Before speaking hiking accessories and walking accessories Let us first take an interest in benefits of walking on our body. Walking in the forest , in the great outdoors or simply to walk First of all, it burns calories, which helps you maintain or lose weight. Walking strengthens your heart and reduces the risk of coronary heart disease by about 20%. Walking, to walk around whatever the pace also helps to relieve joint pain (knees, hips, etc.) and at the same time allows strengthen immune function . Regular hiking or walking is finally a great way to develop creative thinking, meditate, clear your head. In short, you will have understood that walking has only advantages: to be consumed without moderation!
WHY INVEST IN A WALKING STICK?
This is a recurring question that often comes up: in fact the walking stick or the hiking stick is not an essential outdoor accessory for practicing your favorite outdoor activity. Whether it's for walking, sports walking , a Whether you are walking, hiking, picking , trekking or anything else, this walking accessory can be of great service. Indeed, the benefits that a walking stick can provide are far from trivial. Firstly, it reduces the strain on the joints, especially on the knees, especially on steep downhill slopes, but also uphill ones, where it can prove to be a solid fulcrum . It contributes to reduce muscle fatigue by reducing the weight supported with each step. It can also be very practical for overcoming obstacles and ensuring a optimal stability and perfect balance. The hiking pole or walking stick also provides more power, speed, endurance thus improving the walking pace on hilly terrain. This hiking accessory therefore improves comfort and walking posture and contributes to the pleasure of hiking. Finally, and not insignificantly, the walking stick can also be transformed into a multifunctional walking stick, serving for example as a stake to install a canvas and protect yourself from sudden bad weather or as an attachment point to hang a rope and dry your hiking clothes!
CHOOSING THE RIGHT WALKING STICK
Choosing a walking stick meets several criteria. The traditional wooden walking stick is robust, difficult to break and will therefore last longer. It is a traditional and aesthetic walking accessory that allows us to be in harmony with the nature that surrounds us, as well as the fauna and flora. The wooden walking stick is generally equipped with a very solid metal tip and a leather strap to wrap around the wrist. Metal or aluminum walking sticks are certainly lighter and have the same type of advantages as the wooden hiking stick, but they are much more fragile and are more expensive to buy. But what you must remember above all is that the choice of hiking stick or walking stick should above all be done according to the use you are going to make of it as well as the type of sport practice and the intensity of the physical activity.
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