All right. Are you ready for our 10-minute walk together? Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast

of action. As we walk together for 10 minutes, holding each other accountable for keeping our commitment to

fitness. This episode is sponsored by the Stepfit plan.

This is a one-year guide that will help you transition your walking from merely functional

to fitness.

And, of course, when we talk about functional walking, I'm talking about the walking that

most of us do every day that we don't even think about, getting from point A to point

B, getting from the house to point B, getting from the

house to the car, the car to the office, taking the trash out, functional walking that is just

part of our daily lives that we spend zero time thinking about.

Transitioning from merely functional walking to fitness walking.

This is walking that is intentional. It has purpose,

has some intensity, and is actually designed to increase your fitness level. First thing you need

to do is establish a fitness habit. That does not just happen. In fact, it takes most of us a lot

longer to establish a habit than we realize.

I think 30 days is what we all have in mind.

But there's been some research that indicates it actually takes on average, 66 days to establish a habit.

And some of us take even longer than that.

So the first order of business, creating that habit, which eventually,

if you keep out it long enough, becomes momentum, and that momentum will transition to fitness

transformation. And isn't that really what you're after? The step fit plan will help you. It'll guide you through that process.

It'll help you with your intentionality and your commitment. The stepfit plan is effective.

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