Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller. This is a podcast to elevate your experience of life, an experience

you're creating. In this episode, how to walk your way into more well-being. The episode's focused

on connecting with our body and our soul through walking in this sense.

Yeah, literally walking sounds so basic, but it's something I've had zero focus on my entire life in regards to my well-being.

I looked at walking as a waste of time and get there quicker running or riding or taking a car. But now I'm

devoting near a third of my exercise time to walking. I'm about to go on a two and a half mile walk

with 45 pounds on my back right now. So my guest to talk about this is Michael Easter, who I've known about since 2021 when he

published a book called The Comfort Crisis. In my peer group of people pursuing wellness,

that book immediately became a mainstay, and I resonated with the message myself so much

because I continue to question that all of our modern day conveniences, are they really helping us?

I really feel like they're hurting us.

And that's what Michael showcased in the comfort crisis with a lot of research and experimentation.

In that book, you really helped put rucking on the map as well. Well,

rucking is simply walking while carrying weights. It's well known of in the military, but now

is becoming commonplace amongst us civilians. So here we discuss the physiological and

psychological benefits of not only walking with weights,

but even just simply walking in general. I feel that through walking different, for me,

than running or mountain biking or other activities, I'm connecting with me more and possibly

benefiting my body even more so with this kind of low-key exercise than all my

big extreme athletic pursuits. So Michael's brand new book about this is called Walk with

Weight, the definitive guide to rucking. And you'll hear him even say that they discuss,

is it really, do we need a whole book about this but uh if you read it he is

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