Today's 10-minute walk is helping you stay consistent with fitness.

Got a question for you. Probably not a question that you get asked often, but I'm going to ask,

how's your walking mindset? What is your walking mindset? And what I'm talking about here is really

what is your default when it comes to walking versus not walking? Because we live in a culture now

that engineered walking out of society. I heard a podcast. We've got a culture now that engineered walking out of society.

I heard a podcast with Dr. Shane O'Mara, who's a neuroscientist, has become an expert on walking

and the impact of walking on our bodies, particularly our brains.

And he was talking about how we have engineered walking out of society.

This has happened over the course of decades, generations. We just keep finding easier ways to do things.

And it's almost that the hallmark of luxury is not having to walk, having everything brought to you.

We have engineered walking out of our lives.

So the question, what is your walking mindset?

Is really, when confronted with the option to walk or not, what is your default? Is your default to get up and walk

to move or is your default to not do that? 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. There are three things, three things that we encounter on a pretty

regular basis, most of us. And I think these three things really are indicators of where your

walking mindset is, where my walking mindset is. Number one is

parking lots. Where do you head when you pull into a parking lot, whether it's to go shopping,

whether it's at work, you're attending an event and you're parking your car, where do you head?

Do you head for the nearest possible parking space, or do you head for the back of the lot?

Maybe not the very back of the lot, but towards the back of the lot.

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