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Price : $64.95

Features

• Pair of Traveler Fitness Nordic Walking Poles with Carrying Bag & Accessories
• Anti-Shock on/off mechanism, which reduce stress on knees and thighs, expedition-grade lightweight, rigid 7075 aluminum
• Easy-Lock twist system, 3-Section telescopic pole provides suitable flexibility, adjustable length from approx. 27.5" to 55.5"(700mm to 1400mm)
• Ergonomic cork grip offers a maximum non-slip, comfortable, natural and warm handhold
• which is excellent and easy to use. Just slip your hand through the strap, tighten the wristband and walk

Product Description

This luxury nordic poles package is designed for demanding and comfort-seeking pole walking enthusiasts. It includes two finest nordic poles, a carrying bag and replaceable accessories you need from time to time. The 3-sections telescopic poles designed to be used anywhere anytime. They offer the convenience of one size fits all and are ideal for traveling due to their portable nature. The pole grips are cork-coated which make them very comfortable. With the silky, adjustable straps with a perfect fit that help ensure effortless, natural and easy arm, you will walk longer than you actually planned.The anti-shock mechanism reduces up to 25% of body weight from knees (joints), feet and lower back, allows for a longer more enjoyable walking experience.Made of expedition-grade aluminum, this strong lightweight telescopic pole features an ergonomic grip and a quick adjust system for fast accurate sizing. The poles go from sidewalk to trail with ease. They have a carbide tip for trail use, covered with a rubber ferrule for use on pavement. You can easily pop off the rubber ferrule as you go from street to trail, and put it back on afterwards. For extra stability, for relief of strain on your hips, knees, and ankles, and for extra calorie burn, these poles are a good fitness tool. Package includes: Pair of Nordic Poles, one extra pair of round rubber tips, one pair of wider(paws) rubber tips and carrying bag.

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2008-05-09
Recently I started walking 2-3 miles three times a week to supplement my gym exercise and aerobics. I had seen people walking with poles and I was impressed with their energy and graceful movement. After doing some research about the effectiveness of the poles, I decided to get a pair for both my husband and me. There is a wide variety of features and price tags. I wanted cork handles to help manage sweaty palms, hand straps to secure poles to my hands, easy adjustment, quality construction and durability,reasonable price. These poles had it all PLUS a bag to carry them in, extra "feet" to attach on varied terrain, and — most importantly — a GREAT PRICE. The poles are exactly as advertised and I have gotten used to using them. They are supposed to help burn at least 20% more calories during my walk. Burn, babies, burn!

Walt Disney coined a special phrase for persistence and determination; he referred to it as sticktoitivity. I reflected upon this recently, because I stumbled across 20 old business cards from previous business ventures and jobs I had been associated with over the last twenty-five years. Those old business cards certainly brought back a museum full of memories and mixed feelings. I had forgotten about some of those jobs that shaped my outlook as I pushed onward and upward. As I look back on all of those opportunities with the benefit of perspective and age, the one benefit I have derived is my own personal understanding of the concept of success and failure.

The majority of people are so petrified of failure that they paralyze themselves into inaction. The Japanese have a fascinating way of looking at success, ??Fall seven times; stand up eight.? A wonderful tribute to sticktoitivity! I have framed this statement for my office because it provides a fitting summary of the most important ingredient to succeed. Perseverance and Commitment.

Life constantly tests us for our level of commitment. As simple as this may sound it is the one ingredient that separates the winners from the losers. The one skill that winners acquire is an understanding that growth is only possible if you have the courage to change what you have been doing, if it is not achieving the result you desire. Sometimes success is learning how to fall and recognizing that from that fall you will learn to grow. And growth is what a fulfilling life is all about.

When I worked as an investment broker many years ago I found that the most successful traders I worked with often lost on 90% of their trades. Yet in spite of this terrible win/loss percentage their investments were incredibly lucrative. Might it be that they knew something about success that the rest of us only pay lip service to? The one comment that I recall these superstars reiterating was that it?s not how much you make when you are right but rather how little you lose when you are wrong. Imagine losing on 90% of your trades and still being wildly successful. Imagine if you can, a perspective that says you will be wrong 90% of the time but if you push through you will be wildly successful. That is a fitting example of sticktoitivity!

My best teachers have been my failures. My failures taught me that I was so petrified of failure that unfortunately failure became my focus. Not experiencing failure is quite different than experiencing success. My focus for years was on not experiencing failure?. although I would?ve argued differently!

The most important lessons that I have learned from successful colleagues are that the road to success is often a path of experiments and tests. If someone is more successful than I am, the only reason this is so is because they have experimented with how to accomplish the objective they desire more often than I have. The inverse is also true, that those who are not successful have been too scared to experiment. My question is, where do you fit in this equation? What experiments have you been holding back on because of fear? How are you going to break the mold and reach your potential?

A good friend of mine has a business that he has worked diligently on for over five years. He knows that his business has the potential to increase sales tenfold. However to do so, he also knows that he has to probably break the mold that got him where he is today, and create a different blueprint. While many would envy his current success, try to imagine the courage it takes to step into the unknown to pursue a level of growth dictated only by the intention that you know it is doable. This is a committed philosophy of perseverance. Sticktoitivity!

Basketball legend Michael Jordan stated it this way in one of his shoe advertisements: ?I?ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I?ve lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times I?ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I?ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.? A fitting tribute to tribute to persistence. Sticktoitivity!

The one thing I can guarantee is that LIFE will test your resolve and commitment. It?s the way the universe works. Here are some examples of famous setbacks that demonstrated that they understood ?sticktoitivity.?

? Decca Records rejected the Beatles claiming they didn?t like their sound and guitar music was on the way out.

? Fred Smith the founder of Federal Express received a grade of C on his senior thesis outlining the concept for Federal Express. The professor claimed the idea was not feasible.

? When Thomas Edison was a boy his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything.

? F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his employer would not let him wait on customers because he didn’t have enough good sense.

? Western Union rejected the telephone when Alexander Graham Bell offered them the rights of manufacture and distribution. They considered the technology as having too many shortcomings.

? Dr. Seuss was rejected by numerous publishers who claimed that verse and fantasy would not sell.

? A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had no good ideas.

? Winston Churchill failed the 6th grade.

? Steven Spielberg dropped out of high school his sophomore year. He was persuaded to come back and placed in a learning disabled class. He lasted a month a dropped out of school forever.

? Albert Einstein had such poor grades in school that his teacher asked him to quit telling him that ?he would never amount to anything.?

??Fall seven times; stand up eight.?

Have you ever defined ?success? or ?failure? on your own terms? I highly recommend doing so. It certainly creates a sense of understanding, focus and purpose in your life. Sometimes success is learning how to fail. Sometimes success is overcoming the obstacles that define failure. Sometimes all you need to succeed is sticktoitivity. The only failure is not learning anything from the experience.

Here?s to you standing up on the eighth time!

Sticktoitivity!

Harald Anderson is the co-founder of Artinspires.com a leading online gallery of Motivational Posters and Inspirational Posters.?When Art Inspires, Dreams Become Realities. His goal in life is to become the kind of person that his dog already thinks he is. http://www.artinspires.com.