{"id":29211,"date":"2025-06-07T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29211"},"modified":"2025-06-07T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:26:16","slug":"for-a-better-workout-walk-with-hiking-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29211","title":{"rendered":"For a Better Workout, Walk With Hiking Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether on a trail or a sidewalk, poles help you safely go farther, faster and engage your upper body. Here\u2019s how to reap the benefits.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hawke was originally a skeptic of trekking poles. But after twisting an ankle on a tree root while descending a hill during a 2015 backpacking trip, she tried a pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe how much easier hiking felt, especially while wearing a 40-pound pack,\u201d Ms. Hawke, now 30, said. \u201cI used to think they were just for older people. Now I tell everyone I know to use them.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a Ph.D. candidate in integrative physiology, Ms. Hawke did a meta-analysis, scouring 40 years of research<\/a> into hiking poles. There weren\u2019t many papers, but the ones she found showed that using them often improved balance, took weight off the legs, made hiking feel easier and led to fewer sore muscles.<\/p>\n

Other small studies suggest poles can make hiking gentler on your joints<\/a> and can boost the cardiovascular benefit<\/a> of walking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In other words, you don\u2019t need to be a long-distance backpacker \u2014 or a senior \u2014 to benefit from using trekking poles.<\/p>\n