It's never too late to start.

Is that really true?

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.

Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day.

I'm walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

So I'll post recently on the Start Today Facebook group, And you hear me mention this group from time to time.

It's because I love this group.

It is from the Today Show.

I think the group, the Facebook group, has actually been in existence for several years.

But specifically on June 1st, Al Roker encouraged viewers to take a 30-day walking challenge.

And that challenge has continued in different forms since then.

And so the group, which has over 80,000 members, are folks who are pursuing fitness, primarily by walking.

And they are there to encourage others to motivate others

and for some who need motivation they have questions they have concerns and the group just comes together

and it's so motivating and encouraging and challenging and I have nothing to do with

a group other than I'm one of the members and I love reading the comments and the posts

and if you need an extra shot of motivation I want to encourage you to check it out it's the

start today Facebook group recent post I'll mention her first name, Cynthia. She said,

I am being brutally transparent here. I'm not exercised since my 20s. I'm now in my mid-60s.

I made up my mind that it is never too late.

I am completely comfortable saying tomorrow I will walk to the end of my driveway and add 100 steps a day,

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