All right, let's do this. Let's walk together for 10 minutes. Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast of action. There are podcasts that inspire you, that entertain you, that educate you.

And I'm not saying that this one can't do those things, but primarily this is a podcast where we are doing something together.

We are taking a 10-minute walk together, holding each other accountable for keeping

our commitment to fitness.

This episode is sponsored by the StepFit Plan.

This is a one-year guide that will help you

transition your walking from merely functional to fitness walking in a way that is sustainable

for a long, long, long time. The key, really for any fitness activity, for any exercise, is how you get started in the very beginning

and then how you gradually increase the intensity of what you're doing so that you are establishing

a habit, building momentum, and then on to fitness transformation.

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Go to walking as fitness.com.

You can check out the resource page.

There are some other free resources there that will help you improve to more effectively use your walking as a fitness activity.

There's also a link in the show notes for this episode.

Hi, I'm Dave.

So recently saw a blog headline, an article written by Michael Hyatt,

or at least it was on his website.

And the word, the phrase goal shame was in the headline.

I think it was something like don't let goal shame prevent you from accomplishing or reaching your goal, something along those lines.

But the phrase goal shame was very much there.

And that's what intrigued me.

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