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You're going to love me today. Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily 10-minute

podcast providing you with a little added motivation to get out the door, take the walk,

and stay consistent. Today's 10 minute walk starts right after this.

How do you feel about walking on a treadmill?

I know that not everyone is a fan and for many years I would have counted myself in that group.

Not a fan. Recognize the benefits, but not a fan of walking on a treadmill.

For me, it was boring because nothing changed.

And it required a level of discipline that, quite frankly, I didn't have.

Because once I got too bored, it was easy just to turn the treadmill off and get off.

And so the walks on a treadmill for me were never very long because I got bored, didn't have the discipline to stay on the treadmill. That has changed. I have a small treadmill probably better described as a

walking pad that is in my home office. I don't know if you can hear the wind. It's

gotten breezy this morning

and right now I'm walking directly into the wind this is wind that's coming off

the ocean I live in Myrtle Beach South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean is

probably a mile away directly in front of me. I can't see it.

There's a line of trees.

What I can see is the airport,

and then the trees behind the airport.

Behind those trees,

I can see some hotels

that are actually beachfront hotels.

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