Today I want to talk about one of the benefits of what you and I are doing, this daily walk.

Some would call this exercise, and certainly it qualifies.

We are moving at a moderate level pace, which the CDC describes as three to four miles an hour.

It falls under the umbrella of moderate level physical activity, physical exercise.

And according to the CDC, that opens up all kinds of benefits, both short term and long term.

But I also want to say that not everybody can start

at that pace to build up to that pace. And that doesn't mean that there are no benefits for you

if you're just getting started and you're thinking because you don't really have a spodometer

as you're walking, but you know you're not moving quite that fast.

It likely will happen as your fitness capacity grows. So pace does matter, but right now,

what matters is you're getting started, you're building a habit, and there are benefits,

lots of benefits, to moving as opposed to sitting.

But one of the benefits that I want to talk about, and interestingly enough,

this is not a benefit that I've ever seen tied to how fast we're going.

This doesn't require that I'm moving at three miles an hour or four miles an hour or five miles an hour,

simply a benefit of getting up and moving and being intentional about it.

And it's one of those benefits that really has become super important for me.

Actually, I shouldn't put it that way because it's super important for all of us.

But I think about it more, and I'm more intentional about it, and I'm more aware of it,

and in a way where I want to do things to make it even better.

And I want to focus on a particular piece of research that came out four years ago that I think

you're going to find fascinating and you might even find a little unfair.

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