Walking is slow fitness. Have you ever thought about it that way? 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. So what did you think? What did you think of when I said walking is slow fitness? Certainly one reaction would be the pace at which you and I are going. And I tend to naturally walk a little bit faster.

I have a history of other people who I'm walking with tell me to slow down.

It's not a race.

I've had friends say that.

They've called my walk pace a forced march.

I've had my wife say it multiple times.

She and I walk.

And I'm learning with her to go a little bit slower.

It's not that she walks slow.

She's shorter than me.

Her stride isn't as long.

And so I've learned to walk slower when I'm with her.

Even this walk right now that I'm taking tends to be at a slower pace than if I were out taking a walk and not recording the podcast.

When I'm walking and talking with you, I tend to, without even thinking about it,

walk a little bit slower. One, because I don't want to get out of breath. Two, I'm thinking

about what I'm saying. And so my focus tends to be on that and not necessarily on, okay,

I need to push myself a bit and

three by the way that sound is I it sounds like because I'm out here early it

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