I'm going to start walking in a moment, but listening to the birds is kind of fun.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast providing you with

a little added motivation to get outside, take the walk, and to hear nature around you as you're walking.

Today's 10 minute walk will start right after this.

I'm actually not even sure where the birds are at the moment.

So to paint the picture, I'm on a sidewalk. There's a road, two lanes, double yellow line down the middle.

To my left is a big field. Beyond that field is the airport.

To my right, across the street, is a business.

And there are some trees surrounding the business, but there are often the is a business.

And there are some trees surrounding the business, but they're off in the distance.

And these birds that I was hearing, not hearing them now, primarily because of the traffic.

But the birds that I was hearing, they sounded like they were actually on the roof of this business. But I don't see them and I don't even hear them anymore.

No, there's one. It's on the fence. There's a fence surrounding this building and I see one that's just perched on the fence.

And maybe that was the bird that was singing.

Love it.

From time to time, I've talked about how walking as a fitness activity can save you money.

And there are a bunch of reasons that this can happen.

Number one, you don't need to belong to a gym.

Most of us if we're going to do strength training, exercise,

we join the gym because they've got all the equipment

and depending on how fancy the gym is it can be one of those

value-based places or a premium place that costs lots of money because you also get saunas and

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