How do you know when you finally have a habit? 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 to 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.

How do you know when you've created a habit? Fitness is hard. It's physically difficult, but mentally, I think that's where the biggest challenge is.

And job number one, when you begin a brand new fitness journey, is simply creating a habit.

And so because this is walking is fitness, not burpees is fitness.

I'll make the assumption that the fitness activity of choice for you is walking.

And if you're just getting started, the first thing that needs to happen is you need to create a habit, a daily habit, or a consistent habit.

For years, I know it is true for me, and I'm assuming for you as well.

I just believed what I heard, that 30 days do a new habit.

Some even said 21 days.

21 days, if you do it every day, do it consistently, you'll have created a

brand new habit, and then you can move on and not worry about it. Except that's not what the

research says. James Clear has become really an expert, maybe one of the world's leading experts

on habits and habit formation.

He talks about some research that actually looks at this question,

examine, so how long does it take?

And it's not 21 days.

It's not 30 days.

On average, 66 days, 66 days to form a new habit, which probably explains why if you've

tried creating a habit in the past, and after 30 days, it's like, this does not feel like a habit

yet. On average, 66 days. Now, some can do it in

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