All right, let's do this. Let's walk together for 10 minutes. Welcome to walking is fitness.

This is a podcast of action as we walk together for 10 minutes, holding each other accountable for keeping our commitment to fitness.

This episode is sponsored by the StepFit plan, which is a plan to

help you transition your walking from merely functional, the walking we do every day that we don't even

think about, walking that does not ordinarily rise to the level of exercise. And as I've said before, all walking, according to research, is beneficial when you go to the level of exercise and as I've said before all walking according to

research is beneficial when you go to the grocery store and you're pushing

the cart and you're walking there are health benefits to that movement but let's

also not deceive ourselves that rarely rises to the level of exercise in fact

if you were pushing your cart through the grocery

store at a pace that would be exercise level, you would get quite a few stairs and people would

consider you to be quite obnoxious. So we're not talking about that. We're talking about as we are

walking together, moving long enough and fast enough

so that it is considered exercise.

And that type of transition from functional walking to fitness walking requires some intentionality.

It requires some intensity and it requires time. And the key is

establishing a habit on the front end and the key to that is making sure you set the right goal

that challenges you just enough but is sustainable on those days and there will be days

when just getting outside for a walk is a challenge.

The Stepfit plan, it will guide you through this transition and really if you follow it,

it gives you an entire year to kind of make this transition so that at the end of the year, walking is not only exercise for you,

you've got fitness momentum, and you're well on your way to fitness transformation.

Here's the great thing.

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