Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace a real.

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Hello and welcome back to another bonus episode on the Embrace Real podcast.

You've probably heard that 10,000 steps a day is this

magic number for health and fitness. But is that actually true? Or is there another arbitrary goal that

the internet ran with? If you've ever stressed about hitting your steps or felt like you're failing

because you're not reaching this 10K step goal every single day, this episode for you is for you,

we're going to be breaking down whether 10,000

steps a day is really necessary, how to sneak in more movement, even without thinking about it.

And last but not least, easy ways to increase your daily steps, even if you sit a lot throughout

the day. But before I dive in, I want to share this review. It comes from Ms. Vireen. She gave a five-star

view and said, love this podcast.

This podcast has helped me so much in my fitness journey. Julie is so informative, and I've gained

so much knowledge and encouragement from listening to her podcast. I also use her movement

with Julie app for my workouts and absolutely love having my workouts already laid out for me,

and the best part is I can do it all from home. Thank you, Julie, for pouring so much into this podcast. I love this so much. Thank you so much for

tuning in. I'm also so grateful that the Movement with Julie app is helping you. If you guys are not

familiar, I have a dumbbell-only workout app. Five brand-new workouts every single week released on

Saturdays at 12 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

And all you genuinely need is a few pair of dumbbells in a small space. If you have a bench that does

incline decline, that's optional. I always give no bench alternates. But you really genuinely can do

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