Today's 10 minute walk is helping you stay fitness consistent, so let's go for a walk.

One of the things that I love talking about are all the great benefits that you and I get when we make a commitment to walk consistently, maybe even every day. You're making an investment in your

physical health. You're making an investment in your emotional health. And these investments are

not only long term, there are a lot of benefits that happen right now, as you and I are walking right now.

But probably my favorite benefit of walking, my favorite benefit of getting out and taking this walk

is the impact that it has on my brain health.

Now, I need to state if you're brand new to this podcast that I'm not a doctor,

I'm not a licensed personal trainer, there's nothing in today's episode or any of these

episodes that you should take as specific medical advice for you. Instead,

this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Today I want to talk about seven

benefits, seven ways that walking consistently can improve brain health. Of course, there are no guarantees.

But these are seven ways that making a commitment and getting out and walking every day, or at least

consistently, is going to improve brain health. And these are not just investments for long-term

brain health. These are also ways for long-term brain health.

These are also ways that we can experience brain health in the moment as we're walking.

Okay?

So number one, better memory.

And these, by the way, are research-backed.

Number one is better memory. And this is because as we're walking, what's happening is we are increasing the blood flow to our brain,

which releases hormones that promote the growth of new neurons, which improves overall brain function. So all of these, or at least a lot of these, are tied to this.

So number one again, better memory.

And I did an episode recently about Hillary Swank, the actress,

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