We're starting in my home office. Today I'm going to recreate the very first episode of

Walking is Fitness as I have a very big announcement. Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking as Fitness,

a daily 10-minute podcast that helps provide you a little added motivation to get out the door and take the walk.

Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

This spot right here, this is where the very first episode of walking his fitness began a few

days earlier I had started here with my iPhone and my stopwatch and wanted to see

how far I got walking 10 minutes picked out a landmark and determined well that's

where I need to walk to every

day as I record the episode and did that for the entire first year and then I decided

you know what I'm gonna change it up so I needed a stopwatch but this route that

I'm walking now this is the same way that I went on that very first episode of

walking his fitness and probably every episode for maybe the first year. So let's

talk about 10 minutes, this podcast being 10 minutes. There are two reasons for that, two

primary reasons. Number one, I wanted to do a daily podcast to encourage

and motivate you and others to create a walking habit and to stick with it. To me, 10 minutes

felt sustainable, just like exercise. When you make the decision, okay, I'm going to do it. Lots of excitement and you're ready to conquer the world. I know how that rolls with me. So I thought, okay, I'm excited now. What does this look like in six months? What does this look like in a year? What is sustainable even after these initial excited feelings have dissipated somewhat?

And 10 minutes felt right.

But even more importantly, one of my core convictions when it comes to fitness and walking

as a fitness activity, one of my core convictions is start small.

Don't start with 10,000 steps a day.

Don't start with a daily 30-minute walk.

Again, the excitement can carry you for a little ways,

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