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

I'm in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

It is early in the morning, really early in the morning, well before sunrise.

I'm not even going to see a hint of early daylight as you and I are doing

our 10-minute walk together. Occasionally, you might hear some traffic go by. I can hear

something off in the distance, but there's not a whole lot of traffic as I'm walking right now.

There's not a whole lot of much of anything going on right now, because I think most people

are still asleep.

But I love this.

I love this time of day.

I love walking outdoors in the morning.

Walking outside is wonderful. And there's even research that with all the benefits of walking as a fitness activity,

that when you're walking outside in nature in particular, there are like extra benefits. Most of those

extra benefits are more emotional in nature, just lowering stress and anxiety. But there's

also some advantages if you're hiking, walking on a trail.

The surface is irregular and there are hills and all of that can supersize the benefits of walking.

When the temperature is warm, the breeze can feel really good.

So just all kinds of great stuff when you're walking outside.

But not everybody can walk outside.

And there are times, even if you do regularly walk outside, when circumstances are working against you and a walk outside just isn't possible or safe.

And so then there are times when we need to walk inside. And here's the great thing.

By the way, I'm not a doctor, not a licensed personal trainer.

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