Five benefits of walking in the rain.

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 yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave.

I started walking for fitness in 2013.

Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day.

I'm walking right now and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

It is a rainy morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Unlike the walk I took in the rain in January, this one is not nearly as

brutal. In fact, this one is rather nice. If you remember that episode, I think I even titled

it. I didn't want to walk today because while it was raining, it was also really windy and really cold.

And my least favorite weather to be outside in is a cold, windy, rainy day.

This is not that.

I've got the rain, plenty of rain.

It's going to be raining most of the day. There's a little bit of a breeze. I don't know if you can hear that. I've got the rain, plenty of rain. It's going to be raining most of the day.

There's a little bit of a breeze. I don't know if you can hear that. I can feel it at the moment, but that's really all it is.

It is a breeze. The biggest difference, though, is the temperature.

While it's not warm, it's not cold like it was during that walk in January.

I'm layered up. I got my ski cap on,

but at the moment, I actually feel pretty comfortable.

So there are some benefits when you're presented with the opportunity to walk in the rain.

There actually are some benefits to taking advantage of a wet, rainy walk.

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