May 9th round-trip voyage from San Francisco to Alaska to teach complimentary classes to guests. Mr. Deutsch will also train the ship’s fitness instructors, who will lead classes on sequent voyages.
Continue Reading...LEKI USA Divests Canadian Distributorship to AMH Sports, Inc.
02.14.11
Buffalo, NY – Dec. 31, 2010 - LEKI USA announced today they will officially turn over management of the company’s Canadian business to independent distributor AMH Sports, Inc. of Montreal beginning January 1, 2011. AMH Sports, led by long-standing LEKI sales rep Michel Hébert, will handle all aspects of LEKI’s Canadian sales and servicing.
Nordic Walking Selected as a President’s Challenge Activity by The President’s Council
12.15.10
12.14.2010– Buffalo, NY – Nordic Walking, or fitness walking with lightweight poles, has been added to the list of selected activities by the nation’s physical activity program the President’s Challenge. Developed by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, The President’s Challenge helps people of all ages and abilities increase their physical activity and improve their fitness through research-based information, easy-to-use tools, and friendly motivation. A full list of President’s Challenge activities can be found at http://www.presidentschallenge.org/challenge/activities.shtml
Continue Reading...LEKI USA and Crystal Cruises
05.07.10
Following the successful October 2009 introduction of Nordic Walking as a fitness offering to guests on Crystal Cruises, Nordic Walking Pole specialist Rick Deutsch will be on board Crystal Symphony's May 12th cruise from Dubai to Athens to teach classes and train the ship’s fitness instructors, who will lead demonstrations on subsequent voyages.
Continue Reading...Nordic Walking takes pressure off back, legs
03.23.10
Nordic walking offers many physical positives — improved posture, balance, muscle tone and bone density, lower blood pressure and lower stress levels.
But Lindy Smith, who teaches Nordic walking classes at the North Fort Myers Community Center, sees much more than that.
Continue Reading...LEKI USA and Nordic Walking North America Team Up For Physical Therapy
02.22.10
Leading pole manufacturer LEKI USA and Nordic Walking North America (NWNA) joined forces to participate in the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego this past weekend. In addition to promoting the benefits of Nordic Walking and associated products and services as exhibitors at the conference, the two companies also hosted an hour-long Nordic Walking session for over 100 physical therapists on Saturday morning outside the San Diego Convention Center.
Continue Reading...LEKI USA and Crystal Cruises Offer Nordic Walking on Cruises This Fall
09.21.09
LOS ANGELES, CA – In a joint effort to offer innovative wellness programs to people of all fitness levels and ages, luxury cruise specialist Crystal Cruises and Rick Deutsch, outdoor adventurer and author, in conjunction with LEKI USA, a leading manufacturer of skiing, trekking and Nordic Walking poles, are introducing Nordic Walking aboard Crystal ships starting this fall. Specifically designed to engage the entire body toward movement, Nordic Walking, or fitness walking with lightweight poles, helps to evenly distribute stress while walking, increases stability and improves balance. It can lower blood pressure, burn up to 46 percent more calories, increase oxygen consumption by up to 20 percent, reduce cholesterol and help to relieve back, shoulder and neck pain compared to regular walking.
Continue Reading...Walking & Nordic Walking Health Expo
05.01.09
For the first time ever the major players in the North Amercian Nordic Walking Communinty will be in ONE place to teach YOU!
Continue Reading...Article about Nate Goldberg
01.14.09
Check out the great article on Nate Goldberg, one of our LEKI Ambassadors!
Continue Reading...Benefits of LEKI Nordic Walking
01.14.09
Sure, it was rainy weather but see Christine on the morning news shining like the sun while she shows the benefits of LEKI Nordic Walking!
Continue Reading...Walking for Exercise is America’s No. 1 Fitness Activity
12.15.08
Exercise walking, which experienced 2.7% growth in 2007, remains the No. 1 participation activity surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), a position it has held since 1990. Data contained in NSGA’s annual “Sports Participation – Series I and II” reports, which was released in May, shows 89.8 million Americans walked for exercise in 2007.
Continue Reading...Spreading the Word
12.15.08
Linda Lemke, LEKI Nordic Walking instructor and coordinator for Hoigaard’s Outdoor Women program in Minnesota, came to Fifth Avenue last April not to have breakfast at Tiffany’s but, instead, to teach CBS Early Show weatherman Lonnie Quinn and hundreds of thousands of viewers the basics of Nordic Walking.
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