Today's 10-minute walk is helping you stay fitness consistent.

Let's go for a walk.

I think today's walk is going to be a little louder, a little noisier, in a good way than most walks.

I'm just going to stop for a moment.

Can you hear all that? And most walks, maybe I'm just going to stop for a moment.

Can you hear all that?

I've got a chorus of bugs. I've got a bird.

One bird that I'm noticing, other birds.

I'm walking in the morning, but I'm not walking quite as early as I usually do,

out a little bit later. And oftentimes I'll talk about being out before sunrise, out before

early daylight. I'm out before the sunrise, but I'm not out before early daylight.

Skies are brightening, and so this is the time of day when it feels like nature is waking up.

Is walking all you need?

I talk often about the benefits of walking. There are long-term benefits, there are short-term in-the-now benefits to taking a walk.

The research indicates that walking with some intensity, if we're consistent about walking, we can lower the risk of an early death.

We can lower the risk of heart disease,

of certain types of cancers,

type 2 diabetes, we can lower the risk of dementia.

When we're walking, we can lower anxiety and stress.

Walking in nature is a huge way to lower stress and anxiety.

There's just something about hearing all of these sounds that's much more relaxing

than if I were walking along a busy road.

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