You could change somebody's life with an invitation.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that

fitness promise you made to yourself because isn't that really the hardest part of

fitness keeping that promise? I know it is for me. Hi, I'm Dave.

I've been walking for fitness since 2013 averaging just under 21,000 steps a day. I am walking now

and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes. Skies are clear here in South Carolina,

slight breeze.

The temperatures are mild.

In fact, I would say they even lean on the crisp side.

Not cool, but invigorating.

And the odd thing is the forecast today is it's going to warm up quite a bit, and when you throw the humidity

into the mix, it's going to feel downright hot. But right now it feels invigorating. I was listening

to the Retirement Wisdom podcast recently with Joe Casey. Now this is the podcast that I was

recently a guest on, although I was listening to a different episode.

Joe was talking with Caroline Williams about walking and how Caroline uses walking as both a fitness activity and also an opportunity to solve problems.

She was preparing to write her next book,

and she was struggling with what the book was going to be about,

the thesis of the book.

And she got her dog, went for a walk, and I think it was within 20 minutes.

She had the whole idea all kind of laid out. And how many times have I said that among the many,

many benefits of walking, problem solving is a huge one for me. That if I am facing a situation and I don't know the answer, I don't know how to solve it,

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