If you listen to this podcast five years ago, it would probably sound different because some things I believed about walking then, I don't necessarily believe now.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking as Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with a little added motivation to get out the door, take the walk, and to keep going.

Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

37 degrees and sunny here in Myrtle Beach.

Your perspective of what is cold is probably different from mine.

You might be thinking, oh, that's really nice.

Or you might be thinking, oh, that's really cold.

I'm kind of leaning more towards the, oh, that's really cold.

But we've got some even colder weather headed our way. In fact, the temperature

is going to get about as cold as it's ever been in Myrtle Beach in December. And I'm going

to lean into it. I'm going to go out, take the walk, and talk about some benefits of walking in cold weather including one that

might surprise you in fact even delight you five years ago if I were doing this

podcast it probably would sound a little different than it does now not in terms

of the format but in terms of things that I would be talking about

that come from some strong beliefs about walking and some of those beliefs have

changed over the years some have not one of the core beliefs that I have about

walking is that it can change your life.

Believed it then. Believe it now. In fact, I think I believe it even more strongly now. You develop

a habit of walking, a consistent habit of walking, becomes part of your daily routine. I believe

that it will change your life.

I believed then that creating a habit was hard.

I believe it just as strongly today that creating a habit of really anything is hard.

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