I just bought some nordic walking sticks. And I’m embarrassed to take them out for the first time. I bought them because during my winter walking it gets slippery and thought it might help on those snowy and icy days. I bought the Leki Supreme/Prestige Fitness Walking Poles at Dicks Sporting Goods for under a hundred bucks.

After some research, I found out that nordic walking sticks or poles can burn 20-25% more calories than just regular walking. 

I’ll suck it up and get them out this weekend.
Please don’t laugh at me as I’m walking by with my poles swing in the winter breeze! 

Maybe I’ll just ski over to Saks and see who I can scare. This is a very funny story at the end.