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VIKING HIKING (NORDIC WALKING) - How Did Viking Hiking Start?

Finnish distance skiers have traditionally been among the best in the world.
To maintain fitness in the summer when there was no snow, they walked and ran with their poles only. This they have done for a very long time.
Towards the late 1990's Finnish government authorities realized the health potential of walking with ski poles and had the concept scientifically evaluated and tested.
As a result of all the positive findings, the Finnish National Exercise Federation held training courses for leaders of Nordic Walking in 1997 and the activity spread to Sweden the following year.
VIKING HIKING (Nordic Walking) was brought to Scotland and Aberdeen in 2001 by Friskis&Svettis (formerly Swedish Style Exercise) and we have been running regular groups since February 2002.
All our leaders are volunteers, recruited from amongst our members.
The ski poles have been adapted for use without snow and are provided with a supportive half glove instead of the original leather strap.
Within 5 years 500,000 Finns and 100,000 Swedes were won over by Nordic Walking.

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