So do you have the same route that you walk every day, or do you have multiple routes that you choose from,

depending on circumstances, maybe even your mood that day?

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've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day.

I am walking right now and would love to have you

join me for the next 10 minutes. I hope the weather where you are today is as nice as it is here

in South Carolina. We've been stuck in this pattern of more clouds than sun,

lots of rain, heat, and humidity, which is normal. And for the first time in a while,

I've got almost nothing but blue sky. The temperature is comfortable. Humidity noticeable, but it just doesn't

feel as thick as normal, and it's just gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. Like I said,

hope the weather where you are is as nice as it is here.

Thanks for joining me.

Towards the end of June, I think it was June 30th.

I did a podcast about the hottest fitness trend and applying that to walking.

And the trend is running backwards.

And so on that podcast, talked about that, and actually did half the podcast walking backwards.

Sue heard that and thought it would be fun to give that a try, but she realized she

couldn't or shouldn't, probably a better way to put it.

Try it in her neighborhood where she could walk into something, but she has a parking lot at work that is large and empty if she gets there early enough. And so she did. She got to work early and walked backwards, was safe and comfortable doing that,

knowing that she wasn't going to bang into something, and recognized that, yes, this really is

a challenging workout. I love that Sue was willing to give that a shot,

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