My year of getting stronger starts today.

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 hopefully to build a consistent, life-changing habit.

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

I know, I know, it is not January 1st, it is not New Year's Day. Today, January 5th is the day that I'm

starting my year of getting stronger.

I've talked about this on previous episodes of the podcast, looking at 2026 and what do I want to do with fitness in this new year?

A theme that I was really feeling quite a bit in 2025 was staying strong as I get older.

Because the reality is as we age, we lose strength.

And I'm not a doctor, not a licensed personal trainer, but I'm not telling you anything

that you only need to hear from an expert.

Maybe it was turning 65 in May of last year that really kind of heightened my awareness of this.

But I want to use this year as a year of intentionally pushing forward and getting stronger.

And so I created a blueprint, my year of getting stronger, that allows you to

start small and then gradually increase as the year goes on. You can use the blueprint to increase what

you're doing with walking, maybe to get more consistent,

maybe it's to do more, or maybe you have a consistent habit,

and what you'd really like is to add something else to your walking.

And that's your way of getting stronger.

The blueprint allows all kinds of flexibility, and it also allows flexibility in terms of when you start.

I'm starting on January 5th.

If you want to print out the blueprint, there's a link in the show notes, totally free.

You can start today.

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