Do Step Goals Make You Anxious?
Walking is Fitness
Dave Paul
4.8 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Not everyone finds a daily step goal motivating. During today's ten-minute walk, Dave talks about why he no longer has a daily step goal.
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| 0:00.0 | Having a daily step goal can change your life. |
| 0:04.0 | I know it did for me, but not everyone feels the same way about step goals. |
| 0:10.0 | What if they make you anxious? |
| 0:12.0 | What if they create anxiety? |
| 0:14.0 | We'll talk about that during today's walk. |
| 0:16.0 | Hi, I'm Dave. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to Walking is Fitness. |
| 0:20.0 | This is a daily podcast that encourages you to create |
| 0:24.8 | and sustain a habit of walking. And we'll get started with today's walk in just a moment. |
| 0:34.0 | Today's walk happening on a beautiful morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. |
| 0:40.3 | The sun is up. |
| 0:42.3 | The sky is blue looking around for any hint of a cloud. |
| 0:48.3 | And I don't see a one. |
| 0:51.3 | And the temperature is going to, obviously as the day moves forward, the temperature is going to, obviously, as the day moves forward, the temperature is going to get warmer, |
| 0:57.0 | but at the moment it's very comfortable. |
| 1:01.0 | Michelle writes, |
| 1:03.0 | Seems like when I have a big goal, and she's talking about a walking goal, a step goal, |
| 1:10.0 | seems like when I have a big goal, first thing in the morning it creates anxiety. |
| 1:16.6 | Walking as a habit should make all of us proud of ourselves. |
| 1:21.6 | Bight-size goals work out so much better. |
| 1:25.6 | Thanks for the message, Michelle. Thanks for the comment. Thanks for the |
| 1:30.6 | perspective. One of the things I've learned over the years is that step goals, having |
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