
Weight Loss & Nordic Walking with Heidi Leaney
11/24/21 • 30 min
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In this episode, I speak to Heidi Leaney who has been a regular walker with Nordic Walking Watford under the expert tuition of Tracy Reeve, who I interviewed in episode 10. Heidi first tried Nordic walking in 2019, to help with a weight loss challenge and has achieved truly remarkable results. Heidi is a civil servant and lawyer and joins me today, to share her own experience of how Nordic Walking helped her to lose weight and improve her fitness.
Find An Instructor
https://britishnordicwalking.org.uk/apps/store-locator
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Not only is Nordic Walking a whole body workout, but it is also one of the safest and most sociable way to exercise. Classes always finish up in a cafe enjoying a coffee together. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia. If you wish to share your story, do get in touch by emailing [email protected]
#NordicWalking #WeAreNordicWalking #BritNW #BritishNordicWalking #INWA #NordicWalkingEastAnglia #onwf #nordicwalkinguk #walx #nordicwalkingaustralia #nordixx #urbanpoling #ANWA #anwaUSA #nordicwalkingnewzealand #nordicpolewalking #nordicpolewalkingnovascotia #nordicacademy #polewalking #lekipoles #exelpoles #fitnesswalking #skiwalking #polewalking #greengym #mentalhealth #mentalwellbeing #weightloss #posture #useitorloseit #activeageing #nutritiousmovement #exerciseanywhere #BetterHealth #GreatOutdoors #fitnessforallages #walkwithease #weightmanagement
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/walkingonair)
Final thank you to sponsors
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia.
Sponsors
I would like to thank the sponsors of this episode, who are:
British Nordic Walking
Discount code: walking23
Nordicwalk.store
Paula: 01446 789 154
Walking Women Holidays
Discount code: WOA23
Ginny: 01784 664 063
[email protected]
Social Media
Please contact the show with suggestions, ideas for future topics, or to be interviewed. You can reach me on the following:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Walking On Air
Instagram: walking_on_air_podcast
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In this episode, I speak to Heidi Leaney who has been a regular walker with Nordic Walking Watford under the expert tuition of Tracy Reeve, who I interviewed in episode 10. Heidi first tried Nordic walking in 2019, to help with a weight loss challenge and has achieved truly remarkable results. Heidi is a civil servant and lawyer and joins me today, to share her own experience of how Nordic Walking helped her to lose weight and improve her fitness.
Find An Instructor
https://britishnordicwalking.org.uk/apps/store-locator
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Not only is Nordic Walking a whole body workout, but it is also one of the safest and most sociable way to exercise. Classes always finish up in a cafe enjoying a coffee together. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia. If you wish to share your story, do get in touch by emailing [email protected]
#NordicWalking #WeAreNordicWalking #BritNW #BritishNordicWalking #INWA #NordicWalkingEastAnglia #onwf #nordicwalkinguk #walx #nordicwalkingaustralia #nordixx #urbanpoling #ANWA #anwaUSA #nordicwalkingnewzealand #nordicpolewalking #nordicpolewalkingnovascotia #nordicacademy #polewalking #lekipoles #exelpoles #fitnesswalking #skiwalking #polewalking #greengym #mentalhealth #mentalwellbeing #weightloss #posture #useitorloseit #activeageing #nutritiousmovement #exerciseanywhere #BetterHealth #GreatOutdoors #fitnessforallages #walkwithease #weightmanagement
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/walkingonair)
Final thank you to sponsors
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia.
Sponsors
I would like to thank the sponsors of this episode, who are:
British Nordic Walking
Discount code: walking23
Nordicwalk.store
Paula: 01446 789 154
Walking Women Holidays
Discount code: WOA23
Ginny: 01784 664 063
[email protected]
Social Media
Please contact the show with suggestions, ideas for future topics, or to be interviewed. You can reach me on the following:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Walking On Air
Instagram: walking_on_air_podcast
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Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & Nordic Walking with Alison Cossons
In this episode, I speak to Alison Cossons, a former occupational therapist, who has hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which was evident from birth however she was only diagnosed in her late 30s alongside her young son. Alison is a regular Nordic Walker with Nordic4 and attends classes run by both Katie Atkins and Emma Webb.
