Recently I got an email from a listener who asked a question about how I do the podcast,

sort of a behind-the-scenes question, and I thought, you know, it might not be a bad idea once

to give you a backstage pass into how this podcast is created.

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.

Today's 10-minute walk is powered by my Fitbit. What

gets measured, gets improved. I had been pursuing fitness for five years, primarily as a runner.

I thought I was doing pretty good and probably was. Certainly had reached a level of fitness capacity that I was able to run in 5Ks, 10Ks, half marathons,

even did one marathon, so I was doing all right. And then I got my first Fitbit, and that changed everything.

What gets measured, gets improved. There was something

about seeing the real number of how many steps I was moving every day that added fuel to my

fitness fire. And certainly in my situation, having that Fitbit measuring how many steps

I was taking every day improved my fitness.

If you don't have a step tracker and you're curious, there's a link in the show notes.

Tap the link and you can see the different models that Fitbit offers you.

What you hear every day is a 10-minute walk, which is kind of like the duck on the

surface of the lake. At least that's how I view it. You know, you see the duck moving smoothly,

gliding along. What you don't see underneath are those little flippers that are paddling

furiously to get the duck to move faster or putting the brakes on or

changing the direction. You don't see that. You just see the duck

gliding effortlessly on the top of the lake. And that's what I

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