This episode probably should have been recorded yesterday.

It would have been more appropriate, but the schedule is the schedule.

Hi, I'm Dave.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with a little added motivation to get out, take the walk,

and to build a life-changing walking habit.

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

March is doing crazy March things, even here in South Carolina.

It's about 30 degrees colder today than it was yesterday.

Yesterday I hit the mid-80s.

Actually spent about an hour at the beach.

Well, not today.

I left the house, got maybe a tenth of a mile,

and thought, nope, too cold, went back, got another layer, got my ski cap?

Anyhow, today I want to talk about the benefits of walking barefoot, and it's important for you to know that I'm not a doctor.

These benefits are not going to apply to everyone.

In fact, for some, walking barefoot is not good, unhealthy, dangerous even.

But this is something I've enjoyed my entire life. I'm 65, closing in on 66.

Spent a good chunk of my childhood summers running around barefoot as an adult.

When I'm outside in the yard, not cutting grass or doing work, but just walking outside, I am barefoot.

In the house, almost always barefoot.

In the wintertime, when the weather's cold, I might have some socks on, but summertime,

if I'm inside, I'm barefoot, and a lot of times if I'm just poking around the yard, again, not cutting grass because that's dangerous.

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