I want to talk about a mindset that I think you will find helpful. I know it does for me.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to walking is fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with a little

added motivation to get out the door, take the walk, and even more importantly, to keep going,

to be consistent to build a life-changing walking habit.

Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

It is another chilly, windy day in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

I think the temperatures begin to start warming back up tomorrow,

but dealing with actually thinking in terms of wind chill.

I thought we moved away from this when we left Maryland and came here to South Carolina. Apparently not. So years ago, a friend of

mine who was also a personal trainer said something to me, and I think he said it in kind of an

offhand way, but it stuck. And I think about it pretty regularly. Here's what he said. He said,

I train every day. Now, when you hear that from a

personal trainer, you tend to think, at least I do, what that means is you're going to the gym and

you're lifting every day, you're training every day. And that's not what he meant, because he doesn't

go to the gym every day, or at least back

then he didn't.

What he meant was more of a holistic approach, that all of the things that he was doing

for his health, lifting weights, cardio, I think he loved riding his bike.

And so he did that. But not just exercise, but also nutrition, rest, sleep, managing stress.

It's all important.

And he approached all of it with an intentionality that allowed him to say I train every day. And I love that. I love this idea of

fitness, wellness, being more holistic, being part of a lifestyle instead of simply this box that has to be checked.

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