For some, this might be the greatest benefit of all.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action, providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made to yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave.

I started walking for fitness in 2013. Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day.

I'm walking right now and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

If you are a long time listener to walking as fitness, you've probably heard many episodes about the benefits of fitness, the benefits of walking. There are many.

There are long-term benefits in terms of lowering the risk of heart disease, certain types of cancer,

cognitive decline, depression, all of which means that you could live longer.

There are right now benefits when you take a walk, you lower your stress, you release endorphins,

and you feel better. By the way, I'm not a doctor. A licensed personal trainer, this podcast

is for education and informational purposes only. There's been research that proves, indicates when you take a walk,

you think better, you think more clearly, you can be more creative. I love that benefit. So all

kinds of benefits to walking, both long-term and right now.

But I saw a post from Sherry on the Start Today Facebook group that reminded me of another benefit, a benefit that I don't know that I've talked about.

And so let me read for you. I'm going to stop walking for a moment.

And my phone recognizes my face.

That's always good. So here's what Sherry wrote. I wasn't going to do it. I was afraid I wouldn't

make it, that my knees would hurt too bad, that I'd slow my family down too much. I told them

I'd take the elevator down and meet them at the bottom, but they convinced me to go with them,

and I'm so glad I did. We walked the one-and-a-quarter-mile natural entrance trail and descended

750 feet to the big room at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.

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