Maximize Your Benefits

Follow our simple 4-Step process:

If you want to be sure to maximize your benefits & get all you can out of Pole Walking. You need to learn how-to-do-it-right & then work at getting-good-at-it.

The Videos below are designed to walk you through a simple 4-Step Process to help ensure you will Get Good at Pole Walking, so you will use your Walking Poles the ‘right’ way & maximize your benefits.

Be sure to watch ALL of our Free on-line How-to Videos below. Watch them together with a friend if possible – it takes less than 30 minutes.

Having someone watch that you have the correct form & are doing things ‘right’ – can really make a difference, remember:

“What one ‘think’ one is doing, & what one is ‘actually’ doing
– aren’t always related!”

STEP 1 Walking Pole Feet Options

Understand all of the different Walking Pole Feet Options. Your Keenfit Walking Poles will be able to take you anywhere. The basic accessories like carbide-tips, trail-feet, beach-baskets & road-feet come standard with our walking poles.
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STEP 2 How To Set Your Walking Poles

Setting your walking poles correctly is very important – it helps ensure not only comfort but also increases your ability to carry-out the techniques effectively & in-turn get better results.
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STEP 3 Avoid Bad Habits

‘Same-legging’ is a term Keenfit has coined to name the incorrect use of walking poles where the user moves the same arm with the same leg instead of walking the more natural movement of opposite leg to hand.
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‘White-caning’ is a term Keenfit has coined to name the incorrect use of walking poles where the user extends the foot of the lead pole with a flicking or caulking of the wrist forward out in front of them.
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‘Scuffling’ is a term Keenfit has coined to name the incorrect use of walking poles where the user scuffs the foot of their poles along the ground before planting & pushing off – causing premature wear of their pole feet.
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STEP 4 The Keenfit Pole Walking System

The Keenfit Pole Walking System is a ‘Unique & Simple, Walking System’ that we also like to call ‘Nordic Walking Plus’ – it is designed to maximize results for everyone – from the casual-average walker to the more serious-athletic walker.
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Punch-Pull is our beginner to intermediate technique that is best used to warm-up with, it is best used on uneven & lesser compact terrain like trails / paths & gravel roads & works best for going down hills – where one would choose to use less resistance.
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Pendulum-Push is our intermediate to advanced technique that is best used after you have warmed up & when you would like to use more resistance & push-off. It is best done on more even & harder compact surfaces like roads / sidewalks & pavement.
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Improved Posture & more Zest for Life!

I reluctantly took a Pole Walking seminar at my husband’s proding about 2.5 months ago. I am extremely overweight &... View Article

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Improved Posture & more Zest for Life!

I reluctantly took a Pole Walking seminar at my husband’s proding about 2.5 months ago. I am extremely overweight & knew I needed to change my lifestyle.

Earlier this year, I had started a popular weight loss program that promotes healthy eating & exercise so was also interested in new exercises. At the orientation they told us of the benefits of Pole Walking: weight loss, muscle toning, improved posture, less weight on the joints, increased ease in going up hills, etc.

So often, when new things are promoted, they promise things that do not happen, so I thought I will see, perhaps they will happen over a long period of time. During those practice sessions, I was the person at the end of the pack going the slowest.

However, my husband & I bought the Poles, started using them every morning & almost immediately, I noticed improved posture & after several times got my arms & legs coordinated & walking became easier & we walked faster. We were able to combine Pole Walking with another passion of ours – birding.

Within a couple weeks I was doing small hills that I would have never believed I could do. Within the 2.5 months that I have been Pole Walking 6 days/wk, I have changed my lifestyle so that I can continue with my new passion of Pole Walking.

Even though I was always an evening person, I now go to bed early so that I can get up early to walk before the heat of the day.

TIPS THAT HELPED ME
1. Start off gradually – do not expect yourself to be an expert overnight
2. Find a friend to Pole Walk with – the days you just do not feel like dragging yourself out of bed – that may be the encouragement you need.
3. Get more sleep if you need it so that you do not become exhausted and quit.

REGRETS I HAVE
1. That I did not do my measurements about the time I started Pole Walking – in the first month or so my measurements really changed, especially my upper abdominal area!

BENEFITS OF POLE WALKING
1. More Energy
2. More zest for life WARNING You may get addicted to the adrenaline high like me & love the sport!

Katherine – age 48
Kelowna, British Columbia – CA