It's a simple question, but the answer I think is a little more, well, it's not quite as simple, a little more nuanced, but I'll still try to answer it.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking His Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with a little added motivation to get out and take the walk. Today's 10 minute walk starts right after this.

Today I want to answer a question that gets asked every now and then.

And maybe it's a question that you haven't asked,

but I'm going to gently encourage you to ask it.

One of the tensions that I feel,

as I record these podcasts,

film the videos for YouTube.

The tension that I feel that I'm constantly aware of is this tension of how hard it is to get started,

to build a habit, a consistent habit of fitness, and in this case of walking,

but I don't think it really matters

what the fitness activity is.

When you're creating consistency,

building consistency into your daily life,

into your routines, of moving more, of exercise, of fitness, it's hard.

And I think at times because walking seems so simple, and if you're able to walk, pain-free,

it is. It is pretty simple. There's kind of this disconnect of how hard can it be to walk as a fitness activity?

Well, in one level it's not hard at all. Just open the door and walk.

But it's that consistency, building that habit, doing it day after day, week after week, month after month.

It takes time to build a habit

and really the best way,

the best way to create a habit is by starting small,

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