Nordic Walking in Austria

Hardly any another sport is better able to combine health and fitness.

Nordic Walking is all about walking and power-walking with the aid of poles. Our hotel will lend you the poles and give you a basic introduction to this new and trendy sport.

• Nordic Walking is very easy and quickly learned.
• Places as much as 30% less stress on the locomotor apparatus, making it particularly well suited for people with knee and back problems
• Releases muscle tension in the neck and shoulder area
• Is an optimal form of outdoor exercise to achieve weight loss
• Is almost 50% more effective than power-walking without poles, burning more than 400 kcal/h as opposed to only 280 kcal/h during regular walking.
• Improves cardio and circulatory function
• Increases oxygen supply to the entire body

In Sankt Johann / Alpendorf there is a fitness park located by the Salzach River with 7 running tracks. You can start from either the Plankenau power plant with its endurance course to strengthen the body and stretch the muscles, or from the vocational school. You will find panoramic maps describing altitude, length, and degree of difficulty of the different stretches, as well as the nature of the stretch, at both starting points.