Has anyone ever asked you the question, is walking really exercise?

Or maybe you've asked yourself that question?

Today, we've got some answers.

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 yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave. I started walking for fitness in 2013. Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day. I'm walking right now and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

Amy Cannell is a licensed personal trainer. She has a podcast. It's called Grace Health. I love how

she describes the podcast for women who want simple and grace-filled ways to take care of herself

and enjoy a little chocolate in the process.

By the way, I was a guest on Amy's podcast.

In fact, it is the most recent episode.

We had a wonderful conversation about walking.

Amy also wrote a book, Your Worthy Body, and there's a chapter in the book, Chapter 17, that's titled, Walking Isn't a Real Workout.

Now, there are a couple of ways that you could read that.

You could read it the way I just did.

Walking isn't a real workout.

Or you could read it the way Amy intended it, which is walking isn't a real workout.

Really?

And then she gives eight reasons why walking is a good workout.

And the chapter actually sprang from a conversation that she had with her husband, who also is pursuing fitness.

He focuses on strength training, and he was in a season where he could not do that because of a shoulder injury.

And Amy was getting ready to go for a walk and invited her husband to walk with her and he

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