Cheaper Than Medication
Walking is Fitness
Dave Paul
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Debra's motivation to walk for fitness is similar to Dave's. That's what he talks about during today's ten-minute walk.
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| 0:00.0 | Debra and I share a similar motivation. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to Walking is Fitness. |
| 0:10.0 | This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made yourself. |
| 0:16.0 | Hi, I'm Dave. I started walking for fitness in 2013. Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm walking right now, and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.6 | Recently, Deborah responded to the question that I asked at the end of my weekly email, the question simply was, |
| 0:39.7 | what motivates you to walk? And Deborah sent me a short email and simply responded, |
| 0:48.3 | walking is cheaper than medication. And so what motivates Deborah is better health. |
| 0:57.4 | Now, this is where I need to say, of course, I'm not a doctor. |
| 1:02.3 | I'm not a licensed personal trainer. |
| 1:03.9 | This podcast is for information and entertainment purposes only. |
| 1:10.5 | There is a ton of research indicating, pointing to the health benefits of exercise and walking, |
| 1:19.0 | that a daily walk, even a daily 10, 11 minute walk can have profound implications on your health. |
| 1:28.3 | This walk that you and I are taking right now |
| 1:31.3 | lowers the risk of all kinds of heart-related disease, |
| 1:36.3 | certain types of cancer, |
| 1:38.3 | cognitive decline, depression, diabetes, a daily commitment to exercise, |
| 1:45.0 | a daily commitment to walking is good for your health. |
| 1:50.0 | Of course there are no guarantees, no guarantees at all. |
| 1:54.0 | We all know people who did everything right and died |
| 1:58.0 | what we would call an early death or got sick and had health challenges. |
| 2:03.6 | And we probably know people who did everything wrong and they're living into their 90s and beyond. |
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