Silva Ex-Pole Plus 30% C

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The poles bring clearly more power to the walk and I have tried Nordic walking a couple of times before. Admittedly, this has happened in a more remote place, on the sidelines. Now that I started spraying with these display rods from my backyard (which is therefore located in the Helsinki city center), I have to admit that I was a little embarrassed. I was convinced that I was looked at for a little long. Getting out of this apparently futile embarrassment, I was able to focus on the performance itself. The rods were quite sturdy and the display brought advanced features to the rods. During the run, however, I noticed that I hadn’t watched from the screen except for the number of steps. However, the display also works well after the run, so you can see how you have moved. I believe that Nordic walking will remain my hobby permanently, as long as I get a little used to the idea. Walking is a great form of exercise when you want to work out a little more calmly, but the poles bring a nice extra kick to it. The additional features of these rods definitely bring extra motivation to your training, if you need one.

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Nordic walking has been a familiar thing for many years. I don’t do it weekly but I’m also not ashamed to move at the pace of the rods. If the walk is on a fitness trail or dirt road, the poles are just aces. If, on the other hand, it skies on asphalt alone, I don’t get the rubber slippers on the rods to bite properly on the hard road surface. Whether it’s a technical issue or a place for product development. The commissioning of the rods was quite easy with the help of the instructions that came with the rods. I was a little nervous about this section in advance as I am lazy to read the instructions and even more lazy to follow them. The rods felt very good in the hand and the hand strap was easily adjustable to the requirements of the different thickness gloves. Even appearance does not allow for reproach. The operation of the screen depends on a couple of buttons. In the middle of the loop you can also press on the light and peek at what has accumulated on the odometer. Admittedly, the function requires removing the glove, which in itself is quite understandable. It was interesting to follow the accumulation of steps (= rod strokes). Speed and distance were also interesting but I don’t think of calorie counters of this type as indicative. It has to be said that these rods bring an extra kick to the basic seam and, encouraged by the meter, make up the mind to make a slightly longer loop than intended or inject a fuss, even just to show yourself. These sticks are a great Christmas gift for an athletic person who wants to follow their own development. For me, it is enough to watch the screen during the run and when I come home to check the outcome. A more enthusiastic one could follow how the training has evolved from the sum information state of the rods. I also need new stimuli in the field of exercise. I’ll be excited about the new stuff, at least for a while. Nordic walking is undoubtedly a good thing and I can't safely recommend it to everyone!

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For the first time in my life, I now set out to walk with walking sticks. Basically, I was quite enthusiastic about the sport and interested in trying out its effectiveness compared to regular walking, but getting out proved surprisingly difficult. The reason was the fear that fellow travelers would find my sticks somehow really amusing. I live almost in the center of Helsinki and my jogging terrain is the Töölönlahti region. Among those who move here, Nordic walking is not one of the first sports. For my first run, I left early in the morning to test the sticks in the dark, and I survived the ordeal with honor, although I still doubted I could see a small grin on the face of each opponent. The appearance of the rods is pleasing to my eyes. The low-key coloring suits my desire to treat the loops with the lowest possible profile, at least for the time being. The rods are pleasantly light and the bracelets in particular seem to support the hand and its movement perfectly. It only took a few minutes to set up the rods and it was extremely easy to follow the clear instructions for a while. In the middle of the trip, I just don’t have to star at the screen, but at the end of the loop, it’s absolutely important for me to get some numerical information about the quality of the performance. Of course, a heart rate monitor is quite handy for this, but my meter leaves the distance unmeasured, while the rods lower it as well. With smart packs, you can also start a stick from there, but without installing a heart rate monitor belt, which sometimes feels awkward. The technique of Nordic walking I may still be a little more searching. The rods, in particular, seem to bounce on the asphalt surface, so that the beating made by hand is somehow powerless. With exercise, however, the trajectories will probably be honed more efficiently.