And here is what a specialist thinks about this, whose job is daily instruction in Nordic walking.
– Even more harm is caused by the unwillingness to give oneself no stress at all, – Alexander Smirnov, coach of the Nordic Walking Center, is sure. – I never took the number 10 thousand steps a day literally, because it is from the same series as the statement about the need to drink 2 liters of water a day. It is impossible for each person to develop a single formula, because all people have completely different anthropometric data, on which the duration and technique of training depend. Each organism has a different response to the load, therefore, you must first of all understand your capabilities and feel so that this is not harmful.
In this sense, Scandinavian walking is much more effective than ordinary walking, because in addition to the legs, the arms and the back muscles also work.
For some, 10 thousand steps is too much, for others it is not enough. Someone walks, stepping incorrectly, transferring weight to the feet, clubfoot, which can be completely destructive. For some, on the contrary, it will be extremely useful, because this is the only burden that he can afford.
The average effective workout is 5-6 kilometers. To start the necessary processes in the body, I believe, it is enough to walk 2 kilometers a day. Everyone has different steps. On average, 1 meter is equal to two steps. Everything is individual, but I consider 4-6 thousand steps a day to be optimal.