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

Hi, I'm Dave. Let's go for a walk.

The other day I was walking, I was probably 30 minutes into my walk and I had a,

what felt like a random thought at the time about the strength training part of my fitness activities.

So I've never said that walking is the only thing that you need.

Experts have never said that.

Walking is a powerful fitness activity.

It is a perfect fitness activity, in my opinion, to get started, to build that fitness capacity,

to create that fitness habit.

But over time, according to the experts, and by the way, I'm not a doctor, not a licensed

personal trainer, this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. But the experts

say that well-rounded fitness requires not just cardio, which is what walking is, but also

strength training, lifting weights, balance, flexibility, all of that needs to be should be

incorporated into a well-rounded fitness regimen now if you're just getting started that

can feel overwhelming you mean I need to do more than this walk this walk is kicking my

butt but I get that.

You don't need to do all of it right now.

Let's just build the fitness habit, grow the fitness capacity, find the fun, and then begin to look around for other things that you might enjoy doing that would be helpful.

So one of the things that I do is strength training.

I've got some weights in my garage and three times a week.

I do a workout that lasts anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. And so I was walking

the other day and it was a bit of a longer walk. And for whatever reason, I was thinking about

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