Today's 10-minute walk is helping both of us stay fitness consistent.

Hi, I'm Dave. Let's go for a walk together. I want to read to you a comment that was

recently left on one of the Walking is Fitness YouTube videos. I don't know the person's name,

but here's the comment. Long walks with no technology

is where the rubber really meets the road. Leave your phone at home and you'll be amazed at how different the walk is.

What are your thoughts when you hear that?

There were some comments after that about this idea of leaving your phone at home and going for a walk without the technology.

And I've got some thoughts, some pros and cons about leaving the phone at home.

Let's talk about the pros of actually taking your phone with you, having your phone with you.

Number one, and you probably already had this thought, this would be the low-hanging

fruit I expect, and that is there's a measure of safety when we have our phones with us. If something

happens and we need help, having that phone right there is a good thing.

Quickly call 911 if you need to.

If you find yourself in an unsafe situation, you can call for help.

Number two, you can help others. Ava was out, I guess this was a year or two ago.

And I forget if she was walking or running or on her bike, I don't remember. But she was out,

and she had her phone with her. and she noticed a young woman who seemed

to be, and this was at a street corner, a young woman who seemed to be in some sort of medical

distress.

And Ava stopped and was talking with her and sure enough she was.

And so Ava called 911 for her.

I don't know if this young woman had her phone or not, but she wasn't in a position where she could make that call herself.

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