Today's 10-minute walk is helping you create a walking habit you will love. Hi, I'm Dave. If you're

brand new to the podcast, welcome. Good to have you along. I want to offer you a free resource. 90 days

to a walking habit you'll love. It's a five-part plan that I believe could change your life

it's free there's a link in the show notes this comment to a walking is fitness YouTube video

this viewer was reacting I think to the name of the channel. The comment simply, no.

Walking is not fitness.

Walking is baseline.

Our ancestors did it in their sleep.

That we think it's fitness only tells us how unfit we are.

I don't know what your reaction is, but here's my reaction. only tells us how unfit we are.

I don't know what your reaction is, but here's my reaction.

Number one, walking is baseline.

There's a sense where I agree with that comment.

For me, walking is my foundational, consistent exercise.

And because of that, for me, does make it a baseline fitness activity. It has provided, continues to provide the capacity and the momentum

to do more. In some ways, walking is the perfect starter exercise. So the idea that walking is

baseline is one that I don't necessarily

disagree with. Number two, the comment, our ancestors did it in their sleep.

Well, I hope not, but I think the point that the viewer is trying to make is that people walked everywhere

and probably never gave it a second thought.

The thing is, that's not the culture that we live in now.

In fact, it's actually hard to do that to make walking our primary form of

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