Today's 10 minute walk is helping you keep the fitness promise you made yourself and

we'll add another link to your growing fitness chain.

It is a cool, chilly.

I would even venture cold morning.

I'm layered up. I've got a hoodie and a windbreaker on top of the hoodie.

I've got my thicker ski cap on all about the years. Can't have the years be cold.

I actually have multiple ski caps. I have a later weight ski cap when the temperature is chilly but not cold.

And then I've got a couple of heavier duty ski caps for when the temperature is cold.

And the ski cap is doing its job and I'm still wearing shorts. I am still wearing shorts. I am so proud of

myself. I don't know how long this is going to last, but as long as my ears are warm, the shorts

don't seem to matter. There was some research that came out this week that was pretty powerful.

I don't know if you saw it about walking and type 2 diabetes.

By the way, I'm not a doctor or not a licensed personal trainer.

This podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only.

I've seen a number of stories of folks who are pursuing fitness, who are walking for fitness,

and have been walking for a while, and the motivation, the trigger for them to start walking for fitness

was a doctor's appointment and a diagnosis of pre-diabetes.

The doctor saying, if you don't make some changes in your lifestyle and what you're eating and how much you're moving, this is the

track you're on. And that was a scary thing. And so these folks made some changes, adjusted

their nutrition, and started pursuing fitness. And with that commitment over time, they were able to reverse that trend towards diabetes.

Well, the research that came out this week makes a very specific link between walking pace and type 2 diabetes.

Welcome to walking as fitness. This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made yourself.

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