Alison mentions this YouTube clip in her interview: https://youtu.be/YxfkWAPMdg8 Jason Perry - Practical Pacing and Fatigue Management within the Ehlers Danlos Society YouTube account.
Further Resources
- The Ehlers Danlos Society - www.ehlers-danlos.com
- Medical journal article about hEDS, written by members of the International Consortium on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (a.k.a. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type III and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type): Clinical description and natural history
- Ehlers-Danlos Support UK https://www.ehlers-danlos.org/.
- HMSA - Hypermobility Syndrome Association https://www.hypermobility.org/.
Alison’s family will be forever grateful to Professor Rodney Grahame (https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/rodney-grahame/ ) who made these diagnoses for them, and later for Alison’s daughter. Alison and her family continue to receive online and hydrotherapy physiotherapy from Rachel Lewis (www.physio-hydro.com) who has known Alison following the birth of Alison’s son.
Find An Instructor
https://britishnordicwalking.org.uk/apps/store-locator
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towa
Final thank you to sponsors
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia.
Sponsors
I would like to thank the sponsors of this episode, who are:
British Nordic Walking
Discount code: walking23
Nordicwalk.store
Paula: 01446 789 154
Walking Women Holidays
Discount code: WOA23
Ginny: 01784 664 063
[email protected]
Social Media
Please contact the show with suggestions, ideas for future topics, or to be interviewed. You can reach me on the following:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Walking On Air
Instagram: walking_on_air_podcast
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Night Nordic Walkers with Marcus Easterling
In this week’s episode, I interview Marcus Easterling, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Bristol Nordic Walking. Marcus first picked up a pair of Nordic walking poles in 2013 and was instantly hooked! The following year he jumped at the chance to train and become an instructor with Bristol Nordic Walking, leading his first class in August 2014. Marcus loves the fact that Nordic Walking is accessible for people of all ages and abilities and great for both body and mind, as well as being a sociable activity. It is a complete contrast to his day job as a senior dental technician at Bristol University, as it gets him moving and meeting lots of new people. Some of the classes that Marcus instructs take place in the evening and so he joins us today to talk about Nordic Walking in the dark.
Find An Instructor
https://britishnordicwalking.org.uk/apps/store-locator
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Not only is Nordic Walking a whole body workout, but it is also one of the safest and most sociable way to exercise. Classes always finish up in a cafe enjoying a coffee together. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia. If you wish to share your story, do get in touch by emailing [email protected]
#NordicWalking #WeAreNordicWalking #BritNW #BritishNordicWalking #INWA #NordicWalkingEastAnglia #onwf #nordicwalkinguk #walx #nordicwalkingaustralia #nordixx #urbanpoling #ANWA #anwaUSA #nordicwalkingnewzealand #nordicpolewalking #nordicpolewalkingnovascotia #nordicacademy #polewalking #lekipoles #exelpoles #fitnesswalking #skiwalking #polewalking #greengym #mentalhealth #mentalwellbeing #weightloss #posture #useitorloseit #activeageing #nutritiousmovement #exerciseanywhere #BetterHealth #GreatOutdoo
Final thank you to sponsors
If you have enjoyed this podcast, I would be very grateful if you could show your support by buying me a coffee! This enables me to continue producing these podcasts, as it will go towards covering the server and podcast platform licenses. Many thanks, Mary x
I'm Mary Tweed, a British Nordic Walking instructor with Nordic Walking East Anglia.
Sponsors
I would like to thank the sponsors of this episode, who are:
British Nordic Walking
Discount code: walking23
Nordicwalk.store
Paula: 01446 789 154
Walking Women Holidays
Discount code: WOA23
Ginny: 01784 664 063
[email protected]
Social Media
Please contact the show with suggestions, ideas for future topics, or to be interviewed. You can reach me on the following:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Walking On Air
Instagram: walking_on_air_podcast
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