Not every benefit of this walk you and I are taking right now is obvious.

And today we're going to talk about one of the hidden benefits of walking.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily podcast that provides a little extra motivation to get out and take the walk.

And today's 10-minute walk starts after this.

I was out walking the other day and encountered John and Jasper.

John is a neighbor of ours.

He lives on the street behind ours. I can actually see his backyard from our backyard.

Jasper is his dog. It's a poodle, white. It's one of the big poodles, not one of the little poodles.

We met John and Jasper. I think probably they were, John was one of the first people that we met when we moved into the house because he's out walking Jasper a lot.

And at the time, John was also caring for his wife who had a chronic illness.

Her name Susan.

Susan passed away about a year and a half ago.

And so we see John walking Jasper.

He's out even more now than he was before the death of his wife.

And so the other day I was out and encountered John who was walking Jasper. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen John out

walking through the neighborhood without Jasper. So John, I stopped and we chatted for a moment and John, it was probably maybe the second or third time that I had seen John that day.

And so he made a comment about that he said I see you out

walking a lot and without even thinking about it I said yeah I walk so I can walk

more that's what I told John I walk so I can walk more.

It wasn't a pre-planned answer.

I'm not sure I've ever said that to anyone

when they've made a comment about me being out walking

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