On this Mother's Day, I want to honor three moms who set a fitness example.

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 to 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.

It is Mother's Day. It is also windy here in Myrtle Beach.

You can probably hear that. And there is the threat of rain, which is why I've got an umbrella handy just in case.

So today I want to honor three moms that I know who have set and continue to set a fitness example, not just for their children, but for others.

So the first mom that I want to honor is my mom. My mom is 84 years old, and as long as I can

remember, she has had a commitment to fitness. And for most of these years, decades, I've kind of

watched from a distance, although when I was a little kid, I actually watched

probably two, three feet away because my mom used to turn on Jack Lillane on TV.

He was a TV fitness guy.

He had a program, I think it was on every day and was on mid-morning, and he wore this,

to me, it was like this silly looking jumpsuit. But he was committed and passionate about exercise

and about healthy living. And so he would do these

exercises on TV and be motivating and encouraging. And I remember my mom watching Jack

Lillane and doing the exercises right along with him. My mom, through her life, she no longer watches Jack Lelaine.

I don't even know if videos are still available of that.

But mom has been an avid cyclist.

Now, I'm not talking about, you know, with the 10-speed bike and the drop handlebars and you're participating in races.

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