Instructor

Nordic Walking for Health’s Director and Lead Instructor is:

Peter Williamson
International Nordic Walking Association-accredited Nordic Walking Instructor (Instructor Number UK0241), qualified to deliver outdoors exercise safely (accredited by Nordic Walking UK & the UK Register for Exercise Professionals)

Peter recently attended the annual International Nordic Walking Association conference (9 to 11 October 2008 - Amsterdam) updating his general instruction technique as well as his ability to instruct heathy individuals, overweight people and older people, in particular.

Through a 20 year career in the National Health Service – from hospital nursing to community health education/promotion to public health – Peter is particularly aware of the potential benefits of Nordic walking to individuals, communities and to society, as a whole:

• not only for keeping fit and staying healthy throughout the lifespan
• but also for managing health and mobility problems, such as being overweight and living with specific conditions that affect posture and gait and restrict the ability to walk, including changes as we get older