POLES for Hiking March 21, 2009

Poles enable and empower. They’re Fun!
Optimal use enables you to use your muscles to help preserve your joints.

Poles facilitate an upper body workout, balance and weight loss while you’re connecting with your buddies and enjoying the beauties of nature.

Join us and learn how to use poles correctly so you can:
- reduce knee stress on downhill
- achieve more power on uphill
- improve performance & stability on all terrain
- avoid hand/wrist/elbow/shoulder strain
- recruit more muscles while walking, which facilitates fat-burning
- improve posture
- help prevent injury

Learn what poles fit and suit you best and how to avoid common mistakes that can cause injury or strain. Learn how to efficiently adjust pole length so that you’re using the optimal technique for the terrain you’re on.

Multi-level training and drills in a progressive format provides plenty of opportunities to practice using poles on a variety of terrain. You’ll learn tips that will enable you to expand your hiking horizons and more safely and completely enjoy your outdoor experiences!

Instructor Jayah Faye Paley is the creator of 2 award-winning DVD’s – “POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking” and “POLES for Balance & Mobility.” You can find more information about her at www.PolesForMobility.com. This seminar is limited to 9 people to allow for personalized instruction.

Schedule:
Meet 9:45 at Lake Lagunitas
This location is ideal because we have so many types of terrain within a very short distance. Plus it’s absolutely gorgeous – world class hiking! We might even see Hooded Mergansers.

Morning:
• Intro, discussion of your goal(s) and issue(s)
• Benefits of using poles
• Equipment Basics
• Straps, adjusting, baseline length
• Posture & How to use muscles vs joints
• Exercises to improve posture with poles
• Techniques for Flat Terrain & gentle slopes
• Stairs & obstacles
• Rocky Terrain with Long Foam Grips
• Bridges

Lunch with discussion of equipment types, hiking tips. We will be eating lunch near the cars, so no need to carry lots of stuff.
After lunch:
• HIKING with Steeper up and down,
• transitioning between techniques
• power walking with poles for exercise
• streams
• pole care & troubleshooting
• stretches (if time)

Cost
$65 (participation is limited to 9)

During the seminar you will be able to try out different models if you are considering purchasing poles.
Note: All AdventureBuddies seminars are 100% satisfaction guaranteed!