Today's 10-minute walk is helping both of us remain fitness consistent.

Hi, I'm Dave. Let's go for a walk.

Crossing the street with a car coming.

Maybe you can hear it off in the distance.

And, oh, it's turning, turning into a driveway before it even gets to me. I'm going to be walking along the wooded trail today.

It's a little breezy this morning.

And I like the buffer that these trees provide over the wind.

Does life ever feel out of control? It's a bit of a rhetorical question.

I'm sure the answer is yes.

I don't know anybody who feels like they have complete control over life at all times.

And if they do feel that way, they're probably deceived for all of us.

Life can be out of control and certainly feel out of control. Do you realize that this walk that you're taking right now

actually gives you more control than you probably realize?

I want to talk about five ways that walking gives you control over life, over parts of your

life.

Number one, this walk, this consistent walk, has an impact, gives you control, not complete control,

but gives you control over your health, both now and long term.

Of course, there are no guarantees and I'm not a doctor.

Not a licensed personal trainer, this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only.

But so much research about the impact of regular exercise, movement can have on our health,

on lowering the risk of an early death, of lowering the risk of heart disease, lowering the risk of certain types of cancers, type 2 diabetes, lowering

the risk of dementia. That's pretty powerful control. Is it complete control? No.

